Echo Films

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Echo Films
Industry Motion pictures, Entertainment
Founded2008;16 years ago (2008)
Founder Jennifer Aniston
Kristin Hahn
Headquarters
United States
Products Films
TV films
TV-series
Owner Jennifer Aniston (ceo)
Kristin Hahn

Echo Films is an American production company founded in April 2008 by American actress Jennifer Aniston and her production partner Kristin Hahn . [1] Echo Films has a production deal with Universal Pictures. [1] The company produces projects for both film and television. Most of the projects star Jennifer Aniston.

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History

This is Jennifer Aniston's second production company. She previously founded Plan B Entertainment with Brad Pitt, Kristin Hahn and Brad Grey in 2002. In 2006, after Pitt and Aniston divorced, and Grey became the CEO of Paramount Pictures, Pitt became the sole owner of the company. Kristin Hahn also has another production company that she created in 2015 named Hahnscape Entertainment. [2]

On the choice of the projects, Hahn said: "We particularly like working from books and real-life stories about distinct characters that embody something relatable and relevant about human nature's double-sided coin of vulnerability and mettle." On the name of the company, Aniston added that they were "drawn to stories about people finding their voice and finding their way because they help us as listeners and viewers do what we feel we're all trying to do, which is making sense of our lives through the stories of others. That's why we chose the name Echo, to echo back an idea, a challenge, something that resonates through all of us." [1]

Cinema

YearTitleDirectorsNotes
2009 Management Stephen Belber
2010 The Switch Will Speck and Josh Gordon
2013 Life of Crime Daniel Schechter
2014 Cake Daniel Barnz
2017 The Yellow Birds Alexandre Moors
2018 Dumplin' Anne Fletcher Netflix
2023 Murder Mystery 2 [3] Jeremy Garelick

In Development

Television

YearTitleDirectorChannel
2011 Five Jennifer Aniston
Patty Jenkins
Alicia Keys
Demi Moore
Penelope Spheeris 		Lifetime
2013 Call Me Crazy: A Five Film Laura Dern
Bryce Dallas Howard
Bonnie Hunt
Ashley Judd
Sharon Maguire 		Lifetime
2019 - 2023 The Morning Show SEASON 1
Mimi Leder
David Frankel
Lynn Shelton
Tucker Gates
Roxann Dawson
Michelle MacLaren
Kevin Bray
SEASON 2
Mimi Leder
Lesli Linka Glatter
Jessica Yu
Tucker Gates
Rachel Morrison
Victoria Mahoney
Miguel Arteta
SEASON 3
Mimi Leder
Thomas Carter
Tucker Gates
Stacie Passon
Jennifer Getzinger
Millicent Shelton 		Apple TV+

In Development

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