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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Cinema |
| Predecessor | Imperial Film |
| Founded | 1991; 35 years ago (1991) |
| Founder | Timur Bekmambetov |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia (Russian HQ) New York, US (International HQ) |
Key people | Yva Stromilova (general producer) Sergei Ageyev (executive producer) Pavel Perepelkin |
| Products | Motion pictures |
| Services | Movie production special effects |
| Divisions | Bazelevs Distribution 3D Previz Studio |
| Subsidiaries | Computer graphics advertising and film department |
| Website | bazelevs |
Bazelevs is a US-based production company founded by Russian director and producerTimur Bekmambetov. The company has been producing films such asNight Watch,Day Watch,Wanted,The Darkest Hour,Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter andHardcore Henry.
The company was involved in producing the animated film9, which was nominated for Best Animated Film in 2010 at theProducers Guild of America Awards 2009.
In the summer of 2010 in Moscow, they filmed the Russo-American projectsThe Darkest Hour, in cooperation with20th Century Fox,New Regency,Summit Entertainment andKikoriki. Team Invincible in cooperation withColumbia Pictures, in the United States with Bekmambetov as a producer.
In 2015, the company have since released films in a new format titled "Screenlife" which each film is shot in the point-of-view of computer screens and smartphones.[1] The first couple films released in that genre areUnfriended,Unfriended: Dark Web,Searching andProfile.