Industry Motion picture Owner Megan Ellison Founded 1 April 2011 Type of business Private | Website www.annapurna.pictures Founder Megan Ellison Headquarters Los Angeles | |
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Services Film production
Film distribution
Television production
financing
Video game developer Subsidiaries Annapurna International
Annapurna Television
Naegle Ink
Annapurna Interactive Video games What Remains of Edith Finch, Gorogoa Profiles | ||
Annapurna Pictures is an American motion picture company founded by Megan Ellison in 2011. It specializes in film production, distribution, television production, video game development, and finance.
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Annapurna invests in finance and sales through its subsidiary Annapurna International, formerly called Panorama Media. It also produces television shows through subsidiary Annapurna Television (including label Naegle Ink) and develops video games under its Annapurna Interactive banner.
History
Annapurna Pictures is named after Mount Annapurna in Nepal, which was explored by Ellison on a visit to Nepal.
On September 27, 2016, Annapurna launched a television production division, Annapurna Television, which is headed by former HBO executive Sue Naegle (with her label, Naegle Ink, now part of the division). On January 10, 2017, it was reported that Annapurna Television would produce the Coen Brothers' first TV series, The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs. In December 2016, the company launched Annapurna Interactive, to produce, develop, and distribute video games, with several active projects in development, planned for release in 2017.
In January 2017, the company announced they would begin distributing films, with their first being Untitled Detroit project directed by Kathryn Bigelow, set for release on August 4, 2017.
Reception
Many of the films produced by the company have received widespread critical acclaim. In 2013 alone, Her and American Hustle had a combined fifteen Academy Award nominations. In the box office results have been mixed. While some films such as The Master have failed to gross their budget, films such as Zero Dark Thirty and American Hustle have grossed more than $100 million, the latter grossing more than a quarter of a billion worldwide.