Industry Motion picture Founded January 1999 | Website www.myriadpictures.com Type of business Private | |
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Key people Kirk D'Amico, President and CEO Films produced Jeepers Creepers, Jeepers Creepers 2, The Disappearance of Eleano, National Lampoon's Van Wilder, The Last Word Profiles | ||
Based in Santa Monica, California, Myriad Pictures is a leading independent entertainment company specializing in production, financing and worldwide distribution of feature films and television programming. President and CEO Kirk D’Amico opened the company in 1999 and has built a diverse library of art house and mainstream programming. Mr. D’Amico was named one of the Top 50 independent producers in the annual list published by The Hollywood Reporter, and is a member of the Board of Directors of IFTA.
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In 2009 Myriad supported the Academy Award campaign for director Bruno Barreto’s Last Stop 174, which was Brazil’s Official Selection to the 2009 Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
Myriad’s library includes; Kinsey, starring Liam Neeson, The Good Girl, starring Jennifer Aniston and Jake Gyllenhaal, Little Fish, starring Cate Blanchett, Factory Girl, starring Sienna Miller and Guy Pearce, Death Defying Acts, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Guy Pearce, Serious Moonlight, starring Meg Ryan, Tim Hutton and Kristen Bell, Not Forgotten, starring Simon Baker and Paz Vega, the Van Wilder trilogy and Jeepers Creepers 2.
Myriad pictures tapestry films artisan entertainment
History
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Distribution
In 2008 the company released Mother of Tears, classic horror film director Dario Argento’s long-anticipated sequel to his witches trilogy, starring Asia Argento and Udo Kier. In spring 2010 Myriad theatrically released the thriller The Cry of the Owl, based on the book by Patricia Highsmith and starring Julia Stiles and Paddy Considine. The DVD will be released through Paramount Home Entertainment summer 2010. Myriad is going to release Ben Kingsley starring A Common Man in 2012.
Litigation
Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG pursued legal proceedings in the U.S. Central California District Court in 2014. The case was dismissed on grounds of the settlement agreement requiring arbitration as a means of conflict resolution.