IM Global

IM Global was an independent film studio founded by Stuart Ford in April 2007 and operating in international film, television and music production, as well as sales and international distribution. The company financed or produced over 30 Hollywood feature films and controlled a library of over 300 films.

IM Global was the 2015 recipient of the Variety Award for Achievement in International Film.

From April 2010, the company's two shareholders were Reliance Entertainment, a subsidiary of Indian billionaire Anil Ambani's Reliance ADA group, and Ford himself. Reliance Entertainment is also one of the main investors in Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Pictures. Due to Reliance's investment in IM Global, with Ford and his Indian partners, the company expanded internationally with offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Beijing, Mexico City and Mumbai.

In 2016, the company was acquired by Tang Media Partners. Rob Friedman, the former co-chairman of Lionsgate’s Motion Picture Group, was named as a Chairman and CEO in August 2017. After Tang's acquisition of North America's Open Road Films in August 2017, it merged with the former to create Global Road Entertainment (now Sunking International).

International sales and distribution
IM Global acts as producer, financier and international sales agent for films such as Paranormal Activity, Insidious, Sinister and A Haunted House. IM Global's Anthem subsidiary specialises in the global distribution of Latin American cinema via Latino film sales joint venture Mundial, Chinese cinema via an exclusive output arrangement with Chinese studio Huayi Bros and Bollywood cinema via the pipeline from shareholder Reliance Entertainment. Overall, IM Global controls a library of more than 300 films. IM Global's titles secured number one international box office share in the global film sector outside of the major Hollywood studios in both 2013 and 2014.

Production and financing
The company has produced over thirty features and has worked alongside onscreen talent such as Matthew McConaughey, Johnny Depp, Diane Lane, Anne Hathaway, Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Tom Hardy, Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford, and Gary Oldman in its productions.

Apsara Distribution
The company's Apsara Distribution subsidiary is a film rights buying and distribution label covering fourteen South-East Asian distribution markets, in many of which it partners with Disney's Buena Vista International.

IM Global Television
In mid 2014 the company launched IM Global Television with Mark Stern, former Syfy Channel's President and Partner, as President of Original Content. The division focuses on developing, producing, financing and distribution of scripted content for network, cable and SVOD platforms.

In 2015 Eli Shibley became President of International Distribution and Co-Productions. In addition to managing sales of the scripted slate, Shibley oversees the acquisitions of third party scripted and unscripted projects.

In 2016 IM Global Television launched an Unscripted and Alternative division lead by Emmy Award Winner Phil Gurin.

IM Global Music
In December 2014 the company launched IM Global Music.