Oscilloscope (company)

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Oscilloscope
Company typePrivately held company
Industry Motion picture
Founded2006 (2006)
Founder
Key people
  • Dan Berger
Website oscilloscope.net

Oscilloscope Laboratories is an independent film company, distributor, recording studio and production facility. It was founded by Adam Yauch and former TH!NKFilm executive David Fenkel. Fenkel left the company in May 2012 to co-found A24. [1] Dan Berger was named president of Oscilloscope in 2008. [2] [3]

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Releases

FilmYearCountryDirector(s)NotesSpine Number
God & Country [4] 2024U.S.Dan Partland151
Wildcat [5] U.S. Ethan Hawke
Sometimes I Think About Dying U.S.Rachel Lambert150
Canary [6] 2023U.S.Danny O'Malley

Alex Rivest

144
Piaffe [7] 2022GermanyAnn Oren145
Shortbus U.S. John Cameron Mitchell re-release (2006)128
Claydream2021U.S.Marq Evans133
Poser U.S.Ori Segev, Noah Dixon132
The Tale of King Crab ItalyAlessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis130
Anonymous ClubAustraliaDanny Cohen136
Clara SolaCosta Rica Nathalie Álvarez Mesén 135
Stanleyville CanadaMaxwell McCabe-Lokos131
So Late So Soon U.S.Daniel Hymanson123
The Velvet QueenFranceMarie Amiguet129
No Ordinary Man CanadaAisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt126
Les NôtresCanadaJeanne Leblanc125
Silo U.S.Marshall Burnette124
Sophie Jones U.S.Jessie Barr122
Truth to Power U.S.Garin Hovannisian121
What Happened Was... U.S.Tom Noonanre-release116
Billy the Kid2020U.S.Jennifer Vendittire-release (2007)
The Twentieth Century CanadaMatthew Rankin115
Martin Margiela: In His Own WordsBelgium, GermanyReiner Holzemer120
We Are Little ZombiesJapanMakoto Nagahisa114
All I Can Say U.S. Danny Clinch, Taryn Gould, Colleen Hennessy, Shannon Hoon
Clementine U.S.Lara Jean Gallagher117
The InfiltratorsCanadaCristina Ibarra, Alex Rivera112
Run This Town [8] CanadaRicky Tollman
Saint Frances U.S.Alex Thompson
Cane River U.S.Horace B. Jenkinsre-release (1982)111
VHYESU.S.Jack Henry Robbins
Midnight Traveler 2019U.S.Hassan Fazili
Ms. Purple Justin Chon
Jay Myself Stephen Wilkes
The Hours and Times Christopher Munch re-release (1991)
Relaxer Joel Potrykus
Combat Obscura Miles Lagoze
Wrestle Lauren Belfer, Suzannah Herbert
Hal 2018U.S. Amy Scott
John McEnroe: In the Realm of PerfectionJulien Faraut
Madeline's Madeline Josephine Decker
Searching for Ingmar BergmanFrance, GermanyFelix Moeller, Margarethe von Trotta
The King U.S. Eugene Jarecki
On Her ShouldersAlexandria Bombach
Summer 1993 Spain, U.S.Carla Simón
Sollers Point U.S. Matthew Porterfield
November Estonia, Poland, Netherlands Rainer Sarnet
Song of Granite 2017U.S.Pat Collins
Beauty and the Dogs France, U.S. Kaouther Ben Hania
May It Last: A Portrait of The Avett Brothers U.S. Judd Apatow, Michael Bonfiglio
Bobbi JeneElvira Lind
Brimstone & GloryViktor Jakloveski
The Road MovieBelarus, U.S.Dmitrii Kalashnikov
Polina FranceValérie Müller and Angelin Preljocaj
SantoallaSpain, U.S.Andrew Becker, Daniel Mehrer
Kedi U.S.Ceyda Torun
Always Shine [9] U.S. Sophia Takal 78
Contemporary ColorU.S.Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross80
The Love Witch [10] 2016U.S. Anna Biller
Girl Asleep U.S.Rosemary Myers
Lost in Paris U.S.Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon
The Alchemist Cookbook U.S. Joel Potrykus
Notes on BlindnessU.K.Peter Middleton, James SpinneyShort film
One Week and a Day IsraelAsaph Polonsky
Pickle (short film) [11] U.S.Amy Nicholson
The Fits U.S.Anna Rose Holmer
Ma Ma Spain, France Julio Medem
The Wait Italy, France Piero Messina
Embrace of the Serpent 2015Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina Ciro Guerra
What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi LegacyU.K.David Evans
Above and BelowSwitzerland, GermanyNicholas Steiner
Body U.S.Dan Berk, Robert Olsen
The Second Mother Brazil Anna Muylaert
Félix & Meira Canada Maxime Giroux
El Elefante Desaparecido (The Vanished Elephant)Peru, Colombia, Spain Javier Fuentes-León
The Past is a Grotesque AnimalU.S.Jason Miller
The Wonders Italy, Switzerland, Germany Alice Rohrwacher 85
Catch Me Daddy U.K.Daniel Wolfe83
Mad as Hell U.S.Andrew Napier88
The Kill Team 2014Dan Krauss78
Art and Craft Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman; co-directed by Mark Becker79
