Umedia
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Industry | Film production, VFX |
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Founded | 2004 2010 (as Umedia) | (as Motion Investment Group)
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Headquarters | , Belgium |
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Number of employees | 200 |
Website | www |
Umedia (formerly stylized uMedia) is an international film group based in Brussels, with offices in London, Paris, Los Angeles, and Vancouver.
History[]
Nadia Khamlichi, Adrian Politowski and Jeremy Burdek created the Motion Investment Group in 2004 in Brussels. They set up the offices in the basement rooms of one of their friends' grandmothers. Their plan was to set up a fund using Belgium's tax shelter provisions for visiting productions.[1] In 2010, the group rebranded as uMedia, with business divisions of "uFund (fundraising), uFilm (production and investment), uDream (distribution) and uFX (visual effects)." In 2011, its website reported it had staffed 75 employees, co-produced and financed 120 films, raised and invested 156 million euros.[2] One of the film group's most notable financing at that time was for the 2011 film The Artist.[1]
In 2013, Umedia expanded its operations to Los Angeles.[1] In 2014, Burdek resigned.[3] In 2016, Umedia set up an office in Vancouver.[4]
In 2019, Khamlichi and Politowski co-founded and launched the production company Align Pictures, where Politoski plans to focus on producing fewer films but have more involvement in them. Politowski resigned from his position as co-CEO of the uMedia, leaving Khamlichi to remain as CEO.[5] In 2020, Politowski sold his remaining stake in uMedia.[6] and Khamlichi resigned as co-CEO. Bastien Sirodot, who had served as chief operating officer, became CEO.[7][3] Laurent Jacobs, who joined Umedia as the chief financial officer in 2019, became co-CEO with Sirodot.[7]
Filmography[]
- A Girl from Mogadishu[8]
- A Sad Trumpet Ballad
- Ashes to Ashes
- Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques
- Au poste !
- Balada Triste de Trompeta
- Ballerina
- Book of Blood
- Chaos
- Chemical Wedding
- Cinderella[disambiguation needed]
- Cloclo
- Deep
- Devil's Playground
- Disco
- Dread
- Dunya & Desie
- Duska
- Eichmann
- Erased[1]
- Fly Me to the Moon
- Generation Z
- Gloss
- Gooische Vrouwen
- Grace of Monaco[1]
- Groove High
- Hollywoo
- The Hot Potato
- I Kill Giants
- Jackboots on Whitehall
- John Wick
- Julia
- Kaeloo
- Khadak
- Kidnapping Freddy Heineken
- l'Insoumis
- La Famille Belier
- la Meute
- La Possibilité d'une Ile
- Le Cochon de Gaza
- Le Tableau
- Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table !
- Les Deux Mondes
- Les Lyonnais
- Late Bloomers
- Little Big Panda
- Marseille
- Max & Co
- Nuit Blanche
- Oliver Twist
- Overdrive
- Outside the Law
- Paradise Lost
- Pierre Goldman
- Poulet Aux Prunes
- Princess Ka'iulani
- Rolling to You
- Ruby Blue
- A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
- Sand Castle[9]
- Sentinelle
- Silence Becomes You
- Snow White
- Submergence
- Surviving Evil
- The Artist[1]
- The Best Offer
- The Correspondence
- The Exception
- The Fifth Estate
- The Magic Crystal
- The Numbers Station
- The Vintner's Luck
- This Is England
- Titeuf
- Torpedo
- Vinyan[10]
- Wallies
- What Happened to Monday[11]
- Where Hands Touch
- Within the Whirlwind
- Yves Saint Laurent[12]
- Zwartboek
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f Roxborough, Scott (April 29, 2013). "uMedia Sets Up L.A., Offices, Expands in London, Paris". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ "Key Figures". uMedia. Archived from the original on 2011-05-04. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (27 September 2016). "Belgium's Umedia Launches Canada's VFX Studio". Variety. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (June 24, 2019). "Adrian Politowski Exits Umedia To Form Align; LA-Based Production & Finance Venture Has $150M Fund".
- ^ "Align – Team". Align Group. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ a b "About umedia – Our team". Umedia official website. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ https://www.blackfilm.com/read/2020/03/a-girl-from-mogadishu-starring-aja-naomi-king-to-hit-cinemas-april-3/
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (May 9, 2014). "Cannes: Belgium's Umedia Boards Nicholas Hoult-Starrer 'Sand Castle'". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Vinyan (PDF) (press kit).
- ^ Linden, Sheri (August 9, 2017). "'What Happened to Monday': Film Review | Locarno 2017". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Hoeij, Boyd van (January 7, 2014). "Yves Saint Laurent: Berlin Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
External links[]
- Companies based in Brussels
- Film studios