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HBO Films
2500 Broadway, Ste. 400
Santa Monica, CA 90404
CA Tel. 310-382-3000

Type: Business Segment
On the web: http://www.hbo.com/films

Audiences have big love for this studio. HBO Films is the production unit of the pay TV network Home Box Office (HBO), producer of the TV show Big Love. Other recent productions from HBO Films include the televised feature Grey Gardens, the TV miniseries John Adams, and the TV show Curb Your Enthusiasm. HBO Films began as a producer of movies solely for its cable channel. It later distributed movies such as Kit Kittredge: An American Girl to theaters through Picturehouse (a joint venture with New Line), but the company exited the feature films business when that unit folded in 2008.

Officers:
President: Television Production & Distribution

Competitors:
IFC Companies
Imagine Entertainment
Lionsgate Television

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Wikipedia: HBO Films
 
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Len Amato, president of HBO Films, speaking before a premiere of Taking Chance in February 2009

HBO Films is a division of the cable television network HBO that produces feature films and miniseries. While much of HBO Films' output is created directly for the television market, such as the film Witness Protection and the mini-series Band of Brothers and Angels in America, it has also branched into theatrical distribution with such critically acclaimed films as Elephant and American Splendor. These theatrical releases are usually handled by Picturehouse, a joint venture between HBO Films and New Line Cinema; both are owned by Time Warner.

HBO began producing films in 1983 with their HBO Pictures banner; their first film, The Terry Fox Story, was also the first feature film produced expressly for pay television. Another film production company, HBO Showcase (later HBO NYC) was folded into HBO Pictures to produce the current company HBO Films.

HBO Films productions are generally regarded to be high-quality and groundbreaking productions; the films produced by the company have garnered hundreds of Emmy and Golden Globe awards; HBO Films productions have won the award for the Primetime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Made for Television Movie" every year from 1993 to 2002, except 2000. Elephant is the first film produced by HBO Films to win the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

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