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'''Brightlight Pictures Inc.''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[film production]] and [[television]] [[production company]] based in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada.
==History==
Brightlight's Chairman, [[Shawn Williamson]], is the chairman of Brightlight Pictures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/exec/shawn-williamson|title=Shawn-Wlliamson|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=17 December 2013 }}</ref> Williamson has produced more than 90 productions in the last 15 years and over 35 productions since launching Brightlight in 2001, includingsuch as ''[[White Noise (2005 film)|White Noise]]'' starring [[Michael Keaton]], which has grossed over $100 million since its worldwide theatrical release in 2005. Recently, Williamson has worked as a producer on the feature film ''[[Horns (film)|Horns]]'' starring [[Daniel Radcliffe]], for [[Mandalay Pictures]] and [[Red Granite Pictures]]; ''[[50/50 (2011 film)|50/50]]'' starring [[Seth Rogen]] and [[Joseph Gordon-Levitt]]; and ''[[The Company You Keep (film)|The Company You Keep]]'', a [[Sony Pictures Classics]] release for spring 2013 directed by [[Robert Redford]] and starring Redford and [[Shia LaBeouf]].
Brightlight has worked on films with Inferno Picture Pictures, Baldwin Entertainment, [[Gold Circle Films]], and [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]], and has been credited for work for [[CBC Television]], [[Hallmark Channel]], [[Mandate Pictures]], [[Lionsgate Films]], [[Millennium Media|Nu Image/Millennium Films]], [[Emmett/Furla Oasis|Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films]], [[The Weinstein Company]], and [[Yari Film Group]].
Brightlight also developed, packaged and produced ''Mr. Hockey, The [[Gordie Howe]] Story'' in partnership with Inferno Pictures and Balwin Entertainment for the [[CBC Television|CBC]] and [[Hallmark Channel]]. Other feature producing credits include ''[[The Possession (film)|The Possession]]'' starring [[Jeffrey Dean Morgan]] and [[Kyra Sedgwick]] for [[Mandate Pictures]] and [[Lions Gate Films]]; ''[[White Noise 2: The Light]]'' starring [[Nathan Fillion]] and [[Katee Sackhoff]] with [[Gold Circle Films]]; ''[[In the Name of the King]]'' starring [[Jason Statham]]; ''[[88 Minutes]]'' starring [[Al Pacino]]; ''[[The Wicker Man (2006 film)|The Wicker Man]]'' starring [[Nicolas Cage]] for [[Nu Image]]/[[Millennium Films]] and [[Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films|Emmett/Furla Films]]; ''[[Slither (2006 film)|Slither]]'' with Gold Circle Films and [[Universal Studios|Universal]] and ''[[Apollo 18 (film)|Apollo 18]]'' for [[The Weinstein Company]]. Brightlight also produced ''[[Possession (2009 film)|Possession]]'' starring [[Sarah Michelle Gellar]] for the [[Yari Film Group]]; ''[[Passengers (2008 film)|Passengers]]'' starring [[Anne Hathaway]] for Mandate Pictures and the feature film ''[[Far Cry (film)|Far Cry]]'', based on the video game of the same name.
Brightlight's television credits include the TV series ''[[Saved (TV series)|Saved]]'' for [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]] and [[Fox 21 (production company)|Fox 21]]; and ''[[About a Girl (TV series)|About a Girl]]'' for [[MTV]]'s [[TeenNick]] Network and [[Global Television Network|Global Television]]. Brightlight also produced the [[CTV Television Network|CTV]]/[[Space (Canadian TV channel)|Space Channel]] series ''[[Stormworld]]'', an Australian/Singaporean/Canadian Treaty co-production shot in Perth, Broome, Singapore and Vancouver.
Brightlight's UK/Canada feature co-production ''[[Fifty Dead Men Walking]]'' starring [[Ben Kingsley]], [[Jim Sturgess]] and [[Kevin Zegers]] had its world premiere as a Gala Presentation at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] in September 2008 and was released theatrically in the summer of 2009. Brightlight also produced ''[[Frankie and Alice|Frankie & Alice]]'' starring [[Halle Berry]] and [[Stellan SkarsgardSkarsgård]] and the feature film ''[[Gunless]]'', a comedy western co-produced with [[Niv Fichman]]'s Rhombus Media and distributed by [[Alliance Films]] starring [[Paul Gross]], [[Sienna Guillory]] and [[Graham Greene (actor)|Graham Greene]].
