Lightstorm Entertainment
Logo used since 1994 | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film Television |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Founder | James Cameron Lawrence Kasanoff |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Products | |
| Owner | James Cameron |
Lightstorm Entertainment, Inc. is an American independent film and television production company founded by filmmaker James Cameron and producer Lawrence Kasanoff in 1990. The company's films include the sci-fi film Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), the action-comedy film True Lies (1994), the romantic-drama film Titanic (1997), the Avatar film series, and the sci-fi film Alita: Battle Angel (2019); Cameron has employed other filmmakers to produce and direct films under the Lightstorm banner. Based in Santa Monica, California, the company established a first look deal with 20th Century Fox (currently known as 20th Century Studios) in 1995, who has since distributed a majority of the company's films.
In 1993, Cameron would meet his future Titanic and Avatar co-producer Jon Landau during the production of True Lies, and would persuade Landau to join the company.
The company's logo depicts a bowman using a lightning bolt as an arrow.