Company type | Private |
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Industry | Film |
Founded | 2009 |
Founder | Timmy Thompson Tyler Thompson |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Motion pictures |
Website | crosscreekpictures.com |
Cross Creek Pictures is an American film production company founded in 2009 by Timmy Thompson and Tyler Thompson. Its first production was the acclaimed Black Swan (2010), which was followed by The Ides of March (2011), The Woman in Black (2012) and Rush (2013).
In September 2011, Cross Creek signed a deal with Universal Pictures, where the studio would release at least six productions for the company over the following three years. [1] In November 2015, Cross Creek signed a new three-year, multifaceted co-financing, production and distribution deal with Sony Pictures. [2]
This is the list of films produced or financed by Cross Creek.
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