==Brightlight Pictures productions==
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* ''[[Haters Back Off]]'' (2016) ▼* ''[[Second Chance (2016 TV series)|Second Chance]]'' (2016)
* ''[[ColossalTry (film)|ColossalSeventeen]]'' (20162002)
* ''[[TheMob 9th Life of Louis Drax]]Princess'' (20152003) (TV)
* ''[[Rush TVAlienated (TV series)|RushAlienated]]'' (20142003) (TV)
* ''[[WitchesHouse of Eastthe EndDead (TV seriesfilm)|WitchesHouse of Eastthe EndDead]]'' (20132003)
* ''[[HornsPink Ludoos (film2005)|HornsPink Ludoos]]'' (20132004)
* ''[[Mr.Going Hockey:the TheDistance Gordie(2004 Howefilm)|Going Storythe Distance]]'' (2013) (TV2004)
* ''ProfileLies forLike MurderTruth'' (2013) (TV2004)
* ''TheCable TrainerBeach'' (20132004) (TV)
* ''[[The Company You KeepEdison (film)|The Company You KeepEdison]]'' (20122005)
* ''DeleteHow to Make a Canadian Film'' (20122005) (TV)
* ''[[InThe theLong Name of the King 2: Two WorldsWeekend]]'' (20112005)
* '' A.M.P.E.D.Marker'' ( 20072005) (TV) ▼* ''[[BloodRayne: The Third Reich]]'' (2011) ▼* ''[[ HouseAlone ofin the DeadDark ( 20032005 film)| HouseAlone ofin the DeadDark]]'' ( 20032005) ▼* ''Shooting Gunless'' (2010) (TV)
* ''[[White Noise (2005 film)|White Noise]]'' (2005)
* ''Raging Boll'' (2010)
* ''[[GunlessJohnny Tootall]]'' (20102005) (TV)
* ''[[Severed: Forest of the Dead]]'' (2005)
* ''[[ The Wicker ManSlither (2006 film)| The Wicker ManSlither]]'' (2006) ▼* ''[[Saved (TV series)|Saved]]'' (2006) (TV)
* ''[[Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep]]'' (2006)
* ''[[In the Name of the King]]'' (2006)
* ''[[The Wicker Man (2006 film)|The Wicker Man]]'' (2006)
* ''[[BloodRayne (film)|BloodRayne]]'' (2006)
▲* ''[[ Haters88 Back OffMinutes]]'' ( 20162007)
* ''[[Postal (film)|Postal]]'' (2007)
* ''[[ TryThey SeventeenWait]]'' ( 20022007) ▼* ''[[American Venus]]'' (2007)
* ''[[BloodRayne II: Deliverance]]'' (2007)
▲* '' Shooting GunlessA.M.P.E.D.'' ( 20102007) (TV)
* ''[[White Noise 2: The Light]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Frankie & Alice]]'' (2008)
* ''[[The Final Storm (film)|The Final Storm]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Far Cry (film)|Far Cry]]'' (2008)
* ''[[About A Girl (TV series)|About A Girl]]'' (2008)
* ''[[PostalShooting (film)|Postal]]Gunless'' (20072010) (TV)
* ''[[TheyRaging Wait]]Boll'' (20072010)
* ''[[American VenusGunless]]'' (20072010)
* ''[[BloodRayneIn IIthe Name of the King 2: DeliveranceTwo Worlds]]'' (20072011)
▲* ''[[BloodRayne: The Third Reich]]'' (2011)
▲* ''A.M.P.E.D.'' (2007) (TV)
* ''[[WhiteThe NoiseCompany 2:You Keep (film)|The LightCompany You Keep]]'' (20072012)
* ''[[SlitherDelete'' (2006 film2012)|Slither]]'' (2006TV)
* ''[[SavedWitches of East End (TV series)|SavedWitches of East End]]'' (2006) (TV2013)
* ''[[Kraken:Horns Tentacles of the Deep(film)|Horns]]'' (20062013)
* ''[[InMr. theHockey: NameThe ofGordie theHowe KingStory]]'' (20062013) (TV)
* ''Profile for Murder'' (2013) (TV)
▲* ''[[The Wicker Man (2006 film)|The Wicker Man]]'' (2006)
* ''[[88The Minutes]]Trainer'' (20062013) (TV)
* ''[[BloodRayneRush TV (filmTV series)|BloodRayneRush]]'' (20062014)
* ''[[EdisonThe (film)|Edison9th Life of Louis Drax]]'' (20052015)
* ''How[[Haters toBack Make a Canadian FilmOff]]'' (20052016)
* ''[[TheSecond LongChance Weekend(2016 TV series)|Second Chance]]'' (20052016)
* ''Marker''[[Colossal (2005film)|Colossal]]'' (TV2016)
* ''[[Alone in the DarkElsewhere (20052019 film)|Alone in the DarkElsewhere]]'' (20052018)
* ''[[WhiteStatus Noise (2005 film)|White NoiseUpdate]]'' (20052018)
* ''[[JohnnySummer Tootallof 84]]'' (2005) (TV2018)
* ''[[Severed:Julie Forest ofand the DeadPhantoms]]'' (20052020)
* ''[[PinkFirefly Ludoos (2005)|Pink LudoosLane]]'' (20042021)
* ''[[GoingUnder the DistanceWraps (20042021 film)|Going theUnder DistanceWraps]]'' (20042021)
* ''Lies[[Under LikeWraps Truth2]]'' (20042022)
* ''Cable[[Monster BeachHigh: The Movie]]'' (2004) (TV2022)
* ''Mob[[It PrincessLives Inside]]'' (2003) (TV2023)
* ''[[AlienatedMonster (TVHigh series)|Alienated2]]'' (2003) (TV2023)
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▲* ''[[House of the Dead (2003 film)|House of the Dead]]'' (2003)
▲* ''[[Try Seventeen]]'' (2002)
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.brightlightpictures.com Brightlight Pictures official website]
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