Escape Artists Productions, LLC, commonly known as Escape Artists, is an independently financed motion picture and television production company with a first look non-exclusive deal at Sony Pictures Entertainment, headed by partners Steve Tisch, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and David Bloomfield.
The company's production office is located in the Astaire Building on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City, California.
[1] The first produced movie under the Escape Artists banner was A Knight's Tale, starring Heath Ledger in May 2001.
In the fall of 2005, Escape Artists released The Weather Man, directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Nicolas Cage and Michael Caine.
Escape Artists produced 'The Upside, which was directed by Neil Burger and starring Kevin Hart.