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Ryan Kavanaugh is a principal of Relativity Media, LLC,
a financing, consulting and production company that
structures slate financing for both major studios and
independent production entities.
 Mr.
Kavanaugh, along with his Relativity partner Lynwood
Spinks, creates business and financial structures for a
number of studios, production companies and producers
and introduced over $4.5 billion of capital to such
structures. Clients/deals include Sony, Universal,
Warner Brothers, Marvel, Atmosphere Entertainment MM,
Marvel, French distributor/sales agent and Exception
Wild Bunch among others.
Mr. Kavanaugh created a number of unique financing
packages, including Gun Hill Road I and Gun Hill Road
II, which provide discrete and separate funds for both
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Universal Pictures--for
the first time two studios received funds from the same
funding source, thus providing production funding for a
total of 44 films in various stages of production and
release. Mr. Kavanaugh facilitated a $528 million
multi-picture, co-financing arrangement for Warner Bros.
Pictures as well as a $525 million financing a deal for
Marvel Enterprises; moreover, Mr. Kavanaugh structured
and raised a 120 million Euro acquisition, production
and distribution fund for Exception Wild Bunch S.A., the
French distribution and sales company founded by former
Studio Canal management.
Mr. Kavanaugh also runs Relativity Media's "Single
Picture business" whereby Relativity Media finances,
produces and distributes an average of one film per
month. The Relativity Single Picture business was set up
to offer "studio quality product to the independent
world." As such, projects to date include: MR. BROOKS
($19M budget, Kevin Costner, William Hurt, Demi Moore),
3:10 TO YUMA ($55M budget, Russell Crowe and Christian
Bale, directed by James Mangold), BAKER STREET ($22M
budget, Jason Statham, directed by Roger Donaldson), the
upcoming UNTITLED J&J PROJECT ($55M budget, Jet Li &
Jackie Chan, directed by Rob Minkoff) and THE
UNTOUCHABLES ($67M, Nick Cage, Benicio Del Toro,
directed by Brian De Palma). Mr. Kavanaugh also serves
as the executive producer on each of these films. To
date, Relativity has committed over $400M to its single
picture business.
Prior to his work with Relativity, Kavanaugh started a
venture capital company at the age of 22, and during
such time raised and invested over $400 million of
equity to a number of venture and private equity
transactions.
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