film company founded 2008 area served worldwide key people joe ricketts ceo alfed levitt coo brian falk producer executive robert stone producer executive website the american film company the american film company is a film production company founded in 2008 by joe ricketts . ricketts previously founded ameritrade and with his family owns the chicago cubs . 1 the american film company founded on the belief that real life is often more compelling than fiction produces feature films about true stories from america s past . 2 the company has offices in new york city and los angeles . contents 1 films 1.1 list of films 2 references 3 external links films edit the company s first film was the conspirator 3 a historical drama about the trial of mary surratt the lone female charged as a co conspirator in the abraham lincoln assassination . 4 the film was directed by robert redford and stars james mcavoy and robin wright . 5 in keeping with the company s goal to create historically accurate films pulitzer prize winner james mcpherson lincoln assassination expert thomas turner and army historian col. fred borch consulted on the film . 6 the american film company is currently developing the arsenal a film about john brown s raid on harpers ferry and midnight riders about the midnight ride of paul revere . 7 list of films edit the conspirator 2010 parkland 2013 against the sun 2015 born in the badlands the arsenal the third wave references edit fleming mike . robert redford s the conspirator sells but not in time for this year s oscars . deadline.com . retrieved 2012 07 08 . american film company mendelson s musings . jasonmendelson.com . 2010 01 03 . archived from the original on 2012 04 13 . retrieved 2012 07 08 . cieply michael 2010 09 09 . robert redford shops the conspirator in toronto . nytimes.com . retrieved 2012 11 19 . kaufman anthony 2010 09 12 . toronto film festival robert redford on the conspirator speakeasy wsj . blogs.wsj.com . retrieved 2012 07 08 . the conspirator . imdb . retrieved 8 september 2013 . news for thomas turner iii . imdb . retrieved 8 september 2013 . films . the american film company . retrieved 2012 07 08 . external links edit official website the american film company at the internet movie database this article about an american film distributor or production company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title american film company 2008 & oldid 743794889 categories companies established in 2008film production companies of the united statesamerican film company stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 11 october 2016 at 09 12 . 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