Exclusive Media is a vertically integrated global film entertainment company, founded in May 2008 with the backing of the strategic investment group Cyrte Investments. Exclusive Media develops, finances, produces, markets and distributes prestige and talent driven commercial and documentary feature films on a global basis.
Exclusive Media is run by a five member Executive Board with Nigel Sinclair as Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Guy East as Co-Chairman, Simon Oakes as Vice Chairman and President of Hammer, Marc Schipper as Chief Operating Officer, and Randy Hermann as Chief Financial Officer. Supporting the Executive Board in both the operational management and strategic expansion of the business is a strong team of highly skilled professionals who have a broad range of complementary experience.
Included under the Exclusive Media umbrella is the documentary film division Spitfire Pictures, and famed genre studio Hammer.
Exclusive Media’s international sales & distribution division maintains a strong marketing presence and represents the group’s in-house productions plus its growing library of over 550 titles, as well as actively acquiring third party feature films to further strengthen its international distribution slate.
An "Exclusive" History
Exclusive Films was formed in 1935 by Enrique Carreras and William Hinds, Hinds having formed Hammer the year before. In addition to producing both features and documentaries, Exclusive distributed all of Hammer’s output pre-1937 including the Paul Robeson feature ‘The Song Of Freedom’ and ‘The Mystery of The Mary Celeste’ starring Bela Lugosi.
When Hammer fell dormant during the war, Exclusive continued to distribute movies from other companies. Heralded by its ship logo and the “It’s British – It’s Exclusive!” tagline, Exclusive was most active between 1948 and 1959, co-producing and distributing films from the newly revived Hammer including the ‘Dick Barton’ trilogy and the first two ‘Quatermass’ films.
Exclusive also continued to distribute films from other production companies including US company Lippert Pictures who partnered with Hammer on several films in the early 1950s. Exclusive became inactive in the late 1960s, with all rights passing to Hammer.
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