Los Angeles Media Fund

Los Angeles Media Fund (better known as LAMF) is an American independent entertainment company founded in September 2014 by Jeffery Soros and Simon Horsman, specializing in film production and finance.

Productions
The LAMF Management team includes Co-CEO’s Jeffrey Soros and Simon Horsman, Head of Finance Patrick Murray and Head of Production Cher Hawrysh. They have produced the following films:


 * - Supernatural horror flick The Bye Bye Man with Douglas Smith, Cressida Bonas, Lucien Laviscount, Doug Jones, Carrie-Anne Moss and Faye Dunaway, was released on January 13th 2017, co-financed with STX Entertainment, produced alongside Intrepid Pictures and directed by Stacy Title.
 * - Romantic adventure The Space Between Us starring Gary Oldman, Asa Butterfield, Britt Robertson and Carla Gugino, directed by Peter Chelsom (Hector and the Search for Happiness) and was released on February 3rd 2016. LAMF executive produced alongside Southpaw Entertainment and co-produced and co-financed with STX Entertainment.

Upcoming

 * - Crime thriller True Crimes, based on the David Grann New Yorker article and directed by Alexandros Avranas, starring Jim Carrey, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Marton Csokas. LAMF is financing and producing alongside Brett Ratner and John Cheng of RatPac Entertainment and David Gerson. The film premiered at the 2016 Krakow International Film Festival. Saban Entertainment acquired North American distribution rights for the film in April 2017.
 * - Feature documentary Shot In the Dark tells the story of Orr Academy’s up-and-coming basketball star, Tyquone Greer, and focuses on his struggles on and off the basketball court under the tutelage of his fiery head coach, Lou Adams. Director Dustin Nakao Haider sets this intimate story against the larger backdrop of his own hometown, Chicago – a city celebrated for its sporting legends, but challenged by poverty and violence. LAMF is financing and producing alongside Derek Doneen and Daniel Patrick Dewes, Daniel Poneman as well as Dan Janvey, Michael Gottwald, and Josh Penn. The film is in post-production and will be released in 2017.
 * - Comedic dance film Step Sisters, directed by Charles Stone III (Lila & Eve, Drumline), written by Charles Hayward, financed and produced alongside Matt Alvarez, Lena Waithe and Benjamin Jones. The ensemble cast includes Megalyn Echikunwoke, Eden Sher, Lyndon Smith, Gage Golightly, Nia Jervier, Alessandra Torresani, Marque Richardson, Naturi Naughton, Matt McGorry, Robert Curtis Brown. The film is in post-production and will be released in Fall 2017.

Announced

 * - In May 2016, LAMF announced one of their next endeavours: Juliet, Naked, to be directed by Jesse Peretz (My Idiot Brother and Girls). The film is based on the Nick Hornby (Brooklyn, Wild and About a Boy) novel of the same name, going into production in Summer 2017. LAMF is financing and producing alongside Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger. Ethan Hawke, Rose Byrne and Chris O'Dowd are in talks to star.
 * - On October 31st, 2016, it was announced that LAMF will finance and produce & Mrs, alongside Who’s On First, a joint venture between Ash Atalla and Dan Hine, best known as the creators/producers of The Office (UK TV series) and The IT Crowd.
 * - On February 1st, 2017, it was announced that LAMF will finance and produce Planet of Exile, an adaptation of the novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, alongside Academy Award winner Mark Johnson of Gran Via Productions.


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!Year !Title
 * rowspan="5" |2017
 * The Bye Bye Man
 * The Space Between Us
 * True Crimes
 * Shot in the Dark
 * Step Sisters
 * rowspan="3" |2018
 * Juliet, Naked
 * & Mrs
 * Planet of Exile
 * }
 * rowspan="3" |2018
 * Juliet, Naked
 * & Mrs
 * Planet of Exile
 * }
 * Planet of Exile
 * }
 * }