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Blue Rider Pictures

Santa Monica, California(approximate location)

Co-founded by Walter Josten in 1991 Blue Rider Pictures is an independent film and TV development, finance services, production and distribution company.

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Who works there

  • Vincent VanGogh

Listed on the company’s own site. People move on; this is not a current roster.

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
Founded1991company website
LocationSanta Monica, California
Websiteblueriderpictures.com
Emailinfo@blueriderpictures.com
Social
LinkedIn
Phone+1 310 314 8405
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
5.5IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

33 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards

20 wins from 35 nominations across all awards

Box office
$22m

Combined US gross, 9 of 41 titles

Falling Sky poster
Highest rated
Falling Sky
2002
6.71,010 votes
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return poster
Lowest rated
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return
1999
3.54,025 votes
Mostly
drama, comedy, horror
Active
1988–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
34%
Best known for
Locked

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 36 of 41 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Credits24 of 43

42 films

Titles per year34 titles · busiest 2008 with 4

34 titles across 30 years, averaging 1.1 a year. The last five years hold at 1.6 a year. 11 of those 30 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time25 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
357their average 5.5200020102020

Their 2000s work is their strongest, averaging 5.6 across 13 titles. The 8 titles since 2017 average 5.5, holding at their 5.5 overall. 10 of 25 rated titles sit above their 5.5 average.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Kevin Tenney4
  • Sidney J. Furie2
  • Brian Trenchard-Smith2
Writers
  • Kevin Tenney3
  • Stephen King2
  • Joe Augustyn2
Notable cast
  • Bette Midler2
Genres
  • Drama14 of 35
  • Horror13 of 35
  • Comedy12 of 35
  • Thriller11 of 35
  • Crime6 of 35

Names appearing on two or more of Blue Rider Pictures’s produced titles, across the 35 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with11 companies

Companies that appear alongside Blue Rider Pictures on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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