Fortissimo Films

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Fortissimo Films
Type	Private
Founded	1991^[1]
Headquarters	Amsterdam Hong Kong London New York City Sydney
Key people	Wouter Barendrecht, founder and co-chairman Michael J. Werner, co-chairman
Industry	Motion pictures
Products	Film production, sales and distribution
Website	http://www.fortissimo.nl/default.asp

Fortissimo Films is a multi-national film production, sales and distribution company. The company has been behind such East Asian films as Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love, the Thai films Tears of the Black Tiger and Last Life in the Universe, as well as such independent films as Super Size Me, Mysterious Skin and Shortbus.

[edit] History

Fortissimo Films was founded in 1991 in Amsterdam by Wouter Barendrecht and Helene Loveridge, who later left the company.^[1] The company's co-chairman, Michael J. Werner, joined Fortissimo in 1995 as a consultant, and became a partner in 2000.

Both Barendrecht and Werner are based in Hong Kong, while the company maintains a head office in Amsterdam and also has offices in New York City, London and Sydney.

As of 2007, the company has been involved with the production, sales or distribution of more than 250 films.