Our reel divisions:
Van Gogh Pictures specializes in acquiring intellectual property, specifically film rights, from global content providers. We Focus on highly commercial content, particularly action films led by notable talents. Leveraging these assets, we strategically sub-license rights to prominent world-wide distributors.
Van Gogh Capital's main activity is arranging complete financing for the development and production of feature films and tv series. Our financial partners are debt and equity investors that utilize jumbo CDs, placed in Investment vehicles with our financial institutions drawing down funds as needed.
Van Gogh Media's wholly-owned subsidiary is Starfish Media and, through them, we own copyrights and worldwide rights to more than 70 titles that totalled more than $50 million dollars in world revenues in the first cycle. Starfish Media distributes all content from linear to CTV to social to theatrical.
Van Gogh's CEO and Founder: Chris Savino..
45 years of industry knowhow.
For over four decades Chris has had an impressive path across the entertainment Industry -kicking off as a well known agent for the likes of Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, Jeff Foxworthy, Paul Reiser, Damon Wayans, Dennis Miller, Jamie Foxx, Susie Essman, Lenny Clarke, Bill Maher, Bob Saget and Janeane Garofalo.
After helping nurture careers, he took his creative flair for making things happen to film financing and production. Kicking off with his first big deal in 1998, with the Woolworth Fund for $50M followed by a $300M pipeline for Independent films with the World Financial Group.
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In the last few years Chris has broken ground with an Investment Group in Texas that utilizes Jumbo CDs for the purposes of film financing and will over-see up to a billion dollars per year for the financing of films , purchasing film libraries, as well as production companies, distribution companies and co-pro investment with studios.
Chris was also involved with the acquisitions for such films: The Chamber, Dante's Peak, The Jackal, Vampires, New York Cop, Final Vendetta and Distant Justice, as well as TV shows, Seinfeld, Lenny, Mad About You, In Living Color, Hangin with Mr Cooper. and 3 1/2 Blocks from Home .
Van Gogh's advisory board:
Richard Rionda
Richard Rionda
Richard Rionda
Richard Rionda Del Castro is a Director of Opus One Pictures, Ceo of Hannibal Media, Ceo of Hannibal Production and Out of the Box Investment, as well as a film producer. He has managed over $400 million in investment to date and has produced over 35 feature films starring renowned actors such as Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Channing Tatum,
Richard Rionda Del Castro is a Director of Opus One Pictures, Ceo of Hannibal Media, Ceo of Hannibal Production and Out of the Box Investment, as well as a film producer. He has managed over $400 million in investment to date and has produced over 35 feature films starring renowned actors such as Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Channing Tatum, Nicolas Cage, Bruce Willis, John Travolta, Antonio Banderas, Kevin Spacey, Adrien Brody, Gerard Depardieu, Harvey Keitel, Thomas Jane, and many more. He has been directly involved in both global marketing with major local distributors around the world for several decades, as well as in production with the talent for each film and with the financiers of each film produced.
Glenn Pere
Richard Rionda
Richard Rionda
Glenn Pere has had an illustrious 40 year award-winning career in entertainment advertising. He has been the creative force behind many of today’s largest pop-culture brands...HBO, TNT, AMC, NBA TV, The NFL Network, A&E, Amex and Nike to name a select few. He was there to help HBO launch “Sex and the City”, “The Sopranos”, “Real Time with
Glenn Pere has had an illustrious 40 year award-winning career in entertainment advertising. He has been the creative force behind many of today’s largest pop-culture brands...HBO, TNT, AMC, NBA TV, The NFL Network, A&E, Amex and Nike to name a select few. He was there to help HBO launch “Sex and the City”, “The Sopranos”, “Real Time with Bill Maher”, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, "Inside the NFL", "Hard Knocks" and “From the Earth to the Moon” plus so many other pop-culture hits. He’s collaborated with the likes of Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Seinfeld, Springsteen, The Stones, Chris Rock, George Lopez, Justin Timberlake, Floyd Mayweather, Oscar De La Hoya, Mike Tyson and so many more.
The Van Gogh Process:
Reel Concepting:
Reel Collaborating:
Reel Collaborating:
One of the things we like best at Van Gogh is the "Concepting" phase. It's where everything starts but never ends. We relish hearing of your ideas, seeing your passion and witnessing, first-hand, your dreams to bring your project to the small screen or the big screen. Afterall, it's all about the concept...nothing more, nothing less.
Reel Collaborating:
Reel Collaborating:
Reel Collaborating:
One of Van Gogh's strongest assets is finding the best writers, producers and directors to work together to find and create the best IP to make into a feature film or series, along with working with studios who come to us with of their properties for Van Gogh to collaborate with their production department to do a co-production.
Reel Funding:
Reel Producing:
Reel Producing:
Van Gogh has the ability to fund productions from $2M to $50M and will finance one-off as well as Slates of films which makes our company unique in the business. Van Gogh's greatest asset is our ability to get funding from our investors for up to $1,000,000,000/year.
Reel Producing:
Reel Producing:
Reel Producing:
Van Gogh works with top producers from the studio level down to independent film producer. We have a team of award winning producers , and also work with producers from al the major studios and will also work with new up-and-coming producers who who show strong commitment.
Van Gogh's upcoming slate:
The Groves of Ares
The Groves of Ares
The Groves of Ares
ACTION-SUSPENSE
A 20 episode streaming series. International action suspense. A wildlife naturalist and a news reporter uncover an epic conspiracy which is stealing resources from a National Park, but it is they who are forced on the run.
Devils Archipelago
The Groves of Ares
The Groves of Ares
ACTION-ADVENTURE
A group of kayakers come into conflict with four men on a yacht in the isolated wilderness of a northern Great Lakes island chain, and after an accidental death, it becomes a life and death battle of survival.
Crooked Tree
The Groves of Ares
The King of Copper
THRILLER
Bears turn hostile due to an ancient ritual of soul transmigration into animals. Attorney realizes his wife is possessed by the same evil force, and to stop the rampage and save her, he must confront the ancient malice.
The King of Copper
The King of Copper
The King of Copper
COMEDY
Small town lawyer leads the fight to save the town's two treasures, one cultural, the other natural--a magnificent old opera hall and a wilderness lake--from a scam artist and his beautiful assistant.
Final Justice
The King of Copper
Final Justice
ACTION-THRILLER
The American President, after leaving a conference in Tokyo, is forced down by North Korean jets at a remote air base in the Aleutian Islands. On the ground, a North Korean commando team is waiting...just for him.
Smoke Alarm
The King of Copper
Final Justice
DOCUMENTARY
A documentary narrated by Eugene Brave Rock. The greatest threat to human health is tobacco. This is its story, from its ceremonial beginnings of the Native Peoples to its modern commercialization as an addictive killer.
