# Capella Films
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{{Short description|American film production company}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Capella Films, Inc.
| image =
| type = [Corporation](/source/Corporation)
| area_served = Worldwide
| products = [Motion Pictures](/source/Motion_Pictures)
| successor = [Bloom Media](/source/Bloom_Media)
| founded = March 26, 1990
| defunct = 2012
| hq_location_city = [Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_California), United States
| key_people = Rolf Deyhle & Will Baer
(co-founders)
Mark Seiler/[Ortwin Freyermuth](/source/Ortwin_Freyermuth)
(CEO)
David Ishag
(COO)
| industry = Film
| hq_location = [Beverly Hills, California](/source/Beverly_Hills%2C_California)
| divisions = Capella International
}}
'''Capella Films, Inc.''' was an American film production company founded in 1990 and headquartered in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California). Formed by [Hamburg](/source/Hamburg)-based Deyhle-Baer Media Holdings,[{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1994/film/news/capella-finds-the-right-pitch-118603/ |title=Capella Finds the right Pitch |work=Variety |accessdate=June 14, 2014}}] Capella Films constituted the production branch to Capella Intl. which specialised in foreign distribution.
Together, Capella Films and Capella Intl. operated a highly active production and distribution hub whose partners included Universal Studios, German distributor, Connexion Films, American production arm, Connexion American Media Inc., Bregman-Baer Productions, and April-Connexion Films. Capella Films, Inc. formed a $1.3billion acquisition attempt for [Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer](/source/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)/[United Artists](/source/United_Artists) in 1996. The company was later merged into [Bloom Media](/source/Bloom_Media) in 2012. This company is also not to be confused with Russian film company Capella Film.
==Organization==
Capella Films and Capella International company principals were responsible for the financing, and/or production, distribution, acquiring of full international or selective territorial rights for the following motion pictures; ''[Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery](/source/Austin_Powers%3A_International_Man_of_Mystery)'' starring [Mike Myers](/source/Mike_Myers), ''[Ace Ventura: Pet Detective](/source/Ace_Ventura%3A_Pet_Detective)'', ''[The Mask](/source/The_Mask_(1994_film))'', and ''[Dumb and Dumber](/source/Dumb_and_Dumber)'' all of which starred Canadian born actor [Jim Carrey](/source/Jim_Carrey), Brian De Palma's ''[Carlito's Way](/source/Carlito's_Way)'' starring [Al Pacino](/source/Al_Pacino), and ''[The Real McCoy](/source/The_Real_McCoy_(film))'' starring [Kim Basinger](/source/Kim_Basinger).