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{{Short description|UK media investment and advisory group}}
{{more citations needed|date=May 2018}}
{{Update|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Ingenious Media
| logo = Ingenious Media logo.svg
| caption =
| type = Private
| traded_as =
| genre = Investment and advisory group
| fate =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| foundation = 1998
| founder = [[Patrick McKenna (Ingenious Media)|Patrick McKenna]]
| defunct = 
| location = [[London]], {{postcode|W|1}} [[United Kingdom]]
| locations =
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| key_people = [[Patrick McKenna (Ingenious Media)|Patrick McKenna]] ([[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]] 1998-present)
| industry = Investment
| products =
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| assets =
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| owner =
| num_employees = 80
| parent =
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| homepage = {{URL|https://www.theingeniousgroup.co.uk/}}
| footnotes =
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'''Ingenious Media''' (styled as '''INGENIθUS''') is a division of [[London]]-based Ingenious Capital Management Limited, also known as Ingenious. The company was founded in 1998 by Patrick McKenna.

==Filmography==

=== 2000s ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Director
!Distributor
!Notes
|-
|2004
|''[[Millions (2004 film)|Millions]]''
|[[Danny Boyle]]
|[[Pathé Distribution]]
|co-production with [[Moving Picture Company]], [[BBC Films]], [[UK Film Council]] and [[Pathé Pictures]]
|-
|2005
|''[[The Mistress of Spices]]''
|[[Paul Mayeda Berges]]
|Rainbow Films U.S.A. (United States) and [[Entertainment Film Distributors]] (United Kingdom)
|co-production with Balle Pictures, Capitol Films, Isle of Man Film and Spices Productions Ltd.
|-
| rowspan="4" |2006
|''[[Borat]]''
|[[Larry Charles]]
|[[20th Century Fox]]
|co-production with Four by Two Films, Everyman Pictures, [[Dune Entertainment]], Major Studio Partners, One America Productions, [[Talkback (production company)|Talkback]] and [[Channel 4]]
|-
|''[[Scoop (2006 film)|Scoop]]''
|[[Woody Allen]]
|[[Focus Features]]
|co-production with [[BBC Films]], Phoenix Wiley and Jelly Roll Productions
|-
|''[[Amazing Grace (2006 film)|Amazing Grace]]''
|[[Michael Apted]]
|[[Momentum Pictures]] (United Kingdom), [[Roadside Attractions]] and [[Samuel Goldwyn Films]] (United States)
|co-production with FourBoys Films, [[Walden Media]] and [[Bristol Bay Productions]]
|-
|''[[A Good Year]]''
|[[Ridley Scott]]
|[[20th Century Fox]]
|co-production with [[Fox 2000 Pictures]], [[Scott Free Productions]], [[Dune Entertainment]] and Major Studio Partners
|-
| rowspan="6" |2007
|''[[Prey (2007 film)|Prey]]''
|[[Darrell Roodt]]
|[[The Weinstein Company]]
|co-production with [[Anant Singh (film producer)|Anant Singh]] Production, Videovision Entertainment and Distant Horizon
|-
|''[[The Walker]]''
|[[Paul Schrader]]
|[[ThinkFilm|THINKFilm]] (United States) and [[Pathé Distribution]] (United Kingdom)
|co-production with Kintop Pictures and [[Isle of Man Film]]
|-
|''[[Live Free or Die Hard]]''
|[[Len Wiseman]]
|[[20th Century Fox]]
|co-production with [[Cheyenne Enterprises]] and [[RatPac-Dune Entertainment#Dune Entertainment|Dune Entertainment]]
|-
|''[[Stardust (2007 film)|Stardust]]''
|[[Matthew Vaughn]]
|[[Paramount Pictures]]
|co-production with [[Marv Films]]
|-
|''[[The Golden Compass (film)|The Golden Compass]]''
|[[Chris Weitz]]
|[[New Line Cinema]] (United States) and [[Entertainment Film Distributors]] (United Kingdom)
|co-production with [[Scholastic Productions]]
|-
|''[[Virgin Territory]]''
|[[David Leland]]
|Eagle Pictures (Italy) and Quinta Communications (France)
|
|-
|2008
|''[[Australia (2008 film)|Australia]]''
|[[Baz Luhrmann]]
|[[20th Century Fox]]
|co-production with Bazmark Films Australia and [[ScreenWest]]
|-
|2009
|''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]''
|[[James Cameron]]
|[[20th Century Fox]]
|co-production with [[Lightstorm Entertainment]] and [[Dune Entertainment]]
|}

