artificial eye disambiguation . curzon artificial eye industry film distribution founded 1976 founder andi engel 1 pamela balfry 2 headquarters london united kingdom key people louisa dent md artificial eye philip knatchbull ceo cae tony tabatznik chairman and majority owner curzon world products film parent curzon world website curzon artificial eye curzon artificial eye is a british film distributor specialising in independent foreign language and art house films for cinema and home entertainment . 3 the company was founded in 1976 by andi engel 11 november 1942 26 december 2006 a german born film enthusiast and his then wife pamela balfry who had a background working with richard roud at the london film festival . she became curzon artificial eye s first managing director . 1 4 since 2006 curzon artficial eye has been part of curzon world a group of companies in the film entertainment industry which also includes the curzon chain of 11 cinemas plus eight joint venture cinemas 5 video on demand service curzon home cinema the retail dvd distributor fusion media sales and horror film distributor chelsea films launched in 2010 . 6 curzon artificial eye releases some 20 new theatrical films and 30 dvd and blu ray titles in the uk each year as well as digital releases via several platforms such as itunes and in house curzon home cinema . 6 references edit a b the independent 4 january 2007 obituary andi engel retrieved 2012 10 25 bfi database engel pamela retrieved 2012 10 25 hollywood reporter 7 november 2011 artificial eye scores with more than half european film academy nominations on its release roster retrieved 2012 10 25 the guardian 15 january 2007 obituary andi engel retrieved 2012 10 25 curzon our cinemas retrieved 2012 10 25 a b curzon group website retrieved 2015 10 27 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title curzon artificial eye & oldid 735888512 categories film distributors of the united kingdomhidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 august 2016 at 19 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view