CineTel Films

CineTel Films Inc. was an independent film production company and distributor based in West Hollywood, California.

In 1980, Paul Hertzberg founded CineTel Films,^[1][2] in Chicago, as Chicago Teleproductions.^[3][4]

In 1981, Lisa Hansen was hired by Chicago Teleproductions,^[5] and in 1982, she was recruited by Paul Hertzberg, in 1983, moved to Los Angeles, California with him to do sales for a new independent film studio called CineTel Films.^[6] Within a year, Hansen was promoted to vice president and then, the following year, to executive vice president.^[5]

CineTel Films put the first direct-to-video film into production on November 30, 1983, which was released in 1984 as E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind.^[7]

In 1990, Hansen was named president of the newly formed CineTel Pictures, located in Burbank, California.^[8] CineTel Pictures was a separate production from CineTel Films.

Hansen was the president of CineTel Pictures, Inc. and executive vice president of CineTel Films, Inc.^[9]

The company was sold to Vision Films in 2023.^[10]

• E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind (1984)
• Screen Test (1985)
• Star Knight (1985)
• Say Yes (1986)
• The Climb (1986)
• Hardbodies 2 (1986)
• Armed Response (1986)
• Captive (1986)
• Cyclone (1987)
• Cold Steel (1987)
• Bulletproof (1987)
• Deadly Illusion (1987)
• Out of the Dark (1988)
• Fear (1988)
• 976-EVIL (1988)
• Hit List (1989)
• Relentless (1989)
• Tripwire (1989)

• Far Out Man (1990)
• Masters of Menace (1990)
• Too Much Sun (1990)
• Fast Getaway (1990)
• Payback (1991)
• Past Midnight (1991)
• 976-Evil II (1991)
• Where the Day Takes You (1992)
• Dead On: Relentless II (1992)
• We're Talking Serious Money (1992)
• Sins of Desire (1993)
• Entangled (1993)
• Relentless 3 (1993)
• Class of 1999 II: The Substitute (1994)
• Teresa's Tattoo (1994)
• Dangerous Touch (1994)
• Fast Getaway II (1994)
• Ghoulies IV (1994)
• Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes (1994)
• Dream a Little Dream 2 (1995)
• Excessive Force II: Force on Force (1995)
• Carried Away (1996)
• Demolition High (1996)
• Dead Girl (1996)
• Vampirella (1996)
• Sci-fighters (1996)
• Poison Ivy II (1996)
• Below Utopia (1997)
• Stir (1997)
• Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (1997)
• Demolition University (1997)
• Storm Trooper (1997)
• The Pandora Project (1998)
• Telling You (1998)
• Butter (1998)
• The Assault (1998)
• Out of Control (1998)
• Prague Duet (1998)
• Supreme Sanction (1999)
• The Settlement (1999)
• Judgment Day (1999)

• Chain of Command (2000)
• Meeting Daddy (2000)
• A Rumor of Angels (2000)
• Green Sails (2000)
• They Crawl (2001)
• Guardian (2001)
• The Tracker (2001)
• Time Lapse (2001)
• Project Viper (2002)
• Storm Watch (2002)
• Malevolent (2002)
• Scorcher (2002)
• Con Express (2002)
• Global Effect (2002)
• Hot Desire (2003)
• Detonator (2003)
• Written in Blood (2003)
• Lost Treasure (2003)
• Momentum (2003)
• Deadly Swarm (2003)
• Devil Winds (2003)
• I Accuse (2003)
• Island Rhythms (2003)
• Snakehead Terror (2004)
• Gargoyle (2004)
• Descent (2005)
• Crash Landing (2005)
• Sub Zero (2005)
• Premonition (2005)
• Komodo vs. Cobra (2005)
• Cerebus (2005)
• Caved In (2006)
• Solar Attack (2006)
• Dark Storm (2006)
• Earthstorm (2006)
• Not My Life (2006)
• A.I. Assault (2006)
• Fire Serpent (2007)
• Termination Point (2007)
• Secrets of an Undercover Wife (2007)
• Judicial Indiscretion (2007)
• Post Mortem (2007)
• Perfect Child (2007)
• Hallowed Ground (2007)
• Bone Eater (2007)
• Beyond Loch Ness (2008)
• Ogre (2008)
• Storm Cell (2008)
• Poison Ivy: The Secret Society (2008)
• Cat City (2008)
• The Secret Lives of Second Wives (2008)
• Sea Beast (2008)
• Ba'al (2008)
• Trial by Fire (2008)
• Kill Switch (2008)
• National Lampoon's Ratko: The Dictator's Son (2009)
• Wyvern (2009)
• Hydra (2009)
• Polar Storm (2009)
• Fire from Below (2009)
• Tommy and the Cool Mule (2009)
• Aussie & Ted's Great Adventure (2009)
• Smile (2009)
• Ice Twisters (2009)

• Dolph Lundgren is the Killing Machine (2010)
• I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
• Mongolian Death Worm (2