Cinemation Industries was a New York City-based film studio and distributor owned, Run and founded by exploitation film producer Jerry Gross.
[2] Gross released Girl on a Chain Gang (1966) and achieved success with Cinemation's release of sexploitation films such as Inga and Fanny Hill (both 1968).
The company, however, also distributed unexpected smash hit independent films like Melvin Van Peebles' Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) and Ralph Bakshi's Fritz the Cat (1972).
Other films released by the distributor include Peter Fonda's Idaho Transfer (1973), Freddie Francis' Son of Dracula (1974), Alain Resnais' Stavisky (1975), and the film version of Oh!
It handled the U.S. rights for the Italian animated feature The Magic Bird, originally titled Putiferio va alla guerra.