A24

2012–2013: Founding and early years On August 17, 2012, Daniel Katz, David Fenkel, and John Hodges founded A24. In October 2012, Nicolette Aizenberg joined as head of publicity from 42West, where she had been a senior publicity executive. They had tasked the agency with creating a branding and logo that was modern but also echoed the golden age of Hollywood. GrandArmy made the logo and motion graphic intro for A24 alongside its website, and their deco-influenced look was featured internally and externally. 2013: Distribution The company began its distribution of films in 2013. The company's first theatrical release was Roman Coppola's A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, which had a limited theatrical release. Other 2013 theatrical releases included Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring, Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers, James Ponsoldt's The Spectacular Now, and Sally Potter's Ginger & Rosa. 2014–2017: Television and later productions In its first five years, A24 Television focused mostly on stand-up specials and comedies and was run by longtime A24 partner Ravi Nandan. A24 also helped make The Carmichael Show for NBC in 2015. In April, the company acquired all foreign distribution rights to Swiss Army Man (2016). In June, the company, along with Oscilloscope and distributor Honora, joined BitTorrent Now to distribute the work of their portfolio across the ad-supported service. In January 2017, the company acquired the United States and Chinese distribution rights for their first foreign language film, Menashe. 2018–2019: Popularity, management changes, and partnerships On February 28, 2018, A24 launched a podcast titled "The A24 Podcast". Episodes are based around a discussion between two members of the film industry. Guests on the podcast have included Bo Burnham, Sofia Coppola, Paul Schrader, Martin Scorsese, and Alia Shawkat. As of May 2024, there were 41 episodes available. On March 26, 2018, co-founder John Hodges announced that he was exiting the company. On November 15, 2018, A24 and Apple announced a multi-year partnership, where A24 would produce a slate of original films for Apple. This was not a first-look deal, meaning A24 could continue to produce and acquire films to release outside of the deal, and that it would not affect previous deals that A24 had signed with other companies. They would later release Sofia Coppola's On the Rocks (2020) and Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), both of which received limited theatrical releases by A24 and then became available to stream on Apple TV+. On November 13, 2019, A24 entered into deal with Showtime Networks, covering all film releases through November 1, 2022. The deal excludes films that are already part of the Apple partnership. 2020s–present: Academy Award wins, further agreements, and expansion In July 2021, A24 explored a possible buyout from multiple suitors for between $2.5 billion and $3 billion. Also in 2021, Lee Isaac Chung's Minari (2020) earned a record of six Oscar nominations, and Valdimar Jóhannsson's Lamb (2021) was selected as a country's entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. In January 2022, former HBO and Amazon MGM Studios TV executive Nick Hall joined A24 to oversee creative for the company's growing television slate. In April 2022, the company launched its subscription based membership program: AAA24. Membership benefits include free movie tickets, early access to merch drops, exclusive merch only available to members, discounts on merch, monthly store credit, a quarterly zine, a free birthday gift, and other perks such as giveaways and movie screenings. In March 2023, A24 became the first independent studio to win Best Picture, Best Director, and all four acting categories in a single year at the 95th Academy Awards for Everything, Everywhere, All at Once and The Whale. A24's Close, Aftersun, Causeway, and Marcel the Shell With Shoes On all received nominations that year. In May 2023, German independent film distributor Leonine Studios partnered with A24 to set up a joint label, called "A24 | Leonine Studios", to distribute films in Austria and Germany. The next month, it was reported that former Disney General Entertainment Chairman Peter Rice signed a deal with A24 as an independent producer, agreeing to co-finance films for global distribution. During the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes, which took place from May 2 to November 9, A24 was approved to continue filming and doing promotional activities since it does not have ties to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). In October 2023, TheWraps Umberto Gonzalez exclusively reported that A24 was planning to expand its "strategy from arthouse films to more commercial films", including "action and big IP projects". According to one production executive from the company, A24 "took a beating on dramas, especially the ones they made". He added, "The auteur business is a lousy, high-risk business that does not attract potential buyers ... That's a big problem if you're looking to sell or seek additional investment". This decision was met with mixed responses from some journalists. That same month, A24 forged an exclusive output deal with for the distribution of A24's upcoming releases in Japan, marking A24's first major international theatrical output deal. The companies would also build A24 brand awareness across the region, and deepen relationships with local talent and audiences off screen beyond film releases. In 2023, A24 co-produced The Zone of Interest, a UK-financed film directed by Jonathan Glazer. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim and was released in the US in December 2023. In association with Prime Video and Fox Entertainment's Bento Box Entertainment, A24 launched its first animated project: the adult musical comedy series, Hazbin Hotel. The eight-episode first season premiered on January 19, 2024, on Prime Video; it received a two-season order. Later that same month, it was announced A24 struck a deal with United Talent Agency (UTA) to produce scripted and unscripted television via the latter's Civic Center Media banner. In January 2025, Scott Belsky joined A24's leadership team as a partner, overseeing the studio's technology and innovation initiatives. In May 2025, A24 shuttered their documentary division, resulting in five layoffs. On November 12, 2025, D'Souza Gelb announced that management and production company 2AM was ending, and its three founders were parting ways. 2AM had launched in strategic partnership with A24, working together to produce Celine Song’s Past Lives (2023) and Materialists (2025), Halina Reijn’s Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) and Babygirl (2024), among others. In April 2026, video game publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment and A24 announced that an adaptation of the fantasy video game Elden Ring would be coming in 2028. The film would be written and directed by Alex Garland (Civil War and Ex Machina) and be shot for IMAX. Kit Connor, Ben Whishaw, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman, Tom Burke, and Havana Rose Liu were reported to be in the cast. That same month, it was also announced that Obsession (2025) filmmaker Curry Barker would write and direct a reimagining of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). Also in April, filmmaker Kane Parson, A24's youngest feature director, took to CCXP Mexico to tease his horror movie, Backrooms. The film is an adaptation of the YouTube series Parson began uploading in 2022 and would hit theaters in May 2026. In late April, it was announced that A24 UK had optioned rights for Alexis Hall’s BookTok hit Boyfriend Material along with Nick Brucker’s upcoming novel White Smoke, with plans to adapt both into TV series. A24 will produce the White Smoke adaption alongside Benedict Cumberbatch, who is also attached to star. On April 24, it was announced that A24 and Charli XCX’s The Moment was officially landing on HBO Max on May 29. This film was directed by Scottish filmmaker Aidan Zamiri and includes Alexander Skarsgård, Kylie Jenner, and Rachel Sennott in the cast. Late that month, it was announced that A24 and Plan B would produce director Molly Manning Walker's next film, Not Another F**king Wedding. == Social media promotion ==

