Smokehouse Pictures

Smokehouse Pictures is an American film and television production company. The company was founded in 2006 by George Clooney and Grant Heslov after the shutdown of Section Eight Productions. Its name is taken from the Smoke House restaurant, located across the street from Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California.[1]

Smokehouse Pictures

Type	Private
Industry	Motion pictures and television
Predecessor	Section Eight Productions
Founded	2006
Founders	George Clooney Grant Heslov
Headquarters	Burbank, California, United States
Products	Film production
Owners	Warner Bros. (WarnerMedia/(AT&T )

The company signed a long-term production and development agreement with Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Bros. Television in July 2006.[2] In June 2009, the company signed an exclusive two-year theatrical development and production deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment.[3][4]

In January 2013, Priya Swaminathan joined the company as Senior Vice President of Development.[5]

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Director	Notes
2008	Leatherheads	George Clooney
2009	Playground	Libby Spears
2009	The Men Who Stare at Goats	Grant Heslov
2010	The American	Anton Corbijn
2011	The Ides of March	George Clooney
2012	Argo	Ben Affleck	Best Picture: Academy Award, AFI, Golden Globe, BAFTA Best Director: Golden Globe, BAFTA
2013	August: Osage County	John Wells
2014	The Monuments Men	George Clooney
2015	Our Brand Is Crisis	David Gordon Green
2016	Money Monster	Jodie Foster
2017	Suburbicon	George Clooney
2018	Ocean's 8	Gary Ross
2018	O.G.	Madeleine Sackler
2020	The Art of Political Murder	Paul Taylor
2020	The Midnight Sky	George Clooney

Television

Title	First aired	Last aired	Co-production	Network	Notes
Catch-22	May 17, 2019	May 17, 2019	Anonymous Content Paramount Television	Hulu
On Becoming a God in Central Florida	August 25, 2019	October 20, 2019	Pali Eyes Pictures TriStar Television	Showtime

References

1. "Smoke House restaurant marks 65 years in Burbank". Los Angeles Daily News. October 12, 2011.
2. "George Clooney's Smoke House signs first-look deal with WB". Monsters and Critics. July 21, 2006. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2017.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. Rosenberg, Adam (June 30, 2009). "George Clooney And Smoke House Move From Warner Bros To Sony". MTV. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2017.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. Mitchell, Wendy (June 30, 2009). "Clooney and Heslov's Smokehouse moves to Sony". Screen Daily.
5. "Executive Shuffle: Smokehouse Pictures, HBO Films, eOne Television". SSN Insider. January 21, 2013. Archived from the original on March 16, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2017.

External links

• Smokehouse Pictures at IMDb