=== 2010s ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Director
!Distributor
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2011
|''[[Rise of the Planet of the Apes]]''
|[[Rupert Wyatt]]
|[[20th Century Fox]]
|co-production with [[Chernin Entertainment]], [[Dune Entertainment]] and Big Screen Productions
|-
|''[[The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel]]''
|[[John Madden (director)|John Madden]]
|[[Fox Searchlight Pictures]]
|co-production with [[Dune Entertainment]], [[Participant Media]], [[Image Nation|Imagenation Abu Dhabi FZ]] and [[Graham Broadbent|Blueprint Pictures]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2012
|''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]''
|[[Ang Lee]]
|[[20th Century Fox]]
|co-production with [[Fox 2000 Pictures]], [[RatPac-Dune Entertainment|Dune Entertainment]] and Haishang Films
|-
|''[[Ginger & Rosa]]''
|[[Sally Potter]]
|[[Artificial Eye]] (United Kingdom), [[Universal Pictures]] (Denmark) and Union Pictures (Canada)
|co-production with [[British Film Institute]], [[BBC Films]], Adventure Pictures, The Match Factory, Media House Capital, Miso Film and [[Danish Film Institute]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2014
|''[[Selma (film)|Selma]]''
|[[Ava DuVernay]]
|[[Paramount Pictures]] (United States) and [[20th Century Fox]] (United Kingdom)
|co-production with [[Pathé]], [[Harpo Films]], [[Plan B Entertainment]], [[Cloud Eight Films]] and Redgill Selma Productions
|-
|''[[What We Did on Our Holiday]]''
|[[Andy Hamilton]]
|[[Lionsgate UK|Lionsgate]]
|co-production with [[BBC Films]], [[Creative Scotland]], LipSync Productions and Origin Pictures
|-
| rowspan="2" |2015
|''[[Brooklyn (film)|Brooklyn]]''
|[[John Crowley (director)|John Crowley]]
|[[Lionsgate UK|Lionsgate]] (United Kingdom and Ireland) and [[Mongrel Media]] (Canada)
|co-production with [[BBC Films]], [[Telefilm Canada]], [[Irish Film Board]], [[SODEC]], [[British Film Institute|BFI]], Wildgaze Films, [[Finola Dwyer|Finola Dwyer Productions]], Parallel Films, Item 7, [[Broadcasting Authority of Ireland|BAI]], [[RTÉ]] and [[HanWay Films]]
|-
|''[[High-Rise (film)|High-Rise]]''
|[[Ben Wheatley]]
|[[StudioCanal UK|StudioCanal]]
|co-production with [[Recorded Picture Company]], [[Film4 Productions|Film4]], [[British Film Institute]], [[HanWay Films]] and [[Northern Ireland Screen]]
|-
| rowspan="4" |2016
|''[[Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (film)|Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children]]''
|[[Tim Burton]]
|[[20th Century Fox]]
|co-production with [[Chernin Entertainment]], [[Tim Burton Productions]], [[TSG Entertainment]], Scope Pictures and St. Petersburg Clearwater Film Commission
|-
|''[[Max Steel (film)|Max Steel]]''
|[[Stewart Hendler]]
|[[Open Road Films]]
|co-production with [[Dolphin Entertainment|Dolphin Films]] and [[Mattel#Playground Productions|Mattel Playground Productions]]
|-
|''[[Dog Eat Dog (2016 film)|Dog Eat Dog]]''
|[[Paul Schrader]]
|[[Image Entertainment|RLJ Entertainment]]
|co-production with Blue Budgie Films, Roxwell Films, Arclight Films, Pure Dopamine and Shanghai Gigantic Pictures
|-
|''[[Genius (2016 film)|Genius]]''
|[[Michael Grandage]]
|[[Summit Entertainment]] and [[Roadside Attractions]]
|co-production with [[Reliance Entertainment|Riverstone Pictures]], [[Pinewood Group#Pinewood Films|Pinewood Pictures]], [[FilmNation Entertainment]], [[Desert Wolf Productions]] and [[Michael Grandage Company]]
|-
| rowspan="4" |2017
|''[[Wind River (film)|Wind River]]''
|[[Taylor Sheridan]]
|[[The Weinstein Company]] (United States) and [[STX Entertainment|STXinternational]] (United Kingdom)
|co-production with Acacia Entertainment, Savvy Media Holdings, Star Thrower Entertainment, Synergics Films, [[Thunder Road Pictures]], Film 44, The Fyzz Facility, [[Reliance Entertainment|Riverstone Pictures]], [[Voltage Pictures]] and [[Wild Bunch (company)|Wild Bunch]]
|-
|''[[6 Days (2017 film)|6 Days]]''
