| Mandate Pictures, LLC | |
| Former Name: | Senator International (2000–2006) |
| Type: | Subsidiary |
| Successor: | Good Universe |
| Foundation: | 2000 (as Senator International) |
| Founders: | Joseph Drake Nathan Kahane |
| Defunct: | 2013 |
| Fate: | Reorganized as Good Universe |
| Location City: | Santa Monica, California |
| Location Country: | United States |
| Industry: | Motion picture |
| Key People: | Joseph Drake (Founder and CEO) Nathan Kahane (President) Brian Goldsmith |
| Owner: | Lionsgate Entertainment |
| Divisions: | Grindstone Entertainment Group |
Mandate Pictures was an independent full-service film production company acquired by Lionsgate in 2007.
In 2005, Mandate Pictures was officially formed when the Los Angeles–based Senator International completed a management buyout from German indie giant Senator Entertainment AG.[1] Joe Drake, Brian Goldsmith and Nathan Kahane became the sole proprietors of Mandate Pictures.[2] At the time, the company was helmed by President Joe Drake, chief financial officer Brian Goldsmith, and Nathan Kahane as the company's President of Motion Pictures, overseeing the daily creative operations of the new company. Mandate Pictures independently produced and financed feature films by leveraging international sales, while seeking out domestic distributors on a film by film basis.[3]
On September 10, 2007, the partners sold Mandate Pictures to Lionsgate, and as part of that deal Kahane stayed on as President of Mandate Pictures while Mandate CEO Joe Drake became President of the Motion Picture Group and Co-Chief Operating Officer at Lionsgate.[4] [5] After the acquisition, Mandate operated as an independent brand under Drake and Kahane, releasing commercial and independent films worldwide while retaining the creative autonomy and capital to finance, develop, package and produce theatrical films.[6] [7]
In the spring of 2012, Drake and Kahane launched Good Universe, a new full-service motion picture financing, production and global sales company.[8] The launch comes as the collaborators transition out of Lionsgate, opening its doors fully staffed and with films from the development slate at predecessor company Mandate Pictures.[9] Good Universe will work with Lionsgate to complete a number of Mandate films and provide certain management and production services on a number of Mandate library properties.
The drummer girl in the logo is Georgia Rock, who later starred in the 2013 movie The Bling Ring.[10]