Good Machine

Good Machine

Good Machine was an independent film production, film distribution, and foreign sales company started in the early 1990s by its co-founders and producers, Ted Hope and James Schamus. David Linde joined in the late 90s to start the international sales company. They sold the company to Universal Pictures in 2001; in 2002 it was acquired by Vivendi SA, which merged it with USA Films to create Focus Features. Hope, along with the heads of production development and business affairs then went on to form the independent production company This is that. In 2001, the Museum of Modern Art celebrated...
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Founded:1990
Founders:James Schamus, Ted Hope

Good Machine founders

James Schamus
James Schamus
Age:52 (Born: September 7, 1959)

James Schamus is an award-winning screenwriter The Ice Storm and producer Brokeback Mountain, and is CEO of Focus Features, the motion picture production, financing, and worldwide distribution company whose films have included Lost in Translation, Milk, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The...
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Ted Hope
Ted Hope
Age:50 (Born: 1962)

Ted Hope is an American independent film producer based in New York City. As the American Indie wave hit in the early 90’s, Ted was among the first producers to emerge from the pack, and today remains one of the few consistently delivering vital and exciting new work. As times, platforms,...
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Parent company of Good Machine

Focus Features
Focus Features
Headquarters:Universal City
Founded:April 1998

Focus Features is the art house films division of NBCUniversal, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distributor for foreign films. Focus was formed from the 2002 divisional merger of USA Films, Universal Focus and Good Machine. USA Films was created by Barry Diller in 1999 by combining October Films, Rogue and Gramercy Pictures. Vivendi sold the studio, among other entertainment assets, to GE in 2004 to form...
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