When A24 launched in 2012, they focused on the idea of saving money through lower-cost digital marketing and social media, as opposed to more traditional forms of media advertising from TV, radio, and billboards. The rise of images and memes across social media served as a means to promote their films' art direction and cinematography, and are often cited as pioneers in this space, which birthed their unique branding, and later several indie studios trying to emulate their marketing tactics. In a 2013 interview, creative director Zoe Beyer discussed her approach to A24's social media: ==Film library==

A24 produces and distributes about 18 to 20 films annually. The film is described as "an adrenaline-fueled thrill ride through a near-future fractured America balanced on the razor's edge"; Kirsten Dunst stars in the lead role as a reporter. Civil War was released in the US on April 12, 2024, having been moved up from a release date of April 26, 2024. Sports drama-comedy Marty Supreme (2025), co-written and directed by Josh Safdie, became the next most expensive film to make, costing $70 million. The film was a period movie following an ambitious, fast-talking table tennis player (played by Timothée Chalamet) and involved re-creating 1952 New York and dressing main actors and "an army of extras" in period-accurate clothing. In 2025, A24 acquired US distribution rights for the Chinese language film Ne Zha 2. With a production budget of $80 million, it became the most expensive film A24 has distributed. Highest-grossing films Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) was A24's first film to cross the $100-million mark worldwide. Marty Supreme (2025) became A24's highest-grossing worldwide release of all time, generating $191.4 million globally. In April 2026, The Drama became the fifth A24 film to surpass $100 million at the global box office. ==Key styles and themes==

A24 films are known for their unique storytelling, striking cinematography, and commitment to auteur art direction over mainstream filmmaking. They largely explore complex human emotions, existential themes, and genre-bending narratives in ways that are thought-provoking and often unpredictable. Their cinematic style differs from film to film but primarily alters between - and sometimes combining - verisimilitude, viscerality, surrealism, alternate reality, deep character explorations and emotional journeys, and ambiguity. Horror A24 is well known for championing and producing artistic, psychologically disturbing, and mind-bending horror films popularly referred to as "elevated horror". These include Under the Skin (2013), The Witch (2015), It Comes at Night (2017),The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), Hereditary (2018), Midsommar (2019), The Lighthouse (2019), Talk to Me (2022), Men (2022), Heretic (2024), and I Saw the TV Glow (2024). The term also refers to genre films with a seemingly more artful sensibility than most fare, plus a focus on dramatic themes such as grief and trauma. War A24 produced two notable war films, both directed by Alex Garland. Civil War (2024) is a dystopian alternate reality story of modern-day America engaged in civil war. Warfare (2025), co-directed by Garland and former US Navy Seal Ray Mendoza, recounts a 2006 battle that took place between US Navy Seals and Iraqi insurgents. Other war films include The Kill Team (2019), Causeway (2022) and The Zone of Interest (2023). LGBTQ+ Starting with Moonlight (2016), A24 has produced several films about queer characters and their experiences, although they often still incorporate other genres, like dark-comedy, fantasy, and horror. These films include The Whale (2021), Problemista (2023), Queer (2024), Love Lies Bleeding (2024), and I Saw the TV Glow (2024). Other LGBTQ-inclusive films from A24 are Parthenope (2024), Sorry, Baby (2025), Pillion (2025), and the upcoming Mother Mary (2026). According to GLAAD, an American non-governmental media monitoring organization, A24 had the best queer representation onscreen in 2024. Per GLAAD's study, A24 was the only distribution and production company to receive a “Good” grade in the 2025 edition of the annual GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index (SRI) report. ==Accolades==

