IM Global
American independent film and TV production company
IM Global, LLC was an American independent film and TV production company. The company was founded by Stuart Ford in April 2007 and operating in international film, television and music production, as well as sales and international distribution. The company financed or produced over 30 Hollywood feature films and controlled a library of over 300 films.
IM Global was the 2015 recipient of the Variety Award for Achievement in International Film.
From April 2010, the company's two shareholders were Reliance Entertainment, a subsidiary of Indian billionaire Anil Ambani's Reliance ADA group, and Ford himself. Reliance Entertainment is also one of the main investors in Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Pictures. Due to Reliance's investment in IM Global, with Ford and his Indian partners, the company expanded internationally with offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Beijing, Mexico City and Mumbai.
In June 2016, Tang Media Partners acquired majority ownership of IM Global. In 2017, Tang Media Partners merged the IM Global operations with those of Open Road Films and IM Global TV to form Global Road Entertainment. In 2018, Global Road filed for bankruptcy.
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