Mpower Pictures is the production company of David Segel

David Segel

David Alexander Segel is an American businessman, currently residing in the State of California with his wife and three children. Segel is an active investor in financial services and media assets...

, Stephen McEveety

Stephen McEveety

Stephen "Steve" McEveety is an American film producer. The son of Joseph McEveety, and nephew of Bernard McEveety and Vincent McEveety, Hollywood film directors/producers, he has over 30 years experience in senior positions in the entertainment industry....

, John Shepherd (actor)

John Shepherd (actor)

John Shepherd is an American actor and producer who has starred in film and on television. He is best known for his role in the 1985 horror film Friday the 13th: A New Beginning as Tommy Jarvis and speaks in the commentary of the Deluxe Edition of the film in 2009.Other movies he starred in were...

, and Todd Matthew Burns.

Mpower Pictures was launched with Bella

Bella

Bella is a city and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni of Atella, Avigliano, Balvano, Baragiano, Muro Lucano, Ruoti, San Fele.-Translations:...

(2006), winner of the Toronto Film Festival People's Choice Award, produced in association with Metanoia Films.

Since then, Mpower Pictures has produced a number of award-winning features for theatrical distribution including An American Carol

An American Carol

An American Carol is a 2008 American comedy film directed by David Zucker and starring Kevin Farley. In some other countries the film is known as Big Fat Important Movie...

, The Stoning of Soraya M.

The Stoning of Soraya M.

The Stoning of Soraya M. is a 2008 American drama film adapted from French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's 1990 book La Femme Lapidée, based on a true story...

and Snowmen

Snowmen (film)

Snowmen is a family film written and directed by Robert Kirbyson. It was released at the Tribeca Film Festival on May 1, 2010. According to the Hollywood Reporter, "the film might prove a bit too offbeat for mainstream theatrical success, though it might well prove popular on DVD and cable."The...

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Film & television productions

Mpower Pictures has been actively developing and producing film content for theatrical distribution since 2007 as well as television content since early 2010.

Film Productions

• Snowmen
  Snowmen (film)
  Snowmen is a family film written and directed by Robert Kirbyson. It was released at the Tribeca Film Festival on May 1, 2010. According to the Hollywood Reporter, "the film might prove a bit too offbeat for mainstream theatrical success, though it might well prove popular on DVD and cable."The...
  
  (2011)
• Machine Gun Preacher
  Machine Gun Preacher
  Machine Gun Preacher is a 2011 action biopic film about Sam Childers, a biking preacher-defender of Sudanese orphans. The movie was written by Jason Keller, directed by Marc Forster and stars Scottish actor Gerard Butler as Childers...
  
  (2011)
• The Stoning of Soraya M.
  The Stoning of Soraya M.
  The Stoning of Soraya M. is a 2008 American drama film adapted from French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam's 1990 book La Femme Lapidée, based on a true story...
  
  (2010)
• As We Forgive
  As We Forgive
  As We Forgive is the 2008 student Academy Award-winning documentary by filmmaker Laura Waters Hinson.- Synopsis :The film tells the story of two Rwandan women who come face-to-face with the neighbors who slaughtered their families during the 1994 genocide, and their personal journeys toward...
  
  (2009)
• An American Carol
  An American Carol
  An American Carol is a 2008 American comedy film directed by David Zucker and starring Kevin Farley. In some other countries the film is known as Big Fat Important Movie...
  
  (2008)
• The Star of Bethlehem (2007)
• Bella
  Bella
  Bella is a city and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni of Atella, Avigliano, Balvano, Baragiano, Muro Lucano, Ruoti, San Fele.-Translations:...
  
  (2006)

Awards and recognition

• 2006 Toronto Film Festival, People's Choice Award (Bella)
• 2008 Toronto Film Festival, People's Choice Award, Runner-up (The Stoning of Soraya M.)
• 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival, Audience Award (The Stoning of Soraya M.)
• 2010 Image Awards, Outstanding Foreign Motion Picture (The Stoning of Soraya M.)
• 2010 Tribeca Film Festival, Audience Award, Runner-up (Snowmen)