Whyte House Entertainment (formerly known as Whyte House Productions) is an international film, television and multimedia production company with over 25 years of experience and is owned by brothers, Matt, Peter and Stephen Hill who also created the

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and

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shoe and

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apparel company

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. The company has offices in Melbourne, Australia and Los Angeles, US.

History

Whyte House was founded in the mid 1990s by Matt, Peter & Stephen Hill, along with long-time collaborator, Brett Hardy. In 1999, in addition to being involved in the distribution of ''Canvas: The Skateboarding Documentary'' including several key staff on its production, one of the first projects undertaken by Whyte House, was the documentary, ''Tic Tac 2 Heelflip: Australia’s Skateboarding History'', which featured in the

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and was broadcast nationally and internationally in 2001. The first feature film project undertaken in 2000 by Whyte House Productions was the crime drama titled ''The Heist''. The film was shot on location in Los Angeles and starred Luke Perry, Ice-T, Richmond Arquette,

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, Robert Wisdom and Amy Locane. Post-Production was later completed in Melbourne, Australia. This was followed by the 2001 film ''Down and Out with the Dolls'', an all girl rock band saga shot and set in

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and directed by

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. ''Down and Out with the Dolls'' featured musicians such as

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, Kinnie Starr,

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and

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in the cast. The film also played at the

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. Whyte House continued its association with Globe and its associated brands, creating web sites, streaming major action sports events including the Globe World Cup staged at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena and the Globe WCT Fiji surf event from the island of Tavarua in the Pacific Ocean. The company also produced a number of television commercials and skate and surf videos for home entertainment and online platforms and claims to be one of the first to operate in that area. Whyte House produced television specials and films for various skate and surf brands including Globe, Almost, Blind, Gallaz,

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, Darkstar,

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and SMP, including the skateboarding ''Opinion'', '' AKA: Girl Skater'' and the surf-based ''Somewhere Anywhere Everywhere'' videos. In 2007 Whyte House chronicled rise of the modern skateboard industry in the 1990s with ''The Man Who Souled the World'', a feature documentary focussed on the founder of World Industries,

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, which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival and won a best editing award at the X-Dance film festival. The 2009 feature documentary ''Love the Beast'' went on to become the second highest grossing Australian documentary in history. The film was the directorial debut of Actor

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and also featured

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and Jeremy Clarkson along with motor racing icon, Jim Richards. During the production of ''Love the Beast'', Whyte House and its production partner, Pick Up Truck Pictures, initiated a carbon neutral approach to the production of ''Love the Beast'', considered a world first for an Australian film. The film’s international premiere was staged at the

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in New York city following an invitation from the organization headed up by Actor

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and Producer Jane Rosenthal. The company worked again with Globe in 2014 on the release of the surf film ''Strange Rumblings in Shangri-LA''.

Filmography

* 1998 ''Canvas: The Skateboarding Documentary'' (television documentary) Distributor * 2000/1 ''The Heist'' (feature film) Production company in association with Arama Entertainment * 2001 ''Opinion'' (video documentary) Production company * 2001 ''Tic Tac 2 Heelflip'' (television documentary) Production company * 2001 ''Down and Out with the Dolls'' (feature film) Production company * 2002 ''Globe World Cup Skateboarding'' (TV movie) Production company * 2002 '' AKA: Girl Skater'' (documentary) Production company * 2003 ''The Globe World Cup Skateboarding'' (TV movie) Production company * 2004 ''AKA: Girl Surfer'' (TV documentary) Production company * 2004 ''The Globe World Cup Skateboarding'' (TV movie) Production company * 2004 ''Somewhere, Anywhere, Everywhere'' (surf video) Production company * 2004 '' Almost: Round Three'' (skate video) Production company * 2005 ''Globe Wildcard Skateboarding'' (TV movie) Production company * 2005 ''The Globe World Cup Skateboarding'' (TV movie) Production company * 2005 ''What If?'' (skate video) Production company * 2005 ''Globe WCT Fiji'' (TV movie) Production company * 2006 ''The Global Assault!!!'' (TV movie) Production company * 2006 ''2006 Globe WCT Fiji'' (video documentary) Production company * 2006 ''Cheese & Crackers'' (skate video) Production company * 2007 ''The Man Who Souled the World'' (feature documentary) Production company * 2008 ''Shanghai Showdown'' (TV special) Production company * 2009 '' Love the Beast'' (feature documentary) Production company in association with Pick Up Truck Pictures * 2014 ''Strange Rumblings in Shangra-LA'' (surf video) Distribution company

References

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External links

Official site for Whyte House Entertainment

Whyte House Entertainment at IMDB

Whyte House Productions at IMDB
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