About Us
Fries Film Group, Inc. (“FFG”) is a full service production / distribution company founded in June 1994 by Charles M. Fries. FRIES FILM GROUP is helmed by Charles Fries, its President and Chief Operating Officer. FRIES FILM GROUP is a member of the Independent Film & Television Alliance (formerly known as AFMA) and attends all of the major film and television markets each year (i.e., AFM, Cannes, MIFED, NATPE, MIP TV and MIPCOM). FFG has an excellent line up of product and maintains exceptionally strong, ongoing relationships with the leading distributors worldwide.
Among the completed pictures produced and / or distributed by FFG are: The Call of the Wild starring Rutgar Hauer; For Hire starring Rob Lowe and Joe Mantegna; Wildflowers starring Daryl Hannah, Eric Roberts and Clea Du Vall; Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mist an animated feature with the voice talents of Brendan Fraser and Leonard Nimoy; The New Adventures of Pinocchio starring Martin Landau and Udo Kier; LAPD: To Protect and to Serve starring Dennis Hopper, Michael Madsen and Charles Durning; Time of Fear starring Nick Mancuso. Pictures in post production include: Bandido starring Carlos Gallardo, Angie Everhard, Matt Craven and Kim Coates; Laguna starring Joe Montegna, Emmanuel Seigner. Pictures in preproduction include; Dr. Lopez starring Dustin Hoffman; Lambs of God starring Winoa Ryder; Canes starring Eddie Furlong (pending); Midnight Boogie starring Steven Dorf. We are casting for the Churchill: Wanted Dead or Alive based on the experiences of Winston Churchill during the Boer War.
Fries is president and principal shareholder in Santa Barbara Home Video, a United States distribution company which regularly releases independent films on DVD and Home Video. Since the its’ founding, Santa Barbara Home Video is proud to have made considerable sales contacts within the Rental and Sell Thru retail and wholesale markets of the home video business.
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