MarVista Entertainment

MarVista Entertainment is an independent production and distribution studio, located at Los Angeles. It was founded as Whamo Entertainment in, by Joseph Szew. In, his son Fernando Szew joined the company. Four years later, it was renamed to its current name. The new company was formed by Fernando; Whamo partner Mar Gaya joined as director of European operations in Barcelona. Senior VP of worldwide sales for PorchLight Entertainment Michael Jacobs became MarVista's president of production and distribution, and Anchor Bay Entertainment founder George Port joined as executive vice president.