Aperture Entertainment

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Aperture Entertainment is a management and production company founded by Adam Goldworm in March 2009.

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Aperture Entertainment represents a diverse group of writers, directors, and actors, including Cory Goodman ( Priest , Lore , The Brood , The Last Witch Hunter ), Jeremy Passmore ( Special , Red Dawn ) and Andre Fabrizio (San Andreas 3D [1] , The Prince , Nocturne), Tao Ruspoli ( Fix ), Simon Rumley (Red White & Blue, The Living and the Dead ), Scott Mann ( Heist ), Steven C. Miller ( Escape Plan 2 , Marauders ), and Jeremy Lott (Man At Arms, Lore ). The company also represents actors such as actress/singer Jessica Lowndes ( 90210 , Altitude ) and actress Alex Essoe ( Starry Eyes ).

Aperture Entertainment has produced several films, many of which feature the work of its clients. These include Vice , written by Jeremy Passmore and Andre Fabrizio and starring Bruce Willis, as well as The Prince , also written by Passmore and Fabrizio and starring Bruce Willis, Jason Patric, John Cusack, 50 Cent, and Aperture client Jessica Lowndes. The company also produced Warner Bros.' horror-action film Lore , written by Cory Goodman and Jeremy Lott, based on Ashley Wood's IDW graphic novel Lore, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and directed by Men in Black 's Barry Sonnenfeld. Other projects include Summit Entertainment's horror-action film The Last Witch Hunter , starring Vin Diesel and directed by Breck Eisner ( The Crazies ) based on a script written by Aperture client Cory Goodman, [2] and MGM's planned remake of David Cronenberg's body horror classic The Brood. [3] Additionally, Aperture Entertainment has worked on adaptations of the cult novel Snuff , written by Chuck Palahniuk, and My Friend Dahmer , written by award-winning political cartoonist Derf Backderf, which is based on the teenage life of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.

Aperture Entertainment is also active in television production, with projects including Haunted at ABC, directed by Jon Turteltaub ( National Treasure ), and the comedy series Saint James St. James Presents Delirium Cinema at IFC.

Partial film filmography

Partial TV filmography

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