Cowboy Pictures

n 1995, Noah Cowan and John Vanco launched and served as co-presidents of Cowboy Pictures, an art house cinema distributor. Cowboy-released films were acclaimed by a number of organizations including the New York Film Critics Circle and The Academy Awards. Cowboy partnered with Antidote Films in 1999 to create Code Red Films, a vehicle to cross-collateralize several art film releases over three years. Titles distributed by Cowboy and Code Red included: The Life And Times Of Hank Greenberg, Fat Girl, George Washington, La Cienaga, Promises (nominated for Best Documentary at the 2002 Academy Awards) and The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition. Cowboy also acted as a releasing sub-distributor for Miramax Films, bringing to market their Rolling Thunder titles acquired in collaboration with Quentin Tarantino. Titles included Hard Core Logo, The Beyond, Mighty Peking Man.