Trigger Street Productions is an American

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formed by Kevin Spacey in 1997 and further developed by his business partner

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. The company's credits include '' Captain Phillips'', ''Shakespeare High'', '' Safe'', ''

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'', '' 21'', '' Shrink'', '' Fanboys'', the Emmy-nominated '' Bernard and Doris'', Emmy-winning '' Recount'', '' Mini's First Time'', '' Beyond the Sea'', ''

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'', '' The Big Kahuna'' and ''House of Cards'', as well as stage productions of '' The Iceman Cometh'' and '' Cobb''. Shortly after the company was formed, Trigger Street Productions had signed a deal with Fine Line Features in order to release films for a two-year period. In 2001, Trigger Street Productions was then signed to a contract with film financer

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in order to finance future Trigger Street features, for a first-look deal, which resulted in the founder's involvement in producing '' K-PAX''. The name "Trigger Street" is a reference to an actual street in Spacey's boyhood home of Chatsworth, where

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and

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(and Roy's horse Trigger) had their ranch. Spacey and his childhood friends dreamed of opening a neighborhood theater where they could stage their own "Trigger Street" productions. In 2011, the company signed a deal with Sony Pictures. In 2015, the company had launched a television division with a deal at Fox 21 Television Studios. In January 2016 it was announced that

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, which was just emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, had acquired Trigger Street Productions and that Spacey would become chairman of Relativity Studios whilst Brunetti would become the studio's president. Spacey called the move “an incredible opportunity to make great entertainment” and said he considered it the “next evolution in my career.”, and Brunetti said, "Being a disruptor at heart, I look forward to the opportunities that being inside a studio system will present." However, when the paperwork for the studio was filed for the court it emerged that Spacey had opted out of assuming the chairmanship of the studios, and by the end of 2016 Brunetti had also left Relativity whilst both remained Executive Producers on ''House of Cards'' and '' Manhunt: Unabomber'' (previous working title: ''Manifesto'').

Trigger Street Labs

Trigger Street Labs was developed by

and launched in 2002 as an online community for unrepresented writers and filmmakers. In its first few years it had thousands of online users uploading their work, reviewing work by their peers, and participating in online competitions and short film festivals. The site was previously sponsored by

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, and in October 2009, Artois hosted the Stella Artois Short Film Project. The project was hosted on the site, and awarded the grand prize of US$50,000 to Jason Klein for his short film ''A Perfect Time''.

Trigg.la

Trigg.la is a spin-off website from Trigger Street Labs. It hosts several podcasts, a filmmaking blog, and information about other Los Angeles-based industries.

Triggla podcasts

Triggla's podcasts, which are now off-air, were categorized under the headings of the arts, music, society and culture, and technology. In addition there was a podcast by the porn star

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called ''Kayden's Review'' which reviewed mainstream films. One of the podcasts, ''The First 15'', was co-hosted by Carter Swan, vice president of Trigger Street Productions, and screenwriter Philip Eisner. The show featured a different would-be screenwriter each week who was interviewed via Skype and advised on how to make improvements to the first fifteen pages of their script. The screenplays originated from the Trigger Street Labs website.Alt URL
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Jameson First Shot

In 2011, the company teamed up with

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to create Jameson First Shot, which was an opportunity to give three up-and-coming filmmakers a 'first shot' in the movie business by producing their short film starring an A-List actor. In the competition's first year the actor was Kevin Spacey. Each year the competition features a new actor and a new set of finalists to work with that actor. In the first years of the competition only one finalist was selected from each of these three territories: the

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and

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. In later years the competition was opened up to include more territories, but still only produced three winning scripts. The resulting films are debuted in a red carpet screening and screened online on Jameson's YouTube channel. The competition has run annually ever since its first year with a new set of winners and a new leading actor or actress. 2012 – Kevin Spacey * Benjamin Leavitt, ''The Ventriloquist'', USA * Aleksey Nuzhny, ''Envelope'', Russia * Alan Shelley, ''Spirit of a Denture'', South Africa 2013 –

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* Hanneke Schutte, ''Saving Norman'', South Africa * Anton Lanshakov, ''The Smile Man'', Russia * Shirlyn Wong, ''Love's Routine'', USA 2014 –

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* Henco J, ''The Mundane Goddess'', South Africa * Ivan Petukhov, ''The Gift'', Russia * Jessica Valentine, ''Jump'', USA 2015 –

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* Mark Middlewick, ''The Mascot,'' South Africa * Travis Calvert, ''The Library Book,'' USA * Stephan Tempier, ''Boredom,'' Canada 2016 – Maggie Gyllenhaal * Cameron Thrower, ''Beauty Mark,'' USA * Kat Wood, ''Home,'' UK * Jason Perini, ''The New Empress,'' Australia 2017 – Dominic West

Filmography

Films

* '' Gran Turismo'' (2023) * '' Fifty Shades Freed'' (2018) * '' Fifty Shades Darker'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2015) * '' Captain Phillips'' (2013) * '' The Ventriloquist'' (Jameson First Shot USA short) * ''

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'' (Jameson First Shot Russian short) * '' Spirit of a Denture'' (Jameson First Shot South African short) * '' Safe'' (2012) * '' Inseparable'' (2011) * ''

Margin Call ''Margin Call'' is a 2011 American drama film written and directed by J. C. Chandor in his feature directorial debut. The principal story takes place over a 24-hour period at a large Wall Street investment bank during the initial stages of the ...

'' (2010) * '' Casino Jack'' (2010) * ''

'' (2010) * '' Father of Invention'' (2010) * '' Shrink'' (2009) * '' Fanboys'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2008) * '' 21'' (2008) * '' Mini's First Time'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2006) * '' Edison'' (2005) * '' Beyond the Sea'' (2004) * ''TriggerStreet.com'' (2004) * ''

'' (2003) * '' Interstate 84'' * '' Ordinary Decent Criminal'' (2000) * '' The Big Kahuna'' (1999)

Direct-to-video and TV

* '' Manhunt: Unabomber'' (2017, Discovery Channel) * ''House of Cards'' (2013,

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Streaming) * '' Bernard and Doris'' (2008, HBO) * '' Recount'' (2008, HBO) * ''Going Hollywood'' (2005) * ''America Rebuilds: A Year at Ground Zero'' (2002) * ''Uncle Frank'' (2002, HBO)

References

External links

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Jameson First Shot

Trigger Street Labs
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