Oscilloscope
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryMotion picture
Founded2006 (2006)
Founder
Key people
  • Dan Berger
Websiteoscilloscope.net

Oscilloscope Laboratories is an independent film company, distributor, recording studio and production facility. It was founded by Adam Yauch and former TH!NKFilm executive David Fenkel. Fenkel left the company shortly after it was founded to co-found A24.[1] He returned after Yauch's death in May 2012.[2]

Dan Berger was named president of Oscilloscope in 2008.[3] In 2009, the company signed a deal with Warner Bros. Digital Distribution.[4]

Releases

Film Year Country Director(s) Notes
Wildcat[5] 2024 U.S. Ethan Hawke
Sometimes I Think About Dying U.S. Rachel Lambert
Piaffe[6] 2023 Germany Ann Oren
Shortbus 2022 U.S. John Cameron Mitchell re-release (2006)
Claydream 2021 U.S. Marq Evans
Poser U.S. Ori Segev, Noah Dixon
The Tale of King Crab Italy Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis
Anonymous Club Australia Danny Cohen
Clara Sola Costa Rica Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
Stanleyville Canada Maxwell McCabe-Lokos
So Late So Soon U.S. Daniel Hymanson
The Velvet Queen France Marie Amiguet
No Ordinary Man Canada Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt
Les Nôtres Canada Jeanne Leblanc
Silo U.S. Marshall Burnette
Sophie Jones U.S. Jessie Barr
Truth to Power U.S. Garin Hovannisian
What Happened Was... U.S. Tom Noonan re-release
Billy the Kid 2020 U.S. Jennifer Venditti re-release (2007)
The Twentieth Century Canada Matthew Rankin
Martin Margiela: In His Own Words Belgium, Germany Reiner Holzemer
We Are Little Zombies Japan Makoto Nagahisa
All I Can Say U.S. Danny Clinch, Taryn Gould, Colleen Hennessy, Shannon Hoon
Clementine U.S. Lara Jean Gallagher
The Infiltrators Canada Cristina Ibarra, Alex Rivera
Run This Town[7] Canada Ricky Tollman
Saint Frances U.S. Alex Thompson
Cane River U.S. Horace B. Jenkins re-release (1982)
VHYES U.S. Jack Henry Robbins
Midnight Traveler 2019 U.S. Hassan Fazili
Ms. Purple Justin Chon
Jay Myself Stephen Wilkes
The Hours and Times Christopher Munch re-release (1991)
Relaxer Joel Potrykus
Combat Obscura Miles Lagoze
Wrestle Lauren Belfer, Suzannah Herbert
Hal 2018 U.S. Amy Scott
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection Julien Faraut
Madeline's Madeline Josephine Decker
Searching for Ingmar Bergman France, Germany Felix Moeller, Margarethe von Trotta
The King U.S. Eugene Jarecki
On Her Shoulders Alexandria Bombach
Summer 1993 Spain, U.S. Carla Simón
Sollers Point U.S. Matthew Porterfield
November Estonia, Poland, Netherlands Rainer Sarnet
Song of Granite 2017 U.S. Pat Collins
Beauty and the Dogs France, U.S. Kaouther Ben Hania
May it Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers U.S. Judd Apatow, Michael Bonfiglio
Bobbi Jene Elvira Lind
Brimstone & Glory Viktor Jakloveski
The Road Movie Belarus, U.S. Dmitrii Kalashnikov
Polina France Valérie Müller and Angelin Preljocaj
Santoalla Spain, U.S. Andrew Becker, Daniel Mehrer
Kedi U.S. Ceyda Torun
Always Shine[8] U.S. Sophia Takal
Contemporary Color U.S. Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross
The Love Witch[9] 2016 U.S. Anna Biller
Girl Asleep U.S. Rosemary Myers
Lost in Paris U.S. Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon
The Alchemist Cookbook U.S. Joel Potrykus
Notes on Blindness U.K. Peter Middleton, James Spinney Short film
One Week and a Day Israel Asaph Polonsky
Pickle (short film)[10] U.S. Amy Nicholson
The Fits U.S. Anna Rose Holmer
Ma Ma Spain, France Julio Medem
The Wait Italy, France Piero Messina
Embrace of the Serpent 2015 Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina Ciro Guerra
What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy U.K. David Evans
Above and Below Switzerland, Germany Nicholas Steiner
Body U.S. Dan Berk, Robert Olsen
The Second Mother Brazil Anna Muylaert
Félix & Meira Canada Maxime Giroux
El Elefante Desaparecido (The Vanished Elephant) Peru, Colombia, Spain Javier Fuentes-León
The Past is a Grotesque Animal U.S. Jason Miller
The Wonders Italy, Switzerland, Germany Alice Rohrwacher
Catch Me Daddy U.K. Daniel Wolfe
Mad as Hell U.S. Andrew Napier
The Kill Team 2014 Dan Krauss
Art and Craft Sam Cullman, Jennifer Grausman; co-directed by Mark Becker
Gabriel Lou Howe
Low Down Jeff Preiss
Soul of a Banquet Wayne Wang
Buzzard Joel Potrykus
Animals Collin Schiffi
Pulp: A Film About Life, Death, and Supermarkets U.K. Florian Habicht
Big Significant Things U.S. Bryan Reisberg
Whitewash Canada Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais
12 O'Clock Boys U.S. Lotfy Nathan
Teenage Germany Matt Wolf
Stand Clear of the Closing Doors 2013 U.S. Sam Fleischner
Coherence U.K. James Ward Byrkit
About Sunny U.S. Bryan Wizemann
Dying to do Letterman Joke Fincioen, Biagio Messina
Welcome to Pine Hill Keith Miller
Wasteland U.K. Rowan Athale
A Teacher U.S. Hannah Fidell
Breakup at a Wedding Victor Quinaz
Off Label Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher
Our Day Will Come France Romain Gavras
Tim and Susan Have Matching Handguns U.S. Joe Callander Short film
It's a Disaster Todd Berger[3]
These Birds Walk Pakistan, U.S. Omar Mullick, Bassam Tariq
Mother of George Nigeria Andrew Dosunmu
After Tiller U.S. Martha Shane, Lana Wilson
The Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best Ryan O'Nan
Jingle Bell Rocks! Canada Mitchell Kezin
Bunohan: Return to Murder Malaysia Dain Said
Metro Manila U.K. Sean Ellis
The Rise 2012 U.S. Rowan Athale
We Need to Talk About Kevin 2012 U.K. Lynne Ramsay
Happy Few 2012 France Antony Cordier Released as Four Lovers
Shut Up and Play the Hits 2012 U.S. Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern
Hello I Must Be Going 2012 U.S. Todd Louiso
The Apple Pushers[11] 2012 U.S. Mary Mazzio
Only the Young 2012 U.S. Jason Tippet, Elizabeth Mims
Tchoupitoulas 2012 U.S. Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross
Reality 2012 Italy Matteo Garrone
Wuthering Heights 2012 U.K. Andrea Arnold
We Can't Go Home Again 2012 U.S. Nicholas Ray
Samsara 2012 U.S. Ron Fricke
Oma & Bella 2012 Germany Alexa Karolinski
28 Hotel Rooms 2012 U.S. Matt Ross
Dark Days 2011 U.S. Marc Singer re-release (2000)
Don't Expect Too Much 2011 U.S. Susan Ray
Compassion in Emptiness 2011 U.S. Dalai Lama
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front 2011 U.S. Marshall Curry
Bellflower 2011 U.S. Evan Glodell
Rebirth 2011 U.S. Jim Whitaker
The Other F Word 2011 U.S. Andrea Blaugrund Nevins
Monogamy 2011 U.S. Dana Adam Shapiro
The Unloved 2011 U.K. Samantha Morton
Meek's Cutoff 2011 U.S. Kelly Reichardt
Who Took The Bomp? Le Tigre On Tour 2011 U.S. Kerthy Fix
Bananas!* 2011 Sweden Fredrik Gertten
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love 2010 U.S. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
The Maid (La Nana) Chile Sebastián Silva
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak U.S. Lance Bangs, Spike Jonze Companion to Where the Wild Things Are
The Exploding Girl U.S. Bradley Rust Gray
A Film Unfinished Israel Yael Hersonski
Howl U.S. Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
William S. Burroughs: A Man Within U.S. Yony Leyser
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale U.S. Richard Shepard
Exit Through the Gift Shop U.S. Banksy Home release only
Kisses Ireland Lance Daly
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale Finland Jalmari Helander
The Paranoids Argentina Gabriel Medina
The Thorn in the Heart (L’Epine dans le Coeur) France Michel Gondry
Polytechnique 2009 Canada Denis Villeneuve
Terribly Happy (Frygtelig lykkelig) Denmark Henrik Ruben Genz
Treeless Mountain Korea So Yong Kim
Scott Walker: 30 Century Man U.S. Stephen Kijak
The Garden U.S. Scott Hamilton Kennedy
The Law (La Loi) U.S. Jules Dassin re-release (1959)
Burma VJ Denmark Anders Østergaard
Unmistaken Child Israel Nati Baratz
No Impact Man U.S. Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein
The Messenger Oren Moverman
Beautiful Losers Aaron Rose
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell 2008 Matt Wolf
Gunnin' for That No. 1 Spot Adam Yauch
FLOW: For Love of Water France Irena Salina
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father U.S. Kurt Kuenne
Wendy and Lucy Kelly Reichardt
Frontrunners Caroline Suh
Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie Jay Delaney

