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Worldview Entertainment was an American motion picture finance company focused on theatrical-quality feature films for worldwide distribution. The company produced 👏 over 20 films, including Fox Searchlight’s critically acclaimed hit Birdman, which was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning four Oscars, 👏 including Best Picture, and grossed more thanR$100 million in global box office revenue.
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Worldview Entertainment was founded in 👏 2007 by Chairman and CEO, Christopher Woodrow,[1] and Maria Cestone. Molly Conners joined the company in 2009 as COO. Worldview 👏 Entertainment signed with Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in 2010 and has since become the agency's top film finance and production 👏 client. Sarah E. Johnson, daughter of Franklin Resources Chairman, Charles B. Johnson, became a partner and investor in the company 👏 in 2011. Worldview established a four-yearR$30 million credit facility with Comerica in 2013 to provide debt financing for the company's 👏 films, which coincided with the infusion ofR$40 million in new equity from existing investors. TheR$70 million doubled the company's capital 👏 base.
The company's first film was William Friedkin's black comedy, Killer Joe, which it financed along with Voltage Pictures in 2010. 👏 The film premiered at the 2011 Venice Film Festival before making its North American debut at the Toronto International Film 👏 Festival, where it was sold domestically to LD Entertainment in one of the biggest sales at the festival. The film 👏 was distributed theatrically in the summer of 2012, with star Matthew McConaughey receiving a nomination for an Independent Spirit Award 👏 as Best Male Lead.
Worldview's 2012 slate included three films that premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival including the Guillaume 👏 Canet crime thriller, Blood Ties, which was the biggest domestic sale at the festival, after being purchased by Lionsgate and 👏 Roadside Attractions; and James Gray's period drama, The Immigrant which was sold domestically to The Weinstein Company. The Company went 👏 on to premiere two films at the 2013 Venice Film Festival, including David Gordon Green's drama Joe, which was sold 👏 domestically to Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions. Worldview also premiered six films at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival including the 👏 West Memphis Three crime thriller, Devil's Knot,[2][3][4] which was sold domestically to Image Entertainment; and Eli Roth's horror thriller, The 👏 Green Inferno, which was sold domestically to Open Road Films.[3][5]
