Maverick Films

Maverick Films

Type	Production company
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (1992/2001)
Founder(s)	Maverick Picture Company: Madonna, Frederick DeMann, Ronnie Dashev Maverick Films: Madonna, Guy Oseary
Headquarters	Burbank, California, United States
Key people	Mark Morgan, CEO Guy Oseary, Chairman Brent Emery, EVP Jon Schwartz, President, COO Marc Vermut, CFO
Products	Motion pictures, television programs, music videos
Website	Maverick.com

Maverick Films is an American film production company which was founded by Madonna and CEO of Maverick Records, Guy Oseary.^[1] It is the film division of entertainment company, Maverick and owned by Warner Music Group. Madonna has since formed another company, Semtex Films which oversees productions relating to the singer.

History

Founded as Maverick Picture Company in April 1992 by Madonna, Frederick DeMann, Ronnie Dashev and Warner Music Group. It was the film division of Maverick, an entertainment company which also owns Maverick Records and was part of a $60 million deal between Madonna and Time Warner.^[2] The first film it produced was Dangerous Game in 1993, directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Madonna, Harvey Keitel and James Russo.

Productions

Maverick Films:^[3]

• The Factory (2011)
• The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
• The Stepfather (2009)
• Hit and Run (2009)
• Twilight (2008)
• My Sassy Girl (2008)
• Alyx (2008) (TV)
• Buried (2008)
• The Riches (2007) (TV)
• Material Girls (2006)
• I'm from Rolling Stone (2006)
• I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2005)
• Sam's Lake (2005)
• Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
• Agent Cody Banks (2003)

Maverick Picture Company:^[4]

• Alanis Morissette: Head Over Feet (1997) (music video)
• Alanis Morissette: You Learn Live (1997) (TV)
• Canadian Bacon (1995)
• Dangerous Game (1993)

References

1. ^ Untitled Document
2. ^ Madonna Makes a $60 Million Deal - New York Times
3. ^ Maverick Films [us]
4. ^ Maverick Picture Company [us]