Cinema Management Group

Cinema Management Group is an American company based in Beverly Hills, California that acquires licenses and distributes feature films, animations, and documentaries. The company is noted for its catalog of internationally produced animated features that is sold to the world markets.

Cinema Management Group

Industry	Film
Founded	2003
Headquarters	Beverly Hills, California , United States
Products	Motion pictures
Website	Official website

History

The company was founded in 2003 by Edward Noeltner.^[1] In 2004 the company acquired the rights for the CGI animated film Hoodwinked!: The True Story of Red Riding Hood. CMG expanded its genre distribution with the indie film Reeker and the sequel No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker. CMG represents Moriah Films.^[2] Since 2004, CMG-licensed animated features have grossed over $400 million at the worldwide box office.^[3]

CMG has distributed the animated films Adventures in Zambezia, Hoodwinked!, Khumba, The Legend of Sarila, Ratchet & Clank, Loving Vincent, and Saving Santa over the past two decades.^[1]

CMG facilitated the joint production of the film Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon between the animation houses of Peru and the Netherlands. The company has distributed the film to over half the world's cinema markets, with an anticipated release in 2021.^[4] Currently in production for release in the 2020s decade is Seal Team by Triggerfish Animation Studios; Panda Bear in Africa by Katuni Animation, A. Film Production, Cool Beans, Comet Filmand Le Pacte; Kayara by Tunche Films; Canterville Ghost by Toonz Animation and Melmoth Productions, Proud Princess by Luminar Films; and Noah's Ark by Globo Filmes, Gullane, NIP, Symbiosys Technologies and VideoFilmes.^[1]

Executives

Edward Noeltner is the founder of Cinema Management Group. He has served as the President of Senator Films International in Berlin, Head of Television at Pandora Cinema in Paris, Senior Vice President of International Distribution at AB Svensk Filmindustri^[5] in Stockholm/Paris, and Senior Vice President of Sales and Distribution at Miramax International.^[6] in New York. Noeltner has overseen the international sales and distribution of Academy Award-winning films^[7] such as Chicago, The Hours, Frida, Shine, Kolya, Under The Sun, and Tango.

Expansion

In 2008, film producer Gray Frederickson (The Godfather) brokered the sale of CMG shares to The Cleveland Family Trust, managed by Brian and Jason Cleveland, to establish the CMG Acquisitions Fund.^[8]

Films distributed

Animated films

• Adventures in Zambezia^[9]
• The Adventures of the Little Prince^[10]
• Hoodwinked!
• Khumba^[11]
• Killer Bean Forever^[12]
• The Legend of Sarila^[13]
• The Littlest Angel^[14]
• Louis La Chance^[15]
• Ratchet & Clank^[16]
• Saving Santa^[17]
• Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon
• Kayara

Feature films

• American Violet^[18]
• Blood and Bone
• Blood Out^[19]
• Brotherhood^[20]
• Carjacked^[21]
• The Collection^[22]
• The Collector^[23]
• Creature^[24]
• DeadHeads^[25]
• Demoted
• The Devil's Hand^[26]
• Eden^[27]
• Get Lucky^[28]
• Go for Sisters^[29]
• The Haunting of Molly Hartley
• Hollywood Sex Wars^{[citation needed]}
• House of the Rising Sun
• The Hunted^[30]
• Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers
• Kelin^[31]
• Liars All^[32]
• No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker
• No Tell Motel^[33]
• Owl and the Sparrow
• The Perfect Host^[34]
• Pick Pocket (also known as Loosies)
• Plastic^[35]
• Reaching for the Moon^[36]
• Reeker
• Silent House
• Still Mine^[37]
• A Stranger in Paradise^[38]
• The Treatment^[39]
• Under Still Waters^[40]

Documentary films

• All Together Now (previously licensed)
• The Choir
• Forks Over Knives
• Gasland
• Good Hair
• Revolution
• The Trials of Darryl Hunt
• An Unlikely Weapon^[41]

Moriah films

• Echoes that Remain
• Ever Again
• Genocide
• I Have Never Forgotten You
• In Search of Peace^[42]
• It Is No Dream
• Liberation
• The Long Way Home^[43]
• The Prime Ministers
• Unlikely Heroes
• Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny

