XYZ Films

XYZ Films

Company type	Independent
Industry	Film production and distribution
Founded	2008
Founder	Aram Tertzakian, Nate Bolotin, Nick Spicer
Headquarters	Los Angeles , United States
Area served	International
Key people	Aram Tertzakian, Nate Bolotin, Nick Spicer, Todd Brown
Products	Film production, film distribution

XYZ Films is a U.S.-based independent company engaged in film production and distribution, established in 2008 by industry professionals Aram Tertzakian, Nate Bolotin, and Nick Spicer. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the firm focuses on international genre cinema, with notable titles including The Raid: Redemption, The Raid 2, and On the Job.

Since its inception in 2009, XYZ Films has acquired licensing rights for more than 200 motion pictures and has been involved in producing multiple Netflix original productions, such as Apostle (2018), The Night Comes For Us (2018), and I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore (2017).

History

XYZ Films was created by UCLA graduates Aram Tertzakian, Nate Bolotin, and Nick Spicer, all of whom brought extensive experience from the entertainment sector. The company broadened its scope with the addition of Todd Brown, formerly editor-in-chief at Twitch Film. Although some early collaborations did not lead to completed projects, these alliances helped elevate the company's industry standing. Concentrating on international genre films allowed XYZ to circumvent the constraints of a relatively small U.S. market.

Their breakthrough came with the Indonesian action feature The Raid: Redemption, which was produced on a modest $1 million budget but earned over $14 million globally. In 2010, XYZ Films formed a partnership with French distributor Celluloid Dreams and subsequently inaugurated an international sales branch in 2013. By maintaining lean production budgets, the company effectively controls expenses while leveraging its strong reputation to appeal to genre enthusiasts. XYZ Films emphasizes projects that balance commercial appeal with creative innovation. In 2015, they established a collaboration with Abbolita Films for distribution.

In October 2017, founders Tertzakian, Bolotin, and Spicer were honored as part of Variety's New Leaders in Film. That same year, their film I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore received the Grand Jury Prize at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

In 2023, XYZ unveiled the New Visions imprint aimed at fostering speculative fiction and horror projects by emerging filmmakers. The inaugural title released under this banner was Zarrar Kahn's In Flames.

Selected filmography

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Films produced or distributed by XYZ Films, arranged by theatrical release date

Year	Title	Director	Principal Cast	Release Date
2011	Greetings to the Devil	Juan Felipe Orozco		August 12, 2011
2012	The Raid: Redemption	Gareth Evans	Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Ray Sahetapy, & Yayan Ruhian	March 23, 2012
	Errors of the Human Body	Eron Sheean	Michael Eklund	July 28, 2012
	Save the Date	Michael Mohan	Lizzy Caplan & Alison Brie	November 8, 2012
2013	The Rambler	Calvin Reeder	Dermot Mulroney, Lindsay Pulsipher, Natasha Lyonne, & James Cady	January 21, 2013
	Frankenstein's Army	Richard Raaphorst	Karel Roden, Joshua Sasse, Luke Newberry, Alexander Mercury, & Robert Gwilym	July 26, 2013
	Big Bad Wolves	Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado		August 15, 2013
	On the Job	Erik Matti	Gerald Anderson, Joel Torre, Joey Marquez, & Piolo Pascual	September 27, 2013
	The Dirties	Matt Johnson		October 4, 2013
	Avenged	Michael S. Ojeda		October 15, 2013
	Wolf	Jim Taihattu		December 19, 2013
2014	Killers	Mo Brothers	Kazuki Kitamura & Oka Antara	February 1, 2014
	Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead	Tommy Wirkola		February 12, 2014
	Parts per Billion	Brian Horiuchi	Frank Langella, Gena Rowlands, Rosario Dawson, & Josh Hartnett	March 25, 2014
	The Raid 2	Gareth Evans	Iko Uwais, Arifin Putra, Oka Antara, & Julie Estelle	March 28, 2014
	Stage Fright	Jerome Sable	-	May 9, 2014
	These Final Hours	Zak Hilditch	Nathan Phillips & Angourie Rice	July 31, 2014
	Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films	Mark Hartley	-	August 2, 2014
	Life After Beth	Jeff Baena	Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, Molly Shannon & John C. Reilly	August15 ,  014
	Out of the Dark	Lluís Quílez	Julia Stiles & Stephen Rea	August27 ,  014
	Redeemer	Ernesto Díaz Espinoza	Marko Zaror & Noah Segan	September19 ,  014
	At the Devil's Door	Nicholas McCarthy	September12 ,  014
	Tusk	Kevin Smith	Johnny Depp & Haley Joel Osment	September19 ,  014
	The Dead Lands	Toa Fraser	October30 ,  014
"Preservation"	"Christopher Denham"		"January9 ,  015 "
"Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead"	"Lou Taylor Pucci & Nadia Hilker"	"March20 ,  015 "
"Jamie M. Dagg"		"June1 ,  015 "
"Benni Diez"	"Matt O'Leary & Lance Henriksen"	"July3 ,  015 "
"Baskin"	"Can Evrenol"		"January1 ,  016 "
"Karyn Kusama"	"Logan Marshall-Green & Tammy Blanchard"	"April8 ,  016 "
"Various directors"	"Various actors"	"April22 ,  016 "
"Chris Sparling"		"June4 ,  016 "
"Kevin Smith"	"Harley Quinn Smith & Johnny Depp"	"September2 ,  016 "
"Matt Johnson"		"September16 , 016 "
"Tony Elliott"	"Robbie Amell & Rachael Taylor "	"September16 , 016 "
"Babak Anvari "	"Narges Rashidi "	"September30 , 016 "
"Baltasar Kormákur "		"September6 , 016 "
"Mo Brothers "	"Iko Uwais "	"December8 , 016 "
"iBoy "	"Adam Randall "	"Bill Milner & Maisie Williams "	"January27 , 017 "
"Various directors "	"Natalie Brown "	"February17 , 017 "
"Macon Blair "	"Melanie Lynskey & Elijah Wood "	"February24 , 017 "
"Steven Kostanski & Jeremy Gillespie "		"March21 , 017 "
"Brendan Muldowney "		"April23 , 017 "
"Steven Ellison "		"July21 , 017 "
"Jonathan Milott & Cary Murnion "		"August25 , 017 "