Oscilloscope (company)

Oscilloscope Laboratories is an independent film company, distributor, recording studio and production facility. It was founded by Adam Yauch and former TH!NKFilm executive David Fenkel. Fenkel left the company shortly after it was founded to co-found A24.[1] He returned after Yauch's death in May 2012.[2]

Oscilloscope
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryMotion picture
Founded2006 (2006)
Founder
Key people
  • Dan Berger
Websiteoscilloscope.net

Dan Berger was named president of Oscilloscope in 2008.[3] In 2009, the company signed a deal with Warner Bros. Digital Distribution.[4]

Releases edit

FilmYearCountryDirector(s)Notes
God & Country[5]2024U.S.Dan Partland
Wildcat[6]U.S.Ethan Hawke
Sometimes I Think About DyingU.S.Rachel Lambert
Piaffe[7]2023GermanyAnn Oren
Shortbus2022U.S.John Cameron Mitchellre-release (2006)
Claydream2021U.S.Marq Evans
PoserU.S.Ori Segev, Noah Dixon
The Tale of King CrabItalyAlessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis
Anonymous ClubAustraliaDanny Cohen
Clara SolaCosta RicaNathalie Álvarez Mesén
StanleyvilleCanadaMaxwell McCabe-Lokos
So Late So SoonU.S.Daniel Hymanson
The Velvet QueenFranceMarie Amiguet
No Ordinary ManCanadaAisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt
Les NôtresCanadaJeanne Leblanc
SiloU.S.Marshall Burnette
Sophie JonesU.S.Jessie Barr
Truth to PowerU.S.Garin Hovannisian
What Happened Was...U.S.Tom Noonanre-release
Billy the Kid2020U.S.Jennifer Vendittire-release (2007)
The Twentieth CenturyCanadaMatthew Rankin
Martin Margiela: In His Own WordsBelgium, GermanyReiner Holzemer
We Are Little ZombiesJapanMakoto Nagahisa
All I Can SayU.S.Danny Clinch, Taryn Gould, Colleen Hennessy, Shannon Hoon
ClementineU.S.Lara Jean Gallagher
The InfiltratorsCanadaCristina Ibarra, Alex Rivera
Run This Town[8]CanadaRicky Tollman
Saint FrancesU.S.Alex Thompson
Cane RiverU.S.Horace B. Jenkinsre-release (1982)
VHYESU.S.Jack Henry Robbins
Midnight Traveler2019U.S.Hassan Fazili
Ms. PurpleJustin Chon
Jay MyselfStephen Wilkes
The Hours and TimesChristopher Munchre-release (1991)
RelaxerJoel Potrykus
Combat ObscuraMiles Lagoze
WrestleLauren Belfer, Suzannah Herbert
Hal2018U.S.Amy Scott
John McEnroe: In the Realm of PerfectionJulien Faraut
Madeline's MadelineJosephine Decker
Searching for Ingmar BergmanFrance, GermanyFelix Moeller, Margarethe von Trotta
The KingU.S.Eugene Jarecki
On Her ShouldersAlexandria Bombach
Summer 1993Spain, U.S.Carla Simón
Sollers PointU.S.Matthew Porterfield
NovemberEstonia, Poland, NetherlandsRainer Sarnet
Song of Granite2017U.S.Pat Collins
Beauty and the DogsFrance, U.S.Kaouther Ben Hania
May it Last: A Portrait of the Avett BrothersU.S.Judd Apatow, Michael Bonfiglio
Bobbi JeneElvira Lind
Brimstone & GloryViktor Jakloveski
The Road MovieBelarus, U.S.Dmitrii Kalashnikov
PolinaFranceValérie Müller and Angelin Preljocaj
SantoallaSpain, U.S.Andrew Becker, Daniel Mehrer
KediU.S.Ceyda Torun
Always Shine[9]U.S.Sophia Takal
Contemporary ColorU.S.Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross
The Love Witch[10]2016U.S.Anna Biller
Girl AsleepU.S.Rosemary Myers
Lost in ParisU.S.Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon
The Alchemist CookbookU.S.Joel Potrykus
Notes on BlindnessU.K.Peter Middleton, James SpinneyShort film
One Week and a DayIsraelAsaph Polonsky
Pickle (short film)[11]U.S.Amy Nicholson
The FitsU.S.Anna Rose Holmer
Ma MaSpain, FranceJulio Medem
The WaitItaly, FrancePiero Messina
Embrace of the Serpent2015Colombia, Venezuela, ArgentinaCiro Guerra
What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi LegacyU.K.David Evans
Above and BelowSwitzerland, GermanyNicholas Steiner
BodyU.S.Dan Berk, Robert Olsen
The Second MotherBrazilAnna Muylaert
Félix & MeiraCanadaMaxime Giroux
El Elefante Desaparecido (The Vanished Elephant)Peru, Colombia, SpainJavier Fuentes-León
The Past is a Grotesque AnimalU.S.Jason Miller
The WondersItaly, Switzerland, GermanyAlice Rohrwacher
Catch Me DaddyU.K.Daniel Wolfe
Mad as HellU.S.Andrew Napier
The Kill Team2014Dan Krauss
Art and CraftSam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman; co-directed by Mark Becker
GabrielLou Howe
Low DownJeff Preiss
Soul of a BanquetWayne Wang
BuzzardJoel Potrykus
AnimalsCollin Schiffi
Pulp: A Film About Life, Death, and SupermarketsU.K.Florian Habicht
Big Significant ThingsU.S.Bryan Reisberg
WhitewashCanadaEmanuel Hoss-Desmarais
12 O'Clock BoysU.S.Lotfy Nathan
TeenageGermanyMatt Wolf
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors2013U.S.Sam Fleischner
CoherenceU.K.James Ward Byrkit
About SunnyU.S.Bryan Wizemann
Dying to do LettermanJoke Fincioen, Biagio Messina
Welcome to Pine HillKeith Miller
WastelandU.K.Rowan Athale
A TeacherU.S.Hannah Fidell
Breakup at a WeddingVictor Quinaz
Off LabelMichael Palmieri, Donal Mosher
Our Day Will ComeFranceRomain Gavras
Tim and Susan Have Matching HandgunsU.S.Joe CallanderShort film
It's a DisasterTodd Berger[3]
These Birds WalkPakistan, U.S.Omar Mullick, Bassam Tariq
Mother of GeorgeNigeriaAndrew Dosunmu
After TillerU.S.Martha Shane, Lana Wilson
The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the BestRyan O'Nan
Jingle Bell Rocks!CanadaMitchell Kezin
Bunohan: Return to MurderMalaysiaDain Said
Metro ManilaU.K.Sean Ellis
The Rise2012U.S.Rowan Athale
We Need to Talk About Kevin2012U.K.Lynne Ramsay
Happy Few2012FranceAntony CordierReleased as Four Lovers
Shut Up and Play the Hits2012U.S.Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern
Hello I Must Be Going2012U.S.Todd Louiso
The Apple Pushers[12]2012U.S.Mary Mazzio
Only the Young2012U.S.Jason Tippet, Elizabeth Mims
Tchoupitoulas2012U.S.Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross
Reality2012ItalyMatteo Garrone
Wuthering Heights2012U.K.Andrea Arnold
We Can't Go Home Again2012U.S.Nicholas Ray
Samsara2012U.S.Ron Fricke
Oma & Bella2012GermanyAlexa Karolinski
28 Hotel Rooms2012U.S.Matt Ross
Dark Days2011U.S.Marc Singerre-release (2000)
Don't Expect Too Much2011U.S.Susan Ray
Compassion in Emptiness2011U.S.Dalai Lama
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front2011U.S.Marshall Curry
Bellflower2011U.S.Evan Glodell
Rebirth2011U.S.Jim Whitaker
The Other F Word2011U.S.Andrea Blaugrund Nevins
Monogamy2011U.S.Dana Adam Shapiro
The Unloved2011U.K.Samantha Morton
Meek's Cutoff2011U.S.Kelly Reichardt
Who Took The Bomp? Le Tigre On Tour2011U.S.Kerthy Fix
Bananas!*2011SwedenFredrik Gertten
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love2010U.S.Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
The Maid (La Nana)ChileSebastián Silva
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice SendakU.S.Lance Bangs, Spike JonzeCompanion to Where the Wild Things Are
The Exploding GirlU.S.Bradley Rust Gray
A Film UnfinishedIsraelYael Hersonski
HowlU.S.Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
William S. Burroughs: A Man WithinU.S.Yony Leyser
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John CazaleU.S.Richard Shepard
Exit Through the Gift ShopU.S.BanksyHome release only
KissesIrelandLance Daly
Rare Exports: A Christmas TaleFinlandJalmari Helander
The ParanoidsArgentinaGabriel Medina
The Thorn in the Heart (L’Epine dans le Coeur)FranceMichel Gondry
Polytechnique2009CanadaDenis Villeneuve
Terribly Happy (Frygtelig lykkelig)DenmarkHenrik Ruben Genz
Treeless MountainKoreaSo Yong Kim
Scott Walker: 30 Century ManU.S.Stephen Kijak
The GardenU.S.Scott Hamilton Kennedy
The Law (La Loi)U.S.Jules Dassinre-release (1959)
Burma VJDenmarkAnders Østergaard
Unmistaken ChildIsraelNati Baratz
No Impact ManU.S.Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein
The MessengerOren Moverman
Beautiful LosersAaron Rose
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell2008Matt Wolf
Gunnin' for That No. 1 SpotAdam Yauch
FLOW: For Love of WaterFranceIrena Salina
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His FatherU.S.Kurt Kuenne
Wendy and LucyKelly Reichardt
FrontrunnersCaroline Suh
Not Your Typical Bigfoot MovieJay Delaney

