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Broad Green Pictures

US production and financing company

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ19818606 ↗
Source-derived summary

Broad Green Pictures LLC was an American film production and distribution company. It was founded in 2014 by CEO Gabriel Hammond and Chief Creative Officer, Daniel Hammond.

History

On February 25, 2015, Broad Green Pictures acquired a 45% stake in David Garrett’s London-based sales and distribution outfit, Mister Smith Entertainment. Adam Keen, former VP of Warner Bros. was hired on March 25, 2015 as head of publicity. In April 2015, Christopher Tricario was hired as EVP of business affairs and general counsel. That same month Jeremy Fuchs as the technology officer. In May 2015, Travis Reid was named the president of theatrical distribution. That same month, Dylan Wiley was hired as the president of specialty releasing. In July 2015, Marc Danon joined the company as the president of acquisitions and co-productions, leaving his job as acquisitions and business development senior VP for Lionsgate.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Broad Green Pictures” as uS production and financing company. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2014, 2015—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2014. The account is most persuasive where Broad, Green and Pictures can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as uS production and financing company. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q19818606. VIAF identifies the subject as 204145541823796600253. The Library of Congress control number is no2016009014. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2014 and 2015.

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This entry incorporates text from “Broad Green Pictures” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.