|[[Toa Fraser]]
|[[Icon Productions|Icon Film Distribution]] (United Kingdom) and [[Transmission Films]] (New Zealand)
|co-production with [[New Zealand Film Commission]], General Film Corporation and [[XYZ Films]]
|-
|''[[Inconceivable (2017 film)|Inconceivable]]''
|Jonathan Baker
|[[Lionsgate Premiere]]
|co-production with Grindstone Entertainment, [[Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films]] and JB Entertainment
|-
|''[[Kidnap (2017 film)|Kidnap]]''
|[[Luis Prieto (director)|Luis Prieto]]
|[[Aviron Pictures]]
|co-production with Lotus Entertainment, [[Di Bonaventura Pictures|di B Pictures]],  [[606 Films]], Gold Star Films, [[Well Go USA]], and Rumble Entertainment
|-
| rowspan="5" |2018
|''[[Replicas (film)|Replica]]''
|[[Jeffrey Nachmanoff]]
|[[Entertainment Studios|Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures]]
|co-production with [[Di Bonaventura Pictures]], [[Riverstone Pictures]], Company Films, [[Remcorp|Remstar Studios]], [[Fundamental Films]], Lotus Entertainment, 74850 and Global Pictures Media LLC and Ocean Park Entertainment
|-
|''[[Adrift (2018 film)|Adrift]]''
|[[Baltasar Kormákur]]
|[[STX Entertainment]]
|co-production with [[Lakeshore Entertainment]], [[Huayi Brothers|H. Brothers]] and [[RVK Studios]]
|-
|''[[The Wedding Guest (2018 film)|The Wedding Guest]]''
|[[Michael Winterbottom]]
|[[IFC Films]]
|co-production with [[Riverstone Pictures]], [[Stage 6 Films]] and [[Revolution Films]]
|-
|''[[Siberia (2018 film)|Siberia]]''
|[[Matthew Ross (filmmaker)|Matthew Ross]]
|[[Saban Capital Group|Saban Films]]
|co-production with Elevated Films, The Fyzz Facility, [[Global Road Entertainment]], Summerstorm Entertainment, Film House Germany and Company Films
|-
|''[[Backtrace (film)|Backtrace]]''
|Brian A. Miller
|[[Lionsgate Premiere]]
|co-production with [[Grindstone Entertainment Group]], [[Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films]], Diamond Film Productions and Highland Film Group
|-
| rowspan="8" |2019
|''[[After the Wedding (2019 film)|After the Wedding]]''
|[[Bart Freundlich]]
|[[Sony Pictures Classics]]
|co-production with Cornerstone Films, A Joel B. Michaels Production and Rock Island Films
|-
|''[[Blinded by the Light (2019 film)|Blinded by the Light]]''
|[[Gurinder Chadha]]
|[[Entertainment One Films]]
|co-production with Levantine Films, Bend It Films and Cornerstone Films
|-
|''[[Seberg]]''
|[[Benedict Andrews]]
|[[Amazon Studios]] (United States) and [[Universal Pictures]] (United Kingdom)
|co-production with Automatik Entertainment, Bradley Pilz Productions and Phreaker Films
|-
|''[[The Informer (2019 film)|The Informer]]''
|[[Andrea Di Stefano]]
|[[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
|co-production with The Forest Road Company, [[Thunder Road Films|Thunder Road Pictures]], The Fyzz Facility and Endeavor Content
|-
|''[[Triple Threat (2019 film)|Triple Threat]]''
|[[Jesse V. Johnson]]
|Aurora Alliance Films and [[Well Go USA Entertainment]]
|co-production with Kungfuman Culture Media, Hamilton Entertainment, Arclight Films, FJ Media Group, Gamegoo Pictures, [[WWE Studios]] and [[TF1 Séries Films]]
|-
|''[[A Score to Settle]]''
|[[Shawn Ku]]
|[[RLJE Films]]
|co-production with Highland Film Group, GoldRush Entertainment, [[Mind's Eye Entertainment]], Paragon Media Production and [[Saturn Films]]
|-
|''[[The Burnt Orange Heresy]]''
|[[Giuseppe Capotondi]]
|[[Sony Pictures Classics]]
|co-production with MJZ, Rumble Films, Wonderful Films and [[HanWay Films]]
|-
|''[[Guns Akimbo]]''
|[[Jason Lei Howden]]
|[[Madman Entertainment]] (Australia & New Zealand), [[Altitude Film Distribution]] (United Kingdom) and Andrea Leone Films S. R. L. (Germany)
|co-production with Occupant Entertainment, Four Knights Film, Maze Pictures, Cutting Edge, The Electric Shadow Company, [[Umedia]], WS Filmproduktion, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, [[FilmFernsehFonds Bayern]], Hyperion Entertainment and [[New Zealand Film Commission]]
|}

