Altitude Film Distribution

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Altitude Film Distribution
Altitude
Company type Private Company
Industry Film
Founded2012
FounderWill Clarke
Headquarters
Products Motion Pictures
Services Film distribution
Parent Altitude Film Entertainment
Website www.altitudefilment.com

Altitude Film Distribution is a British film distribution company, part of the Altitude Film Entertainment group. [1] The parent company was launched in 2012 by Optimum Releasing founder Will Clarke. Altitude Film Entertainment is vertically integrated, with divisions that handle film production, finance and international sales, as well as UK distribution. [2]

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History

Altitude Film Distribution's first release came in 2014 with the Oscar-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom , which was followed by Fruitvale Station and Abel Ferrara's Welcome to New York . In 2015, Altitude released Ira Sachs' Love Is Strange ; a biopic film, Amy, about the British singer Amy Winehouse, which was directed by Asif Kapadia and was released in cinemas on 3 July 2015 in the United Kingdom; international espionage thriller Spooks: The Greater Good ; and Narcopolis , a science fiction film. In 2016, they released Bolshoi Babylon , a behind-the-scenes portrait of Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. On 27 April 2016 it was announced that Altitude would partner with the British Academy Award winning film director Kevin Macdonald, on a new documentary film on Whitney Houston's life and death. It was released in 2018. It's been revealed that the movie is to include rare unheard tracks & performances, with family members & friends to help build up the film through recorded interviews and archive footage. [3]

In 2023, Altitude Film gave a limited theatrical release in the United Kingdom for Wham!, a 2023 documentary film about the English pop duo Wham! consisting of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. [4]

Filmography

Select cinema releases

TitleDirectorRelease date
20 Feet From Stardom Morgan Neville 28 March 2014
Fruitvale Station Ryan Coogler 6 June 2014
A Promise Patrice Leconte 1 August 2014
Welcome To New York Abel Ferrara 8 August 2014
Love Is Strange Ira Sachs 13 February 2015
White Bird in a Blizzard Gregg Araki 6 March 2015
Spooks: The Greater Good Bharat Nalluri 8 May 2015
The Connection Cédric Jimenez 29 May 2015
Amy Asif Kapadia 3 July 2015
Narcopolis Justin Trefgarne29 September 2015
A Nazi Legacy : What Our Father's DidDavid Evans6 November 2015
Bolshoi Babylon Nick Read8 January 2016
Moonlight Barry Jenkins 17 February 2017
The Florida Project Sean Baker 10 November 2017
Loveless Andrey Zvyagintsev 24 January 2018
Whitney Kevin Macdonald 6 July 2018
Monster Family Holger Tappe2 March 2018
Mary and the Witch's Flower Hiromasa Yonebayashi 15 May 2018
Final Score Scott Mann 4 September 2018
Black '47 Lance Daly 28 September 2018 [5] [6]
Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans Dominic Brigstocke26 July 2019
Little Monsters Abe Forsythe 15 November 2019
The Real Charlie ChaplinJames Middleton, James Spinney18 February 2022 [7]
Blue Jean Georgia Oakley10 February 2023 [8]
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey Rhys Frake-Waterfield 15 February 2023 [9]
Wham! Chris Smith 27 June 2023 [4]

Home Entertainment Releases

TitleDirector
Flu Sung-su Kim
Sx Tape Bernard Rose
Dracula 3D Dario Argento
All Cheerleaders Die Lucky McKee, Chris Sivertson
Iceberg SlimJorge Hinojosa
Somm Jason Wise
Narco Cultura Shaul Schwarz
Torment Jordan Barker
The Rendlesham UFO Incident Daniel Simpson
Drew: The Man Behind The Poster Erik Sharkey
Doc of the Dead Alexandre O. Philippe
Wolves David Hayter
Superfast! Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
Colt 45 Fabrice Du Welz
The Dead 2Howard J. Ford, Jonathan Ford
Zombie Fight ClubJoe Chien
The Match Jakov Sedlar, Dominik Sedlar

Altitude Film Entertainment

Altitude Film Entertainment
Company typePrivate
Industry Motion picture
Founded2012;12 years ago (2012)
Headquarters
United Kingdom
Key people
Will Clarke (chairman & CEO)
Andy Mayson (Co-CEO)
Mike Runagall (Management Director)
Hamish Moseley (Managing Director)
Owner 30West (minority stake) [10]
Subsidiaries Altitude Film Distribution
Altitude Film Production
Altitude Film Sales
Altitude Factual [11]
Website www.altitudefilment.com

Altitude Film Entertainment is a British entertainment Company.The company comprises Altitude Film Production led by Will Clarke chairman and joint-CEO with Andy Mayson; Altitude Film Sales with Managing Director Mike Runagall; and Altitude Film Distribution. [12]

On 21 February 2020, 30West acquired a minority stake in Altitude Film Entertainment. [10] On 4 March that same year, Altitude created Altitude Factual, a unit for natural history documentaries. [11]

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