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Brainstorm Media was started in 1995 by Meyer Shwarzstein and Image Organization. When Image Organization was sold in 1997, Shwarzstein bought out Image's share of the company. The company started as a sales agent, specializing in selling theatrical films to TV in the US. It also financed films thru pre-sales. It's two first productions were Kid Cop and Little Men.

Over the years, Brainstorm handled films on behalf of many companies, including Lionsgate, BMG, Blockbuster, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Magnolia Pictures, Image Entertainment and many others.

Today, the company has evolved into a full service distribution company. Brainstorm established Something to Talk About, a documentary film strand, and entered into an overall arrangement with DIRECTV's AUDIENCE NETWORK for the distribution of the films. Each film is preceded by a host introduction and is followed by Filmmaker Spotlight, an interview with the filmmaker(s).

Brainstorm has also licensed the Fangoria brand and started distributing films under that label in February, 2013.