References

  1. ^ Martin, Michael (21 June 2008). "How Beastie Boy Adam Yauch Turned Into a Filmmaker". New York. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Adam Yauch's Oscilloscope scrapping planned executive changes". Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Todd Berger's Apocalyptic 'It's A Disaster' Goes to Laub and Berger's Oscilloscope". Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  4. ^ Thielman, Sam (2009-06-30). "Oscilloscope, WB team up online". Variety. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
  5. ^ Complex, Valerie (2024-01-17). "Oscilloscope Acquires Ethan Hawke Film 'Wildcat'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  6. ^ Sophie Monks Kaufman (August 12, 2022). "'Piaffe' Review: A Horse's Tail Invokes a Sexual Awakening in Thrilling New Erotic Cinema Entry". IndieWire. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  7. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (2020-01-23). "Oscilloscope Teams With Twitter For Innovative Release Of Ricky Tollman's 'Run This Town' Starring Ben Platt". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  8. ^ The Hollywood Reporter
  9. ^ "Cannes: Oscilloscope Buys Anna Biller's 'The Love Witch'". Variety. 2016-05-18. Archived from the original on 2023-06-16.
  10. ^ IndieWire
  11. ^ "Oscilloscope shines up 'Apple Pushers'". Variety. Retrieved 14 May 2012.

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