Monterey Media Inc. (formerly The Monterey Movie Company) is an American independent film distribution company founded in 1979 by Scott Mansfield.
The company also had a home video company named Monterey Video in 1982, and was initially financed by Noel C. Bloom, and the titles were distributed by the Family Home Entertainment subsidiary of Caballero Control Corporation. Monterey is the second sub-label of NCB Entertainment, after FHE.
In 1987, Len Levy moved to Fries Home Video, an upstart distributor, taking its Monterey line with them, after cutting ties with International Video Entertainment, which received all 53 titles after five years. That year, in October, the Monterey Movie Company had signed a 22-title agreement with Forum Home Video, to launch its new Phoenix Video label and Scott Mansfield will provide the package, with Forum Home Video handling U.S. distribution of its titles, and the cassettes would range from $19.98-34.98.
After many years the company has now expanded from home video into independent theatrical distribution, film festivals, and other venues including television, digital delivery, and home entertainment markets.
Its first release was Deadly Games, a film made by Mansfield, who then released more titles under the Monterey label; early releases included a Dorsey Burnette tribute concert, a Sandahl Bergman aerobic dance video, Dynamite Chicken, a concert by The Tubes, Oh, Alfie!, The Werewolf of Washington, Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?, And Nothing But the Truth, Tomorrow, The Children of Sanchez, and Autumn Born. The company was also the exclusive distributor for All Grateful Dead concert videos/ DVDs for over 20 years, including The Grateful Dead Movie and Dead Ahead.
Currently, they distribute their films at festivals and events, in theaters, and on DVD and VOD, including feature films, documentaries, self-help videos, and PBS programs.
In 2019, Monterey was acquired by BayView Entertainment.
Selected theatrical releases TitleRelease dateThis Is Martin BonnerAugust 14, 2013Big MuddyJanuary 23, 20153 Nights in the DesertFebruary 6, 2015Like Sunday, Like RainMarch 13, 2015The LivingApril 3, 2015ChildlessMay 15, 2015RunoffJune 26, 2015ForeverSeptember 25, 2015Cut SnakeOctober 7, 2015Sex, Death and BowlingNovember 6, 2015YosemiteJanuary 1, 2016Of Mind and MusicFebruary 12, 2016Burning BodhiMarch 11, 2016MemoriaApril 8, 2016A Beautiful NowSeptember 16, 2016The Last Film FestivalNo Pay, NudityNovember 11, 2016A Month of SundaysN/A 2016Sophie and the Rising SunJanuary 27, 2017I Am Battle ComicMarch 24, 2017The LevellingLooking for GraceN/A 2017The Sun at MidnightN/A 2018 10 Questions for the Dalai Lamahttp://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/films.php?id=18205 Film Review 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama Childless (2015) A Farewell to Fools (2014) Approaching Midnight (2013) A Beautiful Now (2015) Between Us (2012) The Blue Butterfly Bracelet of Bordeaux (2009) Bringing Up Bobby (2012)"Bringing Up Bobby" Acquired by monterey media Canopy (2013) The Cellar Door (2008)Yahoo Movies THe Cellar Door The Citizen (2013)Cannes: Monterey Media Secures U.S. Passage for 'The Citizen' The Cry (2008)The Cry (2008) Review Endgame (2010)Monterey Media to Release Film Theatrically After TV Debut The Endless Summer (1966)"THE ENDLESS SUMMER": AN INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER BRUCE BROWN Eye of the Dolphin (2007)Cinema Clock Eye of the Dolphin Girl on a Bicycle (2014)'Girl On A Bicycle' Comedy Pic Acquired By Monterey Media The Girl on the Train (2013)'Girl on the Train' goes off the rails in film noir journey Gooby (2009)Bitlanders Trailer Half of a Yellow Sun (2014)In Nigeria, the Personal and the Political Clash Harvest (2011)Monterey Media to release 'Harvest' in U.S. Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger (2010)OC Weekly Film Home (2009)Looking Deep Into the Abyss of a Troubled Mother's Heart How to Be a Serial Killer (2009)Monterey Media Teaching 'How To Be A Serial Killer' Humble Pie (2007)Monterey Media to Serve Up 'Humble Pie' I Am Comic (2010)"I AM COMIC": AN INTERVIEW WITH JORDAN BRADY I Kissed a Vampire (2012) Karla (2007)Karla (January 19/06) Keyhole (2012) The Kitchen (2012) Leonie (2013)Emily Mortimer Starrer 'Leonie' Acquired for U.S. Distribution, The Wrap, 30 Aug. 2012. The Lesser Blessed (2009) Local Color (2009) Looking for Palladin (2011) Lovely, Still (2012) Meadowoods (2010) No God, No Master (2014) Nobelity (2006) One Peace at a Time (2009) Peel: The Peru Project (2006) The Red Baron (2008) Redwood Highway (2014) Restitution (2011) Ripple Effect (2007)
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