Mandalay Pictures

Mandalay Pictures (later as Mandalay Independent Pictures and Mandalay Vision) is a Santa Monica,-based movie production company and subsidiary of Mandalay Entertainment Group, established on May 27, 1995 by producer and businessman Peter Guber. At the same time, the company signed a exclusive contract with Sony Pictures to production of films through the Columbia and TriStar. The mascot of company is tiger.Lions Gate sells stake in Mandalay Pictures. 

At first, was an independent company, was acquired by Lions Gate Entertainment in 1997, which was an owner of company until 2002. In 2003, was a again independent company, was merged with Mandalay Entertainment in 2008.

In 2007, the company launched a Mandalay Independent Pictures, independent division, which deals with production and financing of only independent films. In 2010, the division was renamed to Mandalay Vision.

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Category:American movie studios