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THINKFilm Company Inc.
23 E. 22nd St., 5th Fl.
New York, NY 10010
NY Tel. 212-444-7900
Fax 212-444-7901

Type: Subsidiary
On the web: http://www.thinkfilmcompany.com
Employees: 21

THINKFilm is a distributor of independent films such as Being Julia, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, and Half Nelson. The company also releases documentaries that perform well at the box office, including The Aristocrats, Murderball, and Spellbound. THINKFilm earned an Academy Award for Best Documentary with its Born Into Brothels. The company was founded in 2001 by president and CEO Jeff Sackman. Los Angeles-based entrepreneur David Bergstein, who also owns sister firm Capitol Films, purchased THINKFilm for $25 million in 2006.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $2.1M

Officers:
President and CEO: Jeff Sackman
SVP Finance and Operations: Marc Hirshberg
VP Marketing: David Fenkel

Competitors:
Magnolia Pictures
Newmarket Films
Seventh Art Releasing

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THINKFilm
Type Subsidiary
Founded September 2001
Headquarters New York City, United States
Industry Motion pictures
Parent Capitol Films (50% equity), Lionsgate (50% equity)
Website http://www.thinkfilmcompany.com

THINKFilm, a privately held production and distribution company founded in September 2001, is a division of David Bergstein’s Capitol Films. Bergstein also serves as the company’s chairman. THINKFilm has distributed a number of award-winning independent films such as Taxi to the Dark Side, which won 2007 Best Documentary Feature; Half Nelson, whose star, Ryan Gosling, received a 2006 Oscar Best Actor nomination; and Born into Brothels, which won the 2005 Oscar for Best Documentary. Other nominated films include Spellbound, The Story of the Weeping Camel, Murderball and War/Dance.

Recent THINKFilm releases include Strangers with Candy; The Zodiac; Daniele Luchetti’s My Brother is an Only Child; Helen Hunt’s Then She Found Me; The Tracey Fragments starring Ellen Page; Noise starring Tim Robbins; Stuart Gordon’s Stuck, starring Mena Suvari and Stephen Rea; and Werner Herzog’s documentary Encounters at the End of the World.

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Academy Awards

2007

  • Taxi to the Dark Side (winner, Best Documentary Feature)
  • War/Dance (nominee, Best Documentary Feature)

2006

  • Half Nelson (nominee, Best Actor)

2005

  • Murderball (nominee, Best Documentary Feature)

2004

  • Born Into Brothels (winner, Best Documentary Feature)
  • The Story of the Weeping Camel (nominee, Best Documentary Feature)

2002

  • Spellbound (nominee, Best Documentary Feature)

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