Red Envelope Entertainment

Red Envelope Entertainment LLC

Founded	2006
Defunct	2008
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California , United States[1]
Key people	Reed Hastings
Website	netflix.com

Red Envelope Entertainment LLC (originally Netflix First) was a film production and distribution unit created by Netflix in 2006.[2] The studio produced independent content for the company's DVD-by-mail service.[3] The company produced and/or distributed over 100 films, before ultimately being closed in 2008.[4] The firm cited the closure of the production division, as a result of pressure from partnered film studios, which were competing for rights.

In 2012, Netflix returned to producing original content under its own banner.[3]

Films distributed

• 2 Days in Paris
• 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days[5]
• Antônia
• Black White + Gray (uncredited)
• Born into Brothels[6]
• Buddha's Lost Children
• The Business of Being Born
• Chevolution
• Confessions of a Superhero
• Dandelion
• Elegy (uncredited)
• Hopeless Pictures
• I Like Killing Flies
• I'm Reed Fish
• Just Another Love Story
• Kicking It
• Love Songs
• Maxed Out
• Mister Foe
• Nice Guys Sleep Alone
• No End in Sight (uncredited)
• Open Hearts
• The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
• Phoebe in Wonderland (uncredited)
• Protagonist
• Puccini for Beginners
• The Puffy Chair
• Reprise
• Running with Arnold
• Sherrybaby
• Steal a Pencil for Me
• Strike
• Super High Me
• This Film is Not Yet Rated
• This Filthy World
• This Is England
• Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends
• Towelhead (uncredited)
• Trumbo
• Two Days in April
• An Unreasonable Man
• A Very British Gangster
• A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory
• You're Gonna Miss Me
• Zach Galifianakis Live at the Purple Onion

References

1. "Titmouse, Inc. - Central Hollywood - 267 visitors". Foursquare.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
2. "Who will win in Netflix vs. Hollywood?". Bitneni. 2019-02-27. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
3. Sherman, Alex (2018-06-16). "Netflix: The Anti-Amazon". www.cnbc.com. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
4. "Wired 14.09: Tech Biz: Netflix becomes an exclusive distributor of indie flicks". Wired.com. January 4, 2009.
5. Kay, Jeremy (July 23, 2008). "Netflix closes down Red Envelope Entertainment". Screendaily.com.
6. "Spotlight: Will Netflix's Red Envelope Entertainment be Sundance 2.0?". Digital Media Wire. January 25, 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-10-13.