Bold Films is an American independent film, television and live stage development, production and finance company. Bold was founded in 2004. Bold's first three films were ''

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'', ''

Come Early Morning ''Come Early Morning'' is a 2006 American film starring Ashley Judd and Jeffrey Donovan. It marked the List of directorial debuts, directorial debut of Joey Lauren Adams. The film was shot throughout the metropolitan Little Rock, Arkansas area incl ...

'' and ''

Mini's First Time ''Mini's First Time'' is a 2006 satiric neo-noir black comedy film written and directed by Nick Guthe and produced by Trigger Street Productions. It was screened at the Tribeca Film Festival on May 1, 2006 and had a limited release on July 14, 20 ...

''. In 2006 the company had its first hit, producing and financing the Golden Globe-nominated period piece ''

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'', written and directed by

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. In 2009 Bold produced and released Joe Dante's 3D thriller '' The Hole'', which won an award for Best 3D Film at the Venice Film Festival. Roger Ebert called the best use of 3D ever. In 2010 Bold had its first major studio film ''

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'', which was co-financed and released by Screen Gems, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In 2011 Bold co-produced and co-financed with OddLot Entertainment '' Drive'' starring Ryan Gosling and

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, for which director Nicolas Winding Refn won the Best Director Award at the

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while also receiving accolades from the BAFTA Awards,

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and

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. In 2014 the company produced and financed '' Nightcrawler'' starring

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, and ''

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'' with

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, which received five

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nominations, including Best Picture. Other awards nominations for the film include the Spirit Awards,

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, and

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. The company also produces content for television, including the short-lived

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series ''

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'', and the Syfy series ''

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''. In February 2015, Bold Films opened offices in

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which Bold Films closed in 2018 after the completion of the UK production "

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", which starred

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and

Dominic West Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton West (born 15 October 1969) is an English actor, director and musician. He is best known for playing Jimmy McNulty in HBO's ''The Wire'' (2002–2008), Noah Solloway in Showtime's '' The Affair'' (2014–2019), ...

. "

" was nominated for Best Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards that year. In 2021, Bold Films produced and financed " The Guilty”, directed by

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and starring

which was released on

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. This adaptation of the Sundance Audience Award winning Danish film “ Den Skyldige”, was seen by 69 million households in the first 28 days on the platform. Bold Films also produced the Emmy nominated “

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” in 2021, which was based on the Tony-winning play of the same name.

Filmography

References

External links

Official website
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