Self Timer is the parent company of two film companies, Single Cell Pictures and C-Hundred Film Corp., both founded and run by R.E.M. lead singer/film producer, Michael Stipe.

Single Cell Pictures and C-Hundred Film Corp. have a proven track record of critically acclaimed films including Oscar-nominated, Being John Malkovich, Sundance festival winners, American Movie and Girl¹s Town and Cannes
Festival Winner, Velvet Goldmine.


Being John Malkovich
Produced in 1999, Being John Malkovich won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature Film and Best Screenplay, a British Academy of Film and Television Award for Best Screenplay, a PGA Producer's Visionary Award, a
GLAAD Award for Best Feature Film, and appearances on over 175 critic's 1999 top ten best picture lists.

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Written and directed by Jill Sprecher. Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Clea Duvall, Alan Arkin, John Turturro, Amy Irving. Currently in post production.


C-Hundred Film Corp. founder, Jim McKay, best known for Girl¹s Town, was recipient of the Filmmakers Trophy and a Special Jury Prize for Collaboration at Sundance in 1996. More recently, McKay produced the Sony Pictures Classics distributed American Movie, winner of the 1999 Sundance
Film Festival Grand Jury Prize.

Spring Forward
Spring Forward directed by Tom Gilroy, stars Ned Beatty, Live Schreiber, Ian Hart, Peri Gilpin, Campbell Scott and Catherine Kellner; debuted at Sundance 2000. The Independent Film Channel's new distribution arm, IFC Films, chose Spring Forward as its first to release in [*December 2000].

Our Song
Our Song written, directed and produced by Jim McKay, stars newcomers Kerry Washington, Anna Simpson and Melissa Martinez; debuted at Sundance in 2000 and played a wide festival circuit. Our Song has been nominated by the 2001 Independent Spirit Awards committee for the Motorola Producers Award, Best Feature under $500,000. IFC Films will release Our Song in theaters nationwide[?] in May 2001.

Benjamin Smoke
Benjamin Smoke, a documentary directed by Jem Cohen and Peter Sillen, looks at the life of, Benjamin, the HIV-positive leader of the Atlanta-based band, Smoke; was theatrically released by Cowboy Booking International on July 2000.

Stranger Inside
Stranger Inside, written and directed by Cheryl Dunye (The Watermelon Woman) and starring newcomers Yolonda Ross and Davenia McFadden, with a supporting role by Rain Phoenix, [is produced in conjunction with HBO] was screened at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival and will air on HBO Summer 2001.

The Sleepy Time Gal
The Sleepy Time Gal, directed by Chris Munch (The Hours and Times, Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day), stars Jacqueline Bisset, Seymour Cassel, Martha Plimpton, Frankie Faison and was accepted into the Dramatic Competition at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. We are currently seeking distribution in US for this film.


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