Hal Sadoff joined International Creative Management as Head of International and Independent Film in December 2004, overseeing packaging, financing and distribution for independent films. Over the past twenty-three years, Mr. Sadoff has played an integral role in over 350 film productions and financings totaling more than $3.0 billion.
Prior to joining ICM, Mr. Sadoff served as an Executive Producer and financial consultant on several films including Hotel Rwanda, which was nominated for three Academy Awards. Before that, Mr. Sadoff spent four years as co-founder, partner and head of the Los Angeles office of Cobalt Media Group, an independent film financing and international sales company. At Cobalt he was directly involved in structuring and arranging financing for over 25 productions including House of Sand and Fog, Open Range, Chicken Run, The World is Not Enough, Swimfan and HBO’s acclaimed miniseries Band of Brothers.
Mr. Sadoff also served as Senior Vice President and Head of the Los Angeles office of London-based National Westminster Bank. Over the next 13 years, he structured, provided financing and investment banking services for companies such as MCA/Universal, New Line Cinema, Samuel Goldwyn, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, The Walt Disney Company, Twentieth Century Fox, Mandalay, Artisan, Live Entertainment, Republic Pictures and Cinergi Pictures. Single picture financing transactions include Wild Things, Lost in Space, In Love and War, Seven Years in Tibet, Les Miserables, Stargate, Die Hard: With a Vengeance, Waking Ned Devine, Evita, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and A Bronx Tale.
