Gregory Hatanaka has worked in film distribution for the past
fifteen years. He got his first job working for Headliner
Productions, a company which had produced exploitation films in
the 1950s, among them, the films of infamous cult director Ed
Wood. During this period, Hatanaka also theatrically booked
films for Circle Releasing - a production and distribution
company known most for producing the Coen Bros.¡¦ Blood
Simple, Miller¡¦s Crossing and Barton Fink.
Among the films Hatanaka booked for Circle Releasing was John
Woo¡¦s The Killer. Hatanaka also found Phaedra Cinema, a
leading distributor of international cinema in the U.S.
Hatanaka has, to date, worked on and overseen the distribution
of close to 200 films including the works of Satyajit Ray, Andre
Techine, Claude Chabrol, Takashi Miike, Gerard Depardieu and
Santosh Sivan (The Terrorist). He also restored and
distributed the classic martial arts film Master of the Flying
Guillotine. |
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Gregory
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United States Distribution
Director |