References

1. Zahed, Ramin (2020-04-29). "COVID-19 Chronicles: CMG President Ed Noeltner on Surviving an Unpredictable Animated Movie Landscape". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
2. Cohen, Sandy. "The Simon Wiesenthal Center's Moriah Films may have the most star-studded roster in Hollywood". Fox News. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
3. Fuente, Anna Marie de la (2021-06-15). "CMG Sells Annecy-Bound 'Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazons' to U.K. Ireland, Australia, New Zealand (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
4. Hopewell, John (2018-12-12). "Ventana Sur: CMG Pre-Sells 'Ainbo' to Over Half the World (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
5. Harris, Dana. "Former AB Svensk Filmindustri exec to be based in Gotham". Variety. Variety.
6. Goodridge, Mike. "Edward Noeltner joins Miramax Int'l as senior vp". Screen Daily. Screen Daily.
7. Belsito, Peter. "ISA of the Day: Edward Noeltner". IndieWire. Indiewire. Archived from the original on 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
8. Kay, Jeremy. "CMG boosts acquisitions clout as The Cleveland Family buys minority stake". Screen Daily. Screen Daily.
9. Kermeliotis, Teo. "'Zambezia': 3D animation puts South Africa film in the picture". CNN. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
10. Hazelton, John. "Cannes deals signed by CMG". Screen Daily. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
11. Bale, Miriam. "A Zebra of a Different Color, or Another Pattern 'Khumba,' an Animated Film Set in South Africa". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
12. Moody, Annemarie. "CMG Captures Killer Bean For Toronto". Animation World Network. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
13. Roxborough, Scott. "AFM 2012: Inuit 3D Film 'The Legend of Sarila' Sells to Germany, Russia, Israel". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
14. Milligan, Mercedes. "'Littlest Angel' Soars for the Holidays". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
15. Kay, Jeremy. "CMG takes on sales for $16m 3D animated feature Louis La Chance". Screen Daily. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
16. McClean, Thomas. "CMG to Pitch 'Ratchet & Clank' Film Abroad". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
17. McNary, Dave. "CMG Toons Up Sales for 'Santa Story'". Variety. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
18. Reed, Rex. "Finally, a Good Movie to See and a True Story I Can Believe In!". New York Observer. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
19. Horst, Carole. "Cinema Management out for 'Blood'". Variety. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
20. Thompson, Anne. "SXSW: CMG Buys Foreign Rights to Brotherhood". Indie Wire. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
21. Kay, Jeremy. "Anchor Bay takes English-speaking on Bello, Dorff thriller Carjacked". Screen Daily. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
22. Schmidt, Shawn. "The Collection Cast Announced". Horror News. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
23. Anderson, John. "Review: 'The Collector'". Varuety. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
24. Olsen, Mark. "Movie review: 'Creature'". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
25. Peters, Sarah. "Zombies plan invasion of film festival". The Daily Pilot. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
26. McNary, Dave. "Berlin: Rufus Sewell's 'Where the Devil Hides' Finds a Home". Variety. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
27. "CMG adds SXSW audience award winner Eden to Cannes slate". Screen Daily. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
28. Kay, Jeremy. "CMG snares sales rights to heist thriller Get Lucky". Screen Daily. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
29. Obenson, Tambay. "Cinema Management Group Takes International Rights To 'Go For Sisters' + New Poster, Stills". Indie Wire. Archived from the original on 25 March 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
30. Howard, Courtney. "Screamfest Review– The Hunted (2013)". Very Aware Movie Blog. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
31. Melidonian, Teni. "9 Foreign Language Films Advance in Oscar Race". Oscars.org. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
32. Fernandez, Jay. "Brian Brightly's 'Liars All' to Begin Production". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
33. Kay, Jeremy. "CMG to sell horror-thriller No Tell Motel in Cannes". Screen Daily. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
34. Spitznagel, Eric. "David Hyde Pierce Doesn't Want You to Know What His New Movie Is About". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
35. Roxborough, Scott. "AFM: Russian, Middle East Hot for 'Plastic'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
36. Young, Deborah. "Reaching for the Moon (Flores Raras): Berlin Review". World New Network. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
37. Moyes, Robert. "Movie Review: Still Mine". Monday Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
38. McNary, Dave. "Thesps board 'Stranger in Paradise'". Variety. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
39. Brooks, Brian. "CMG Gets "The Treatment" for Cannes". Indiewire. Retrieved May 16, 2006.
40. Kay, Jeremy. "Noeltner's CMG brings Under Still Waters to Cannes". Screen Daily. Retrieved 22 April 2008.
41. Sharkey, Betsey. "An Unlikely Weapon". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
42. Holden, Stephen. "In Search of Peace Part One 1948 1967 (2001) FILM REVIEW; Recalling Israel's History: A Tricky Balancing Act". New York Times. Retrieved 21 September 2001.
43. Maslin, Janet. "A Road From Auschwitz to Israel". New York Times. Retrieved 3 January 2016.

External links

• Official website
• IMDB