Nelson Entertainment

Nelson Entertainment (also known as Nelson Entertainment Group) was a Los Angeles-based film production and home video distribution company, a subsidiary of Nelson Holdings International Ltd., a Vancouver, Canada, holding company formed in 1985 by British film producer Barry Spikings and Richard Northcott, a British financier who amassed his fortune from a chain of hardware and furniture stores.

For the unrelated company owned by Stephen Swid known as Nelson Entertainment Group, see SCS Films.
Nelson Entertainment
Company typeSubsidiary of Nelson Holdings International, Ltd.
IndustryFilm
home video
PredecessorGalactic Films
Spikings Corporation
Embassy Home Entertainment
Founded1985 (1985)
FoundersBarry Spikings
Richard Northcott
Defunct1991 (1991)
FateRenamed Sultan Entertainment and sold to New Line Cinema, library later purchased by Epic Productions
SuccessorCompany:
New Line Cinema
Library:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (with some exceptions)
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California, United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Barry Spikings
Richard Northcott
ProductsMotion pictures
VHS
Laserdisc
ParentNelson Holdings International, Ltd. (1986–1991)
New Line Cinema (1991)
Divisions
  • Nelson Films
  • New Galactic and Tate
  • Charter Entertainment
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