Cinema Management Group is an American company based inBeverly Hills, California that acquires licenses and distributes feature films, animations, and documentaries. The company is noted for its catalog of internationally produced animated features that is sold to the world markets.
The company was founded in 2003 by Edward Noeltner.[1] In 2004 the company acquired the rights for theCGI animated filmHoodwinked!: The True Story of Red Riding Hood. CMG expanded its genre distribution with the indie filmReeker and the sequelNo Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker. CMG representsMoriah Films.[2] Since 2004, CMG-licensed animated features have grossed over $400 million at the worldwide box office.[3]
CMG facilitated the joint production of the filmAinbo: Spirit of the Amazon between the animation houses of Peru and the Netherlands. The company has distributed the film to over half the world's cinema markets, with an anticipated release in 2021.[4] Currently in production for release in the 2020s decade isSeal Team byTriggerfish Animation Studios;Panda Bear in Africa by Katuni Animation,A. Film Production, Cool Beans, Comet FilmandLe Pacte;Kayara by Tunche Films;Canterville Ghost by Toonz Animation and Melmoth Productions,Proud Princess by Luminar Films; andNoah's Ark byGlobo Filmes, Gullane, NIP, Symbiosys Technologies and VideoFilmes.[1]
Edward Noeltner is the founder of Cinema Management Group. He has served as the President of Senator Films International inBerlin, Head of Television at Pandora Cinema in Paris, Senior Vice President of International Distribution atAB Svensk Filmindustri[5] in Stockholm/Paris, and Senior Vice President of Sales and Distribution atMiramax International.[6] in New York. Noeltner has overseen the international sales and distribution of Academy Award-winning films[7] such asChicago,The Hours,Frida,Shine,Kolya,Under The Sun, andTango.
In 2008, film producerGray Frederickson (The Godfather) brokered the sale of CMG shares to The Cleveland Family Trust, managed by Brian and Jason Cleveland, to establish the CMG Acquisitions Fund.[8]
