Indie genre specialist XYZ Films is getting into the distribution game, launching a U.S. operation and bringing on board former Drafthouse Films and Neon executive James Emanuel Shapiro. The domest…
the perfect film to launch the new division.
“Justin, Aaron, and Dave were incredible to work with during the Drafthouse Films release of Spring and I’ve loved each film they’ve done since,” he said. “is smart, inventive, and very entertaining. I hope we can distribute every film they do going forward.” XYZ said their U.S. company will focus on the kind of auteur-driven genre films the group is known for. Since Nate Bolotin, Nick Spicer, and Aram Tertzakian founded XYZ in 2008, the company has delivered such cult hits as Gareth Evans’Stowaway“We specialize in a certain kind of film, and we know that audience inside out,” said XYZ CEO Spicer, and partner Bolotin. “We now have the ability to be a true studio to our filmmakers, all the way through release.
A 20-year veteran of the indie film scene, Shapiro has worked on the Oscar awards campaigns on such films as
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