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Cinema Completions Is closing
Donna Smith
4040 Vineland Ave., Ste. 204
Studio City, CA 91604
Sorry, CCI is no longer taking on any more films.
Phone: (818) 505-5858
Fax: (818) 505-5890
Email: info@cnacci.com
Web site: www.cnacci.com
Contacts: Donna Smith, president-CEO;
Type of business: Completion bonds for motion pictures
Type of projects sought: High-capacity budgets up to $75 million
Projects in the works: "Four Feathers"
Recent releases: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,"
"Traffic," "The Anniversary Party," "What Women
Want"
No unsolicited materials accepted.
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Greg S. Bernstein
9601 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 300A
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone: (310) 247-2790
Fax: (310) 247-2791
Email: greg@thefilmlaw.com
Web site: www.thefilmlaw.com
Contact: Greg Bernstein, entertainment attorney
Types of business: Legal services, producer representative
Types of finance: Placement agent, presales, distribution, equity
financing, co-production
Types of projects sought: Genre films with modest cast and a modest
budget; micro-budget genre films; Sundance-type dramas , comedies,
preferably with recognizable name actors
Advice: Be realistic. Think of films as merchandise. Indie films
are sold to companies that want to make money from their film. Arranging
financing is no different. Financiers have to see how they realistically,
not pie-in-the-sky chances, can make their money back and a profit.
No unsolicited materials accepted.
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Imperial Entertainment Group
9777 Wilshire Blvd., 4th Fl.
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Phone: (310) 281-2400
Fax: (310) 281-2476
Contacts: Morgan Rector, president; Jeff Colvin, senior
VP-co-manager; Jared Underwood, senior VP-co-manager; Amy Cotteleer,
assistant VP
Type of business: Entertainment finance
Types of finance: Independent and studio films, corporate and
syndicated facilities, foreign tax structures
Corporate ties: Imperial Bank, Entertainment Finance Group
(Melbourne), Independent Film Financing (Toronto), Media Entertainment
Funding (Munich), Livolsi and Partners (Spain and Italy), Benfield Greig
(U.K.)
Recent projects: "Rat Race," "24 Hours,"
"Plague Season," "Wise Girls," "City by the
Sea"
No unsolicited materials accepted.
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Intl. Film Guarantors
10940 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 2010
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone: (310) 208-4500
Fax: (310) 443-8998
Email: usinfo@ifgbonds.com
Web site: www.ifgbonds.com
Contacts: Steve Mangel, president-COO; Joan Weidman, executive VP
Type of business: Completion guarantor
Types of projects sought: Feature films, TV series and multimedia
projects budgeted from $2 million-$1 00 million-plus seeking completion
bonds
Advice: Seek our assistance once you've secured production
financing.
Projects in the works: "Insomnia," "K-1 9: The
Widowmaker," "Reign of Fire," "We Were Soldiers
Once"
Recent releases: "The Wedding Planner," "Shanghai
Noon," "The Legend of Bagger Vance," "House on Haunted
Hill"
No unsolicited materials accepted.
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Kramer & Kaslow
2029 Century Park East, Ste. 1700
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: (310) 553-3838
Fax: (310) 553-3939
Email: entertainment@kramer-kaslow.com
Web site: www.kramer-kaslow.com
Contacts: Harmon M. Kaslow, Stephen D. Zager
Types of business: Production, financing, legal counsel
Types of finance: Equity, tax subsidies, pre-sales
Advice: Today's financiers demand a solid domestic distribution
strategy.
Recent projects: "Looking for an Echo," "Chapter
Zero," "3 A.M.," "Happy Here and Now," "New
Shoes"
No unsolicited materials accepted.
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Lewis Horwitz Organization
1840 Century Park East, Ste. 1000
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: (310) 275-7171
Fax: (310) 275-8055
Contacts: Lew Horwitz, president; Art Stribley, executive VP
Types of business: Provides loans for film production, corporate
lines of credit, postproduction and other types of entertainment loans
Types of finance: Lends against various types of collateral,
including pre-sales contracts, lending against unsold rights (gap
financing), and other acceptable collateral
Corporate ties: Division of Southern Pacific Bank
Types of projects sought: Motion picture and TV production loans,
lines of credit to worthy borrowers
Advice: LHO and its officers are the most experienced lenders in
the business. We are happy to speak to producers at an early stage in
order to describe what our parameters are in each individual situation. We
are experts in assisting clients with productions produced
internationally, including all the various subsidies and tax credits
available, and access to German tax funds
Recent projects: "Undisputed," "Devil and Daniel
Webster," "Jeepers Creepers," "Deuces Wild,"
"Ali"
No unsolicited materials accepted.
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Mark Litwak & Associates
9595 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 711
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Phone: (310) 859-9595
Fax: (310) 859-0806
Email: litwak@attglobal.net
Web site: www.marklitwak.com
Contacts: Mark Litwak, Cole Martin, Shannon Hensley, attorneys
Types of business: Law firm-producer rep Types of finance: Equity,
pre-sales, co-production
Types of projects sought: Well-written scripts that can be shot on
low budgets with name actors involved; preferred genres: thrillers, action
adventure, family
Advice: We generally don't review scripts unless there are some
other elements attached
Projects in the works: "Pressure," "The Fall,"
"Hook & Flow"
Recent releases: "Out of Line,' "The Proposal,"
"Mexico City"
No unsolicited materials accepted.
