Bull Market Entertainment was founded in 2005 by Hal Schwartz. Based in Los Angeles, the company's mission is to produce motion pictures in a range of genres that are smart, affecting, and feature strong characters at the heart of the story.
Bull Market recently completed Wake, its latest feature film. Wake was directed by Ellie Kanner and written by Lennox Wiseley. It stars Bijou Phillips, Ian Somerhalder, Jane Seymour, Danny Masterson, and Marguerite Moreau. Wake premiered to a sold-out audience of almost 1200 people as the Opening Night Gala event at the 19th edition of the prestigious Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, CA on February 25th, 2009 and will be playing additional festivals around the country in the coming months.
Bull Market’s first film was crazylove, which was directed by Ellie Kanner and written by Carol Watson. crazylove stars Reiko Aylesworth, Bruno Campos, Marla Sokoloff, Greg Germann, Meat Loaf, and JoBeth Williams. The film premiered at the Hollywood Film Festival in October, 2005 and the worldwide rights were acquired by PorchLight Entertainment. crazylove had its American broadcast premiere on Lifetime as the network’s Valentine’s Day feature film on February 14, 2006. The director’s cut of the film was released on DVD by MTI Home Video. To date, crazylove has been sold in over 85 international territories.
Projects in development include Bitter written by David Zuckerman, who co-developed Fox’s hit show Family Guy.