Summit Entertainment (formerly Summit Entertainment NV) is an independent American film studio headquartered in Universal City, California with offices in London.Summit Entertainment LLC, BusinessWeek. Retrieved 2008-11-24.

History

Summit was originally founded in the early 1990s and launched in 1996 by Patrick Wachsberger, Bob Hayward and David Garrett under the name Summit Entertainment LP as a production, distribution, and sales organization. In 2006, it became a fully independent film studio, Summit Entertainment, with the addition of Rob Friedman, a former executive at Paramount Pictures.Barnes, Brooks, For Studio, Vampire Movie Is a Cinderella Story, New York Times, 2009-11-19. Retrieved 2008-11-24. The new company added major development, production, acquisitions, marketing and distribution branches with a financing deal led by Merrill Lynch and other investors giving it access to over $1 billion in financing.Barnes, Brooks, Summit Entertainment's $1 Billion Deal, Portfolio, 2007-04-19. Retrieved 2008-11-24.