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Motion Picture Bond Co.
1801 Ave. of the Stars, Ste. 1010
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: (310) 551-0371
Fax: (310) 551-0518
Email: adickerson@mpbond.com
Web site: www.motionpicturebond.com
Contacts: Immanuel Spira, VP, legal and business affairs; B.J.
Rack, VP, risk management; Albert I Dickerson III, VP, production; Lisa
Yesko, VP, post-production
Type of business: Completion bonds
Type of projects sought: All types
Advice: We suggest contacting us early in the development process
so the producer can use the bond company's experienced personnel as a
resource, troubleshooter and guide.
Projects in the works: "Cletis Tout," "The Dangerous
Lives of Altar Boys," "Desert Saints," "Friday the
13th: Part X," "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," "Monster's
Ball"
Recent releases: "Bamboozled," "The
Believer," "The Body," "Bride of the Wind,"
"My First Mister," "Simpatico"
No unsolicited materials accepted.
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Natexis Banques Populaires
1901 Ave. of the Stars, Ste. 1901
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: (310) 203-8710
Fax: (310) 203-8720
Email: bpozil@natexisny.com
Contact: Bennett Pozil, group manager
Type of business: Film entertainment financing
Type of finance: Film project loans
Projects in the works: "They," "24 Hours,"
"Sunshine State," "Human Nature," "Novocaine,"
" Bully"
No unsolicited materials accepted.
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Worldwide Film Completion
2901 28th St., Ste. 290
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Phone: (310) 450-1600
Fax: (310) 450-3399
Web site: www.wfcbond.com
Contacts: Steve Cardone, president-CEO; Robert Mintz, production
executive; Tom Joyner, senior VP, production
Type of business: Completion bonds
No unsolicited materials accepted.
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Near North Insurance Brokerage
1840 Century Park East, Ste. 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90019
Phone: (310) 556-4713
Fax: (310) 551-6822
Email: cmattull@nnng.com
Web site: www.nnng.com
Contact: Christie Mattull, senior VP
Type of business: Production insurance
Types of projects sought: Motion picture, TV and commercial
production insurance
Advice: In order to provide quotes, we usually need a script and a
budget. Most filmmakers need insurance during pre-production and to obtain
completion bonds. Bond companies usually require a high level of insurance
quality and stability.
Projects In the works: "Black Hawk Down," "K-1 9:
The Widowmaker"
Recent releases: "The Animal," "Enemy at the
Gates," "The Family Man"
No unsolicited materials accepted.
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Patriot Advisors
9065 Nemo St.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Phone: (310) 274-0745
Fax: (310) 274-0925
Email: m1@patriotadvisors.com
Contact: Michael Mendelsohn
Types of business: Patriot is a boutique merchant banking firm on
the West Coast with a focus on entertainment and media financing for major
corporate entities, project finance and emerging new-media growth sectors.
Our operations are divided into three principal activities: strategic
advisory services (major media companies, talent, foreign distribution
entities), principal capital investing ($52 million a year), and loan
portfolio management services for banks and financial institutions ($270
million)
Types of finance: Bank production loans, gap financing, receivables
financing, European tax-based production financing
Types of projects sought: Major studio domestic for 35% of budget,
director, talent-driven independent pictures; genres: big-budget
sci-fi-action-government conspiracy-Tom Clancy-esque. Wedding pictures,
bridal romance, supernatural, police, crime, cop, military.
Advice: Seeking passionate and original voices, talent-based
projects; submit a package-film finance checklist, script, synopsis,
talent info, budget and foreign sales.
Projects in the works: "Jupiter Seven,:: "Modern
Bride," "Jolly Good Fellow, "White House Secret
Service" Recent releases: "Autumn in New York," "What
Women Want," "The Gift," "The Mothman Prophecies"
No unsolicited materials accepted.
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Union Bank of California
445 S. Figueroa St., 16th Fl.
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: (213) 236-5828
Fax: (213) 236-5852
Contact: Christine Ball, senior vice president-manager
Types of business: Entertainment finance division provides
customized financial services to the entertainment industry.
Types of projects sought: At UBOC we have the experience and
expertise to finance all types of single-project term loans as well as the
sophistication to underwrite and manage large revolving transactions.
Advice: Our film production loans are tailored specifically to
address the unique elements of each project. To assist in preparing your
loan package for consideration, please include the following materials:
resumes of producer and director; story synopsis; chain of title showing
ownership; detailed project budget; project cash f low; letter of intent
from a completion bond company; description of collateral; and minimum of
estimates of unsold film rights
Projects in the works: "The Mothman Prophecies,"
"K-19: The Widowmaker," "Rollerball," "The Quiet
American," "KPAX"
Recent releases: "Nurse Betty," "Bring It On,"
"The Gift," 13 Days," "Family Man," "The
Mexican," "The Wedding Planner," "Lara Croft: Tomb
Raider," "Autumn in New York"
No unsolicited materials accepted.
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