CineTel Films

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CineTel Films
Company typePrivately held company
Industry Film production, film distributor
PredecessorChicago Teleproductions
Founded
  • 1980;44 years ago (1980) (as Chicago Teleproductions)
  • 1983;41 years ago (1983) (as CineTel Films)
Founder Paul Hertzberg
Defunct2023
FateClosed
SuccessorVision Films
Headquarters United States, ,
United States
Key people
Paul Hertzberg (president)
Website cinetelfilms.com

CineTel Films Inc. was an independent film production company and distributor based in West Hollywood, California.

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History

The company was founded in Chicago in 1980 as Chicago Teleproductions and later moved the company's headquarters to Los Angeles, California and renamed as CineTel Films in 1983. [1] [2] Paul Hertzberg founded CineTel Films. [3] [4] CineTel put the first direct-to-video film into production on November 30, 1983 which was released in 1984 as E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind. [5]

The company was sold to Vision Films in 2023. [6]

Filmography

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

References

  1. "Company". CineTel Films. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  2. "Devil Winds" – About the Producers Archived 9 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine . Ku-Al Productions Inc. 2004.
  3. Horror Guest LISA HANSEN Archived 16 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine . FanExpo Canada. Access date: 5 September 2010.
  4. Lloyd Kaufman; Collins, Ashley Wren. Produce Your Own Damn Movie! . Focal Press, 2009. ISBN   0-240-81045-7, ISBN   978-0-240-81045-4
  5. Kleiman, Rena (28 November 1983). "Premiere made-for-home-video feature firmed for production". The Hollywood Reporter . p. 1.
  6. "Vision Films heads to MIPTV, Cannes market with CineTel library (Exclusive)".