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• A specialty division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Warner Independent Pictures produced, acquired and distributed small-budget feature films over a five year period from 2003 to 2008.

  The company's greatest financial success was the Academy Award-winning documentary March of the Penguins, which grossed $80 million domestically.

• Fast Facts

  1. Division of Warner Bros. Entertainment
  2. Annual revenue (2007): $8 million
  3. Founder: Mark Gill
  4. Year Established: 2003
  5. Industry: Film Production and Distribution
  6. HQ: Burbank, CA
  7. President: Polly Cohen
  8. Operations Ceased: Fall 2008

• Select Warner Independent Films

  • 2004: Before Sunset
  • 2005: Good Night, and Good Luck
  • 2005: March of the Penguins
  • 2006: A Scanner Darkly
  • 2006: The Science of Sleep
  • 2007: In the Valley of Elah
  • 2008: Towelhead
  • 2008: Funny Games
  • 2008: Slumdog Millionaire

• Warner Independent Ceases Operations

  In May 2008, Warner Bros., a division of media conglomerate Time Warner, announced that Warner Independent Pictures would cease operations in the fall. Warner Bros. president Alan Horn reported to the Los Angeles Times that this did not reflect a lack of interest in the production and distribution of small-budget, "specialty" pictures, but was a reflection of the changing market. He was quoted as saying, "If there is a specialty movie that interests us or we find something we want to buy, we'll still do it. But marketing is marketing is marketing. I don't think you need a specialty label to market a specialty picture. The tools just aren't that different." ^[1]

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