This Is That Productions

This is that corporation

Formerly	This Is That Productions
Industry	Independent film
Predecessors	Good Machine Propaganda Films
Founded	2002
Founders	Ted Hope Anthony Bregman Anne Carey Diana Victor
Defunct	2012
Successor	Double Hope Films
Headquarters	New York City , U.S.A.
Products	Motion pictures
Parent	Focus Features(Universal Pictures)
Divisions	Likely Story

This Is That Productions(also known asThis is that corporation) was one of the leading independent featurefilm productioncompanies. Established in 2002, and based inNew York City,the company was founded and fully owned byTed Hope,Anne Carey,Anthony Bregman,and Diana Victor. The four partners previously worked together at the groundbreakingGood Machine,which Ted Hope co-founded in 1991.

The partners at This Is That were responsible for over fifty feature films. In addition to their sevenAcademy Awardnominations their films received eighteenIndependent Spirit Awardnominations. Three of their films won theGrand Jury Prizeat theSundance Film Festival.

History

In 1981, Hope and Carey met on their first day as undergrad transfer student's to NYU'sTisch School of the Arts;Carey later came on board Good Machine. In 1999, Diana Victor came to run Business Affairs atGood Machine;she has worked with Hope & Carey ever since. WhenGood Machinewas sold to Universal, they formed This Is That together.

This Is That's initial production was21 Gramsdirected byAlejandro González Iñárrituand written by Guillermo Arriaga. The film starsSean Penn,Naomi WattsandBenicio del Toro.

This Is That's second year broughtEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mindwritten byCharlie Kaufman,directed byMichel Gondry,and starringJim CarreyandKate Winslet;The Door in the Floor,based on a novel byJohn Irving,written for the screen and directed byTod Williams,and starringJeff BridgesandKim Basinger;andJohn Waters'A Dirty Shame,produced along with Killer Films.

This Is That's production ofMike Mills'Thumbsuckerpremiered at the 2005Sundance Film FestivalandBerlin International Film Festival.Lou Taylor Pucci was awarded the Special Jury Prize at both festivals for his performance. Another This Is That production in competition at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival was Jeff Feuerzeig's documentaryThe Devil and Daniel Johnston,which won Best Director for a documentary at the festival.

In 2006,Sony Pictures Classicsreleased This Is That'sNicole Holofcener-directedFriends with Money,starringJennifer Aniston,Catherine Keener,Frances McDormandandJoan Cusack.The film, which was the opening night selection at the2006 Sundance Film Festival,was Sony Pictures Classic's highest grossing film that year. Anthony Bregman left along with a co-worker to start his own production companyLikely Story.

2007 was also a busy year for This Is That.The Savages,directed byTamara Jenkins,and starringLaura LinneyandPhilip Seymour Hoffmanwas nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Actress and Best Screenplay.Hal Hartley'sFay Grimpremiered at the Toronto Film Festival and was also featured at the Sundance, Berlin, London and San Sebastian film festivals. The film starsParker PoseyandJeff Goldblum.The Ex,produced with 2929 Entertainment, was written by David Guion & Michael Handelman and directed by Jesse Peretz. The film starsZach Braff,Amanda Peet,Jason Bateman,Charles GrodinandMia Farrow.The Hawk Is Dying,starringPaul Giamattipremiered at Sundance and Cannes.

Fall of 2008 kicked off with the release of This Is That's production,Towelhead,Oscar-winnerAlan Ball's feature film directorial debut, which premiered at both Toronto and Sundance and starsAaron Eckhart,Toni Collette,andMaria Bello.It is the final release by Warner Independent.Trainwreck: My Life as an Idiot,written and directed by Tod Harrison Williams and starringSeann William Scott,Gretchen Mol,andJeff Garlin,was released later that year.

In both 2007 & 2008, the This Is That producer team were named toThe Hollywood Reporter's Indie Power List.

This Is That completed production onAdventureland,by writer/directorGreg Mottola(Superbad), which starsJesse Eisenberg,Kristen Stewart,Ryan Reynolds,andBill Hader.The film, a joint effort for Miramax and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, was released in 2009 and earned award nominations at three festivals.

With at least two films being released each year since their creation in 2004, This Is That also made, in association with Likely Story and This Is That's former partner Anthony Bregman,Carriers,written and directed by brothers Alex and David Pastor, andSleep Dealer,a Spanish-language science-fiction romance from writer-director Alex Rivera that won the Best Screenplay award at the2008 Sundance Film Festival.

Closure

The company closed its doors in 2012 after having the No. 1 film at the US box office (The American) and the first film to sell that year at theToronto International Film Festival(Super).

Staff

• Anne Carey,producer
• Ted Hope,producer
• Diana Victor, Head of Business Affairs
• Shani Geva, Creative Executive
• Josh Stern, Creative Executive

Filmography

• Collaborator(2011)
• Martha Marcy May Marlene(2011)
• The American(2010)
• Super(2010)
• Carriers(2009)
• Adventureland(2008)
• Sleep Dealer(2008)
• Towelhead(2007)
• The Savages(2007)
• Trainwreck: My Life as an Idoit(2007)
• The Ex(2006)
• Fay Grim(2006)
• The Hawk Is Dying(2006)
• Friends with Money(2006)
• Thumbsucker(2005)
• The Devil and Daniel Johnston(2005)
• A Dirty Shame(2004)
• The Door in the Floor(2004)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind(2004)
• 21 Grams(2003)

External links

• ArticlefromindieWIRE