Back لايتستورم إنترتينمنت Arabic Lightstorm Entertainment Azerbaijani لایتستورم ایلهنجه AZB Lightstorm Entertainment Byelorussian Lightstorm Entertainment Catalan لایتستۆرم ئینتەرتەینمێنت CKB Lightstorm Entertainment German Lightstorm Entertainment Spanish لایتستورم انترتینمنت Persian Lightstorm Entertainment Finnish
 Logo used since 1994 | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film Television |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Founder | James Cameron Lawrence Kasanoff |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
Key people | James Cameron Jon Landau (formely) |
| Products | |
Lightstorm Entertainment, Inc.[1] is an American independent film and television production company founded by filmmaker James Cameron[2][3] and producer Lawrence Kasanoff in 1990. The company films include the sci-fi film Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), the action-comedy film True Lies (1994), the romantic-drama film Titanic (1997), the Avatar film series, and the sci-fi film Alita: Battle Angel (2019); Cameron has employed other filmmakers to produce and direct films under the Lightstorm banner. Based in Santa Monica, California, the company established a first look deal with 20th Century Fox (currently known as 20th Century Studios) in 1995,[4] who has since distributed a majority of the company's films.[5][6]
In 1993, Cameron would meet his future Titanic and Avatar co-producer Jon Landau during the production of True Lies, and would persuade Landau to join the company.[7]
The company's logo depicts a bowman using a lightning bolt as an arrow.
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- ^ "Cameron's Lightstorm Docks At Fox". Variety. 1995-12-18. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
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- ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (31 August 1990). "At the Movies". NY Times. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ Thomas, Carly (July 8, 2024). "James Cameron, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet and More Remember Jon Landau: "He Gave Everyone a Sense of Purpose and Belonging"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 8, 2024.