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A Band Apart

A Band Apart Films was an independent production company founded by Quentin Tarantino, Michael Bodnarchek, and Lawrence Bender that was active from 1991 to 2006. Its name is a play on the French New Wave classic film, Bande à part ("Band of Outsiders") by filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, whose work was highly influential on the work of the company's members.

Company type

LLC

1991

2006

  • Lawrence Bender (CEO/president)
  • Michael Bodnarchek (CEO/president)
  • Adam Bloom (executive producer/head of production)

abandapart.com (defunct)

Company closure[edit]

Tarantino and Bender had an amicable split, leaving Tarantino as the sole owner of the studio,[6] while David Heyman (Harry Potter, Gravity) produced Tarantino's ninth film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.[7]


The company is listed for Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Django Unchained (2012),[8][9] and credited for Grindhouse (2007).

An Archive of the Company's Website circa 2001

City Pages feature on Michael Bodnarchek, co-founder of A Band Apart