COMPANY PROFILE

Based out of New York, New York, Antidote Films was founded in 2000 by producer Jeffrey Levy-Hinte.

Antidote most recently produced ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED, a documentary directed by Marina Zenovich. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize and winner of the Documenatry Editing Award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, the film will be released domestically by HBO and internationally through The Weinstein Company.

Additionally, Antidote produced the critically acclaimed eco-horror thriller, THE LAST WINTER (released by IFC Films) and the documentary BOMB IT, a comprehensive investigation of graffiti, covering street art from all around the world. THE LAST WINTER premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival while BOMB IT premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival's World Documentary Competition.

Previous to THE LAST WINTER and BOMB IT, Antidote produced THE HAWK IS DYING, adapted from Harry Crews' novel and directed by Julian Goldberger, starring Paul Giamatti, Michael Pitt, and Michelle Williams. THE HAWK IS DYING premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and was admitted to the 2006 Director's Fortnight at Cannes. Antidote also produced MYSTERIOUS SKIN, adapted from Scott Heim's novel and directed by Greg Araki, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Elisabeth Shue. MYSTERIOUS SKIN screened at the 2004 Venice and Toronto Film Festivals and the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, was released in the US in May 2005, and was nominated for IFP Gotham and Independent Spirit Awards.

Prior to that, Antidote produced CHAIN, a hybrid documentary-narrative feature which premiered at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival and for which director Jem Cohen was awarded the "Someone to Watch Award" at the 2005 Independent Spirit Awards; and THIRTEEN directed by Catherine Hardwicke and starring Holly Hunter and Evan Rachel Wood, which screened at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Dramatic Directing Award, and which received numerous award nominations, including a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for Holly Hunter, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Holly Hunter and Evan Rachel Wood, and Best Screenplay and First Feature nominations and the Best Debut Performance award at the Independent Spirit Awards.

Other Antidote productions include LAUREL CANYON directed by Lisa Cholodenko, WENDIGO directed by Larry Fessenden, AMERICAN SAINT directed by Joseph Castello, and LIMON, a documentary directed by Malachi Roth.

Currently, Antidote is finishing several documentaries and is preparing for production on THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, written and to be directed by Lisa Cholodenko.

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JEFFREY LEVY-HINTE

Producer

President of Antidote Films in New York, Jeff Levy-Hinte most recently produced THE LAST WINTER, an eco-horror thriller co-written and directed by Larry Fessenden. Nominated for best ensemble cast at the 2007 IFP Gotham Awards, the film stars Ron Perlman, Connie Britton, James Legros, Kevin Corrigan, and Zach Gilford. LAST WINTER premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival and was recently released by IFC Films in September 2007, receiving widespread critical acclaim.

Additionally, Jeff produced the 2007 documentary BOMB IT, a comprehensive investigation of graffiti, covering street art from all around the world. BOMB IT premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival’s World Documentary Competition.

Previous to LAST WINTER and BOMB IT, Jeff produced THE HAWK IS DYING, an adaptation of Harry Crews’ s 1973 novel. The film is directed by Julian Goldberger and stars Paul Giamatti, Michael Pitt, and Michelle Williams. THE HAWK IS DYING premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and was admitted to the 2006 Director’s Fortnight at Cannes. Jeff also produced MYSTERIOUS SKIN, adapted from Scott Heim’s novel, directed by Greg Araki and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Elisabeth Shue. MYSTERIOUS SKIN screened at the 2004 Venice and Toronto Film Festivals and the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, was released in the US in May 2005, and was nominated for the IFP Gotham and Independent Spirit Awards.

Jeffrey's other recent productions include CHAIN, a hybrid documentary-narrative feature which premiered at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival and for which director Jem Cohen was awarded the "Someone to Watch Award" at the 2005 Independent Spirit Awards; and THIRTEEN directed by Catherine Hardwicke and starring Holly Hunter and Evan Rachel Wood, which screened at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Dramatic Directing Award, and which received numerous award nominations, including a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for Holly Hunter, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Holly Hunter and Evan Rachel Wood, and Best Screenplay and First Feature nominations and the Best Debut Performance award at the Independent Spirit Awards.

Jeffrey also produced LAUREL CANYON directed by Lisa Cholodenko, WENDIGO directed by Larry Fessenden, AMERICAN SAINT directed by Joseph Castello, and LIMON, a documentary directed by Malachi Roth. Prior to 2000, Levy-Hinte produced Lisa Cholodenko's film HIGH ART and edited the Academy Award-winning documentary WHEN WE WERE KINGS. In 2003 Levy-Hinte was selected as one of Variety's "Producers to Watch."

Jeff is currently finishing several documentary films, including ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED, which was recently selected to the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. He is also preparing for production on THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, written and to be directed by Lisa Cholodenko.

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