=== 2020s ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Director
!Distributor
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="12" |2020
|''[[Resistance (2020 film)|Resistance]]''
|[[Jonathan Jakubowicz]]
|[[IFC Films]]
|co-production with [[Bliss Media]], Epicentral Studios, Neptune Features, Panteleon Films, Rocket Science and Vertical Media
|-
|''[[Misbehaviour (film)|Misbehaviour]]''
|[[Philippa Lowthorpe]]
|[[20th Century Studios]]
|co-production with [[Left Bank Pictures]], [[Pathé]], [[BBC Films]] and [[British Film Institute]]
|-
|''[[Military Wives (film)|Military Wives]]''
|[[Peter Cattaneo]]
|[[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]]
|co-production with [[Embankment Films]], 42 and Tempo Productions
|-
|''[[Inheritance (2020 film)|Inheritance]]''
|Vaughn Stein
|[[Vertical Entertainment]]
|co-production with [[Southpaw Entertainment]], Redline Entertainment and Highland Film Group
|-
|''[[Endless (2020 film)|Endless]]''
|[[Scott Speer]]
|[[Quiver Distribution]]
|co-production with Summerstorm Entertainment, Film House Germany, [[Thunder Road Films]] and [[Mind's Eye Entertainment]]
|-
|''[[Unhinged (2020 film)|Unhinged]]''
|[[Derrick Borte]]
|[[Solstice Studios]]
|co-production with Burek Films
|-
|''[[The Vanished (2020 film)|The Vanished]]''
|[[Peter Facinelli]]
|[[Saban Films]]
|co-production with The Exchange and [[SSS Entertainment]]
|-
|''[[The World to Come]]''
|[[Mona Fastvold]]
|[[Bleecker Street]]
|co-production with [[Killer Films]], Sea Change Media, M.Y.R.A. Entertainment, Yellow Bear Films and Hype Film
|-
|''[[The Duke (2020 film)|The Duke]]''
|[[Roger Michell]]
|[[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
|co-production with [[Pathé]], Neon Films and Screen Yorkshire; will be released in the UK on February 25, 2022
|-
|''[[The Comeback Trail (2020 film)|The Comeback Trail]]''
|[[George Gallo]]
|Cloudburst Entertainment
|co-production with Storyboard Media, March On Productions, Alla Prima and Rapid Farms Productions
|-
|''[[Honest Thief]]''
|[[Mark Williams (filmmaker)|Mark Williams]]
|[[Open Road Films]] and [[Briarcliff Entertainment]]
|co-production with The Solution Entertainment Group, Zero Gravity Management and Samuel Marshall Films
|-
|''[[The Stand In (2020 film)|The Stand In]]''
|[[Jamie Babbit]]
|[[Saban Capital Group|Saban Films]]
|co-production with The Exchange, [[Flower Films]], Polyphemus Productions and Wrigley Media Group
|-
| rowspan="4" |2021
|''[[SAS: Red Notice]]''
|Magnus Martens
|[[Sky Cinema]] and [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment]]
|co-production with silver Reel, Creativity Capital, Parabolic Pictures, [[Altitude Film Distribution|Altitude Film Entertainment]], The Electric Shadow Company, J3 Film Finance and Lipsync Productions
|-
|''[[Voyagers (film)|Voyagers]]''
|[[Neil Burger]]
|[[Lionsgate Films]]
|co-production with [[AGC Studios]], [[Thunder Road Films|Thunder Road]], Nota Bene Films, Fibonacci Films, [[Stillking Films]] and Freecss Films Limited
|-
|''[[JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass]]''
|[[Oliver Stone]]
|[[Altitude Film Distribution]]
|co-production with Ixtlan Productions and Pantagruel Productions
|-
|''[[The Protégé]]''
|[[Martin Campbell]]
|[[Lionsgate Films]]
|co-production with [[Millennium Media]], Fourteen Films, I Road Productions and [[Campbell Grobman Films]]
|-
| rowspan="6"|2022
| ''[[Call Jane]]''
| [[Phyllis Nagy]]
| [[Roadside Attractions]]
| co-production with Protagonist Pictures, LB Entertainment, Redline Entertainment, FirstGen Content, Our Turn Productions, and RB Entertainment
|-
| ''[[Living (2022 film)|Living]]''
| [[Oliver Hermanus]]
| [[Lionsgate Films]] & [[Sony Pictures Classics]]
| co-production with [[Number 9 Films]], [[Film4 Productions]] and [[British Film Institute]]
|-
| ''[[Crimes of the Future (2022 film)|Crimes of the Future]]''
| [[David Cronenberg]]
| [[Neon (company)|Neon]]
| co-production with Argonauts Productions S.A, Serendipity Point Films, [[Davis Films]], [[Telefilm Canada]], [[CBC Television|CBC]], [[Bell Media]], Ekome and [[Natixis]]
|-
| ''[[Mr. Malcolm's List]]''
| Emma Holly Jones
| [[Bleecker Street (company)|Bleecker Street]]
| co-production with [[Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland]], [[Refinery29]], Untitled Entertainment, Rebelle Media, Blinder Films and Holly Film Production
|-
| ''[[Joyride (2022 film)|Joyride]]''
| Emer Reynolds
| [[Vertigo Releasing]]
| co-production with Screen Ireland, [[Embankment Films]], and Subotica Entertainment
|-
|''[[Allelujah (film)|Allelujah]]''
|[[Richard Eyre]]
|[[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
|co-production with [[Pathé]] and [[BBC Film]]
|-
|2023
|''[[Hypnotic (2023 film)|Hypnotic]]''
|[[Robert Rodriguez]]
|Ketchup Entertainment
|co-production with [[Solstice Studios]], [[Studio 8 (company)|Studio 8]] and [[Double R Productions]] International distribution by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
|}

