| Freestyle Releasing, LLC | |
| Type: | Subsidiary |
| Predecessor: | Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures |
| Parent: | Allen Media Group |
| Location Country: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Num Employees: | 25 |
| Industry: | Entertainment |
| Services: | Film distribution |
| Revenue: | US$4.20 million |
| Divisions: | Freestyle Digital Media |
Freestyle Releasing, LLC is an American independent film distribution company based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2004, specializing in releasing low budget films theatrically. Unlike most distributors, Freestyle Releasing does not put up any prints and advertising money for its releases, leaving advertising costs to production companies.[1]
Freestyle Releasing was founded in 2004 by Susan Jackson, Mark Borde and Mike Doban, formerly at United Artists Theaters. By January 2006, Jackson started the DVD label Freestyle Home Entertainment as an adjunct for additional leeway in its deal making. The company booked Winter Passing and Find Me Guilty for Yari Film Group in 2006.[2] Jackson in 2010 formed Freestyle Digital Media, a film aggregator for the video on demand market.[3]
By May 2011, Doban left to be chief operating officer at Sycamore Entertainment Group, a film prints and advertising (P&A) financing firm.[4] Jackson died in October 2014. In October 2015 Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios acquired Freestyle for an undisclosed amount "said to be sealed for high-eight figures".[5]
Freestyle had a service distribution deal with Jeff Clanagan for a line of African-American movies called Code Black.