Paramount Vantage

Infobox_Company
company_name = Paramount Vantage
company_logo =| company_type = subsidiary
parent = Paramount Motion Picture Group
owner = Viacom
foundation = 1998 (as Paramount Classics)
2006 (as Paramount Vantage)
2007 (Paramount Classics re-launched)
industry = Motion pictures, specifically those with an "art house" feel
products = motion pictures
homepage = [http://www.paramountvantage.com/ www.paramountvantage.com]

Paramount Vantage (originally known as Paramount Classics) is the specialty film division of Paramount Pictures (which in turn is part of Viacom), charged with producing, purchasing, distributing and marketing films, generally those with a more "art house" feel than films made and distributed by its parent company.

Paramount Classics was launched in 1998 (Ruth Vitale and David Dinerstein became the co-presidents); it enjoyed "art house" box office successes with "The Virgin Suicides", "You Can Count on Me", "Sunshine", "Mostly Martha", three Patrice Leconte films ("Girl on the Bridge", "Man on the Train", "Intimate Strangers") and several others.... David Poland (a famous film journalist) wrote "Ruth Vitale and David Dinerstein have proven to have wonderful taste heading up Paramount Classics" [http://www.thehotbutton.com/today/hot.button/2002_thb/021002_wed.html] . However, Ruth Vitale and David Dinerstein were fired in October 2005. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E5D91E30F934A35753C1A9639C8B63&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/W/Waxman,%20Sharon]

The Paramount Vantage brand branched off of Paramount Classics in 2006. The Paramount Classics brand was relaunched in 2007 as a distributor of "smaller, review-driven films including foreign-language acquisitions and documentaries." [http://www.paramountvantage.com/blog/?p=5]

In 2007, Paramount Vantage co-produced two films with Miramax Films which were released in successive months: "No Country for Old Men" (released in November) and "There Will Be Blood" (released in December). The partnership hit paydirt when both films were nominated for the Best Picture at the 80th Academy Awards, with the former film getting the award. Combined, these two films won six awards, which included the Best Picture award for "No Country for Old Men" as well as both the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor awards (won by "There Will Be Blood's" Daniel Day-Lewis and "No Country for Old Men's" Javier Bardem, respectively).

Paramount Classic releases

*"The Virgin Suicides"
*"You Can Count on Me"
*"Girl on the Bridge"
*"Northfork"
*"Man on the Train"
*"Sunshine"
*"Bloody Sunday"
*"Mean Creek"
*"Intimate Strangers"
*"Mostly Martha"
*"The Machinist"
*"Mad Hot Ballroom"
*"Hustle & Flow"
*"Ask the Dust"
*"An Inconvenient Truth"
*"Arctic Tale"
*"The Kite Runner"
*"Shine a Light"

Paramount Vantage releases

*"Babel"
*"Black Snake Moan"
*"No Country for Old Men"
*"Year of the Dog"
*"A Mighty Heart"
*"Into the Wild"
*"Margot at the Wedding"
*"How She Move"
*"There Will Be Blood"
*"How to Lose Friends & Alienate People"
*"The Eye
*" Untitled New Edition Biopic "
*"The Foot Fist Way"
*"American Teen"

Upcoming Paramount Vantage releases

*"Defiance"
*"The Duchess"

tudio executives

* Paramount Classics appointed former Endeavor partner John Lesher to serve as President in November 2005 and was recently promoted to President of Paramount Film Group.
*Former Lionsgate International President, Nick Meyer, joined Paramount Vantage in 2006 as Co-President. Upon Lesher's promotion to President of Paramount Film Group, Meyer was upped to President of Paramount Vantage.
* Former Fox Searchlight National Publicity exec Megan Colligan served as Co-Head of Marketing until she was upped to Co-Head of Marketing of Paramount Pictures, overseeing marketing for Paramount Vantage in that role.
* Former Fox Searchlight VP of Publicity Julie Tustin is Senior Vice-President of National Publicity, East Coast.
*Katie Martin Kelley is Senior Vice President, National Publicity.
*Aurora Dennis is Vice President, Field Publicity & Promotions.
*Lea Yardum is Vice President, Awards, Events & Special Projects.
*Gena Wilder is Vice President, Guild Relations & Awards.
*Bethan Dixon is Vice President, International Publicity.
*Shyama Friedenson is Senior Vice President, International Marketing.
* Chad Hamilton is Vice-President of Production.

ee also

*Paramount Pictures (parent studio)
*Go Fish Pictures (specialty division of sister studio DreamWorks)

External links

* [http://www.paramountvantage.com/ Official website]