The Montecito Picture Company, LLC is an American film production company founded in 1998 by film director Ivan Reitman and studio executive Tom Pollock. It is located on the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, California, United States. Montecito is a city in California in Santa Barbara County.

History

The company's predecessor was an entertainment production studio Northern Lights Entertainment, owned by Reitman. It originally started off with a deal at PolyGram Filmed Entertainment. Ultimately, the deal collapsed after Universal Pictures (which Pollock previously ran from 1986-1996) took control of PolyGram's assets and Montecito signed a first look deal with DreamWorks Pictures instead. On March 9, 2000, it extended its pact with writer/director Todd Phillips, after the success of the hit movie Road Trip. After several years at DreamWorks, on February 18, 2009, the company signed a first-look deal with Paramount Pictures. The deal was ended on March 16, 2013; and in 2015 the company moved into offices on the Sony lot. Tom Pollock died in August 2020, and Ivan Reitman died in February 2022.

Filmography

Television series