As of the 98th Academy Awards, A24 has received a total of 98 Academy Award nominations, winning 21 overall. • In 2016, A24 won Best Actress (Brie Larson for Room), Best Documentary Feature Film (Amy), and Best Visual Effects (Ex Machina). • In 2017, Moonlight won the Academy Award for Best Picture (the first such accolade for the studio), Best Adapted Screenplay (Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney), and Best Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali). • In 2023, A24 experienced its most successful Oscar season when it became the most nominated single studio of that year's ceremony with 18 total nominations between six of their films: Everything Everywhere All at Once (11 nominations; the most nominated film that year, including Best Picture), The Whale (3 nominations), and Aftersun, Causeway, Close and Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (each with 1 nomination). A24 would ultimately become the most awarded studio that year with nine awards in total, as well as sweeping seven of the major awards. Everything Everywhere All at Once won seven: Best Picture, Best Director (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan), Best Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis), Best Original Screenplay (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), and Best Film Editing (Paul Rogers). The Whale won two: Best Actor (Brendan Fraser) and Best Makeup and Hairstyling (Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Annemarie Bradley). • In 2024, A24 had two films nominated for Best Picture for the first time: Past Lives and The Zone of Interest. The latter won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (representing United Kingdom) and Best Sound. • In 2025, the A24 film The Brutalist was nominated for ten Oscars, winning Best Actor (Adrien Brody), Best Original Score (Daniel Blumberg), and Best Cinematography (Lol Crawley). Additionally, A24 has been nominated and won numerous British Academy Film Awards, Critics' Choice Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. The A24 film I Saw the TV Glow was nominated for the Hugo Award for Science Fiction in the Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form category. ==Reception and legacy==

IndieWire reported that an unnamed "high-level" Hollywood executive said that "A24 is a business whose aspirations are unlimited. They're not trying to become Focus [Features]. They want to become a big media company." Filmmaker David Lowery (director of A24's A Ghost Story and The Green Knight) praised A24, saying: "The great thing about A24 is that they're always up for a challenge. They remain undaunted; they'll take the most difficult, unsaleable aspect of your movie and turn it into its greatest asset." Fellow filmmaker James Ponsoldt (director of A24's The End of the Tour and The Spectacular Now) also applauded the company, saying: "A24 is remarkable at championing specific cinematic voices because they genuinely adore their films—and that enthusiasm is reflected in the creativity and laser-like precision of their marketing and releases." Such performances include: Mahershala Ali's in Moonlight (2016), Awkwafina's in The Farewell (2019), Toni Collette's in Hereditary (2018), Brendan Fraser's in The Whale (2022), Mia Goth's in X (2022) and Pearl (2022), Tom Hardy's in Locke (2013), Brie Larson's in Room (2015), Greta Lee's in Past Lives (2023), Robert Pattinson's in Good Time (2017) and The Lighthouse (2019), Joaquin Phoenix's in ''C'mon C'mon (2021) and Beau Is Afraid'' (2023), Florence Pugh's in Midsommar (2019), Saoirse Ronan's in Lady Bird (2017), Adam Sandler's in Uncut Gems (2019), Anya Taylor-Joy's in The Witch (2015), Alicia Vikander's in Ex Machina (2014), as well as Ke Huy Quan, Michelle Yeoh, and Stephanie Hsu's in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022). A24 has frequently worked with many artistically minded writer-directors, for most of which the films released by the company pivoted their careers, including Ari Aster, Sean Baker, the Daniels, Robert Eggers, Alex Garland, Rose Glass, Joanna Hogg, Yorgos Lanthimos, David Lowery, and the Safdie brothers. == Publications ==

As of April 2026, an A24 Screenplay Collection on Amazon featured 15 of A24's most popular films. At that time, Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale (written by Samuel D. Hunter) and Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla were the newest screenplays to be added to the collection. == A24 auctions ==

Starting in 2020, A24 has set up auctions as way for fans to bid on props, wardrobe items, and set pieces from its films' productions. Depending on the film(s) being featured at each auction, the proceeds have gone to the FDNY Foundation, Food Bank For New York City, NYC Health + Hospitals, Queens Community House, Vidiots Foundation, Asian Mental Health Project, Transgender Law Center, and Laundry Workers Center. == See also ==