References edit

  1. ^ Martin, Michael (21 June 2008). "How Beastie Boy Adam Yauch Turned Into a Filmmaker". New York. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Adam Yauch's Oscilloscope scrapping planned executive changes". Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Todd Berger's Apocalyptic 'It's A Disaster' Goes to Laub and Berger's Oscilloscope". Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  4. ^ Thielman, Sam (2009-06-30). "Oscilloscope, WB team up online". Variety. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
  5. ^ Boorstein, Michelle (January 11, 2024). 'God & Country' film spotlights Christian nationalism’s threat to democracy". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  6. ^ Complex, Valerie (2024-01-17). "Oscilloscope Acquires Ethan Hawke Film 'Wildcat'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  7. ^ Sophie Monks Kaufman (August 12, 2022). "'Piaffe' Review: A Horse's Tail Invokes a Sexual Awakening in Thrilling New Erotic Cinema Entry". IndieWire. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  8. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (2020-01-23). "Oscilloscope Teams With Twitter For Innovative Release Of Ricky Tollman's 'Run This Town' Starring Ben Platt". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  9. ^ The Hollywood Reporter
  10. ^ "Cannes: Oscilloscope Buys Anna Biller's 'The Love Witch'". Variety. 2016-05-18. Archived from the original on 2023-06-16.
  11. ^ IndieWire
  12. ^ "Oscilloscope shines up 'Apple Pushers'". Variety. Retrieved 14 May 2012.

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