Gabriel Lou Howe
Low Down Jeff Preiss 80
Soul of a Banquet Wayne Wang 81
Buzzard Joel Potrykus 82
Animals Collin Schiffi87
Pulp: A Film About Life, Death, and SupermarketsU.K. Florian Habicht 86
Big Significant Things U.S.Bryan Reisberg84
Whitewash Canada Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais 71
12 O'Clock Boys U.S.Lotfy Nathan56
Teenage Germany Matt Wolf 57
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors 2013U.S. Sam Fleischner 72
Coherence U.K. James Ward Byrkit 77
About Sunny U.S.Bryan Wizemann62
Dying to do Letterman Joke Fincioen, Biagio Messina 63
Welcome to Pine Hill Keith Miller64
WastelandU.K.Rowan Athale65
A Teacher U.S.Hannah Fidell67
Breakup at a Wedding Victor Quinaz68
Off LabelMichael Palmieri, Donal Mosher69
Our Day Will Come France Romain Gavras 70
Tim and Susan Have Matching HandgunsU.S.Joe CallanderShort film73
It's a Disaster Todd Berger [2] 52
These Birds Walk Pakistan, U.S.Omar Mullick, Bassam Tariq 53
Mother of George Nigeria Andrew Dosunmu 54
After Tiller U.S.Martha Shane, Lana Wilson55
The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best Ryan O'Nan47
Jingle Bell Rocks!CanadaMitchell Kezin58
Bunohan: Return to Murder MalaysiaDain Said60
Metro Manila U.K. Sean Ellis
The Rise 2012U.S.Rowan Athale
We Need to Talk About Kevin 2012U.K. Lynne Ramsay 43
Happy Few 2012FranceAntony CordierReleased as Four Lovers
Shut Up and Play the Hits 2012U.S.Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern45
Hello I Must Be Going 2012U.S. Todd Louiso 46
The Apple Pushers [12] 2012U.S. Mary Mazzio 75
Only the Young2012U.S.Jason Tippet, Elizabeth Mims48
Tchoupitoulas2012U.S.Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross49
Reality 2012ItalyMatteo Garrone50
Wuthering Heights 2012U.K. Andrea Arnold 51
We Can't Go Home Again 2012U.S. Nicholas Ray 39
Samsara 2012U.S. Ron Fricke 59
Oma & Bella2012Germany Alexa Karolinski 61
28 Hotel Rooms 2012U.S. Matt Ross 35
Dark Days 2011U.S. Marc Singer re-release (2000)36
Don't Expect Too Much2011U.S.Susan Ray92
Compassion in Emptiness2011U.S. Dalai Lama
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front 2011U.S. Marshall Curry 38
Bellflower 2011U.S. Evan Glodell 40
Rebirth2011U.S.Jim Whitaker41
The Other F Word 2011U.S.Andrea Blaugrund Nevins42
Monogamy 2011U.S. Dana Adam Shapiro 29
The Unloved 2011U.K. Samantha Morton 30
Meek's Cutoff 2011U.S. Kelly Reichardt 31
Who Took The Bomp? Le Tigre On Tour2011U.S.Kerthy Fix33
Bananas!* 2011Sweden Fredrik Gertten 24
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love 2010U.S. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi 20
The Maid (La Nana) ChileSebastián Silva21
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak U.S. Lance Bangs, Spike Jonze Companion to Where the Wild Things Are 22
The Exploding Girl U.S.Bradley Rust Gray23
A Film Unfinished IsraelYael Hersonski25
Howl U.S. Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman 26
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within U.S. Yony Leyser 27
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale U.S. Richard Shepard 28
Exit Through the Gift Shop U.S. Banksy Home release only32
Kisses IrelandLance Daly9
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale FinlandJalmari Helander34
The Paranoids ArgentinaGabriel Medina14
The Thorn in the Heart (L’Epine dans le Coeur) France Michel Gondry 16
Polytechnique 2009Canada Denis Villeneuve 91
Terribly Happy (Frygtelig lykkelig) Denmark Henrik Ruben Genz 17
Treeless Mountain KoreaSo Yong Kim7
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man U.S. Stephen Kijak 8
The Garden U.S.Scott Hamilton Kennedy10
The Law (La Loi) U.S. Jules Dassin re-release (1959)11
Burma VJ DenmarkAnders Østergaard12
Unmistaken Child IsraelNati Baratz13
No Impact Man U.S. Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein 15
The Messenger Oren Moverman 18
Beautiful Losers Aaron Rose 19
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell 2008Matt Wolf74
Gunnin' for That No. 1 Spot Adam Yauch 1
FLOW: For Love of WaterFrance Irena Salina 2
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father U.S. Kurt Kuenne 3
Wendy and Lucy Kelly Reichardt 4
Frontrunners Caroline Suh 5
Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie Jay Delaney6

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