American Artists Pictures (original)

not to be confused with Lionsgate's American distribution arm. the original American Artists is a very short lived division of Manson International Pictures formed in 1985. The film company was expecting high hopes to release quality indie/B-grade movies for the years to come, and hopefully attract attention of Sundance and Cannes film festivals respectively once they were getting the benefit of starting from the bottom, to work their way up to their full potential.

Unfortunately, a hostile takeover from Management Company Entertainment Group forced its parent company Manson International to undergo a reorganization of the corporate structure, with the byline of "A UNIT OF M.C.E.G. INC " by the beginning of 1988 until it's bankruptcy in 1989. Nowadays, the Manson/American Artists/M.C.E.G. catalog is owned by MGM.