=== Upcoming ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Director
!Distributor
!Notes
|-
|TBA
|''[[Geechee (film)|Geechee]]''
|DuBois Ashong
|[[STX Entertainment]]
|co-production with [[AGC Studios]]
|}

== Future projects ==
In 2018, Ingenious Media partnered with [[Solstice Studios]] to produce and distribute theatrical feature films.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/mark-gill-andrew-gunn-guy-botham-vincent-bruzzese-launch-solstice-studios-teams-with-ingenious-media-on-theatrical-releases-1202475003/|title=Mark Gill, Andrew Gunn, Guy Botham & Vincent Bruzzese Launch Solstice Studios; Teams With Ingenious Media On Theatrical Releases|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=2018-10-02|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-11-20|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Tax avoidance case==
In July 2014, Ingenious Media was investigated by [[HMRC]] for promoting [[tax avoidance]] schemes.<ref>{{cite web|title=HMRC publishes list of suspect tax avoidance schemes|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-28311047 |work=[[BBC]] |date=15 July 2014|access-date=9 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Garside|first=Juliette|title=Taxpayer faces huge bill after Ingenious Media wins case against HMRC|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/oct/19/taxpayer-huge-bill-ingenious-media-hmrc-wins-case|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=19 October 2016|access-date=3 July 2021}}</ref> In October 2014, HMRC sent "accelerated payment notices" to people who had invested with Ingenious Media, demanding payment of substantial amounts of tax.<ref>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e1d16a40-4a49-11e4-bc07-00144feab7de.html#axzz3FdZXAZp9 (Retrieved 9 October 2014)</ref> The tax bill following his investment in the scheme was cited in the subsequent bankruptcy hearings of the former Liverpool and Republic of Ireland footballer, Steve Staunton.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Ireland star Steve Staunton files for bankruptcy|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/former-ireland-star-steve-staunton-files-for-bankruptcy-1.2884968|work=[[The Irish Times]]|date=28 November 2016|access-date=3 July 2021}}</ref> In 2018, a group of more than 500 investors launched a civil case against Ingenious for making false representations<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economia.icaew.com/news/august-2018/500-investors-sue-ingenious-over-film-scheme|title = Sorry, we can't find that page}}</ref> which Ingenious had always denied. Ingenious (specifically Ingenious Games LLP, Inside Track Productions LLP and Ingenious Film Partners 2 LLP) lost their appeal against HMRC's initial ruling in June 2019, with the Upper Tribunal ruling that "None of the LLPs were carrying on a trade. None of the LLPs were carrying on a trade with a view to profit."<ref>[https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/TCC/2019/226.pdf Civil case filing], Bailii.org</ref>

However, in August 2021 the Court of Appeal overturned the ruling of the [[Upper Tribunal]] in respect of Inside Track Productions LLP and Ingenious Film Partners 2 LLP on both the trading and with a view to profit issues.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ingenious Games LLP & ors -v- The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs|url=https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/ingenious-games-llp-ors-v-the-commissioners-for-her-majestys-revenue-and-customs/|date=4 August 2021}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.ingeniousmedia.co.uk/}}

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Ingenious Media - Revision history

Ajay Kumar at 08:10, 20 August 2023