Arclight Films
Australian film production company
Arclight Films International Pty Ltd. is a film sales, production, and finance company based in Sydney, and Los Angeles, United States. Founded in 2002 by Gary Hamilton, who still runs it, the company also operates the film production brands Darclight, Easternlight, and Simmons/Hamilton Productions.
History
Arclight Films was established as a private film sales company in Sydney by Gary Hamilton in 2002. Hamilton, who was born in Sydney, had previously worked for the Australian Film Commission in London advising producers on securing funding and distribution deals. After his return to Australia he worked at Beyond Films, a sales agency that sold Australian classics such as Strictly Ballroom and Lantana.
In 2004 the company relocated to Los Angeles, where it sold films such as Crash (2004), Lord of War (2005), and The Bank Job (2008), before expanding into Asian cinema, in particular films from China and Hong Kong.
The company moved into film production around 2010. Starting with low-budget films, the company gradually started producing larger projects, with the average budget around $20m-$30m by 2022.
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the company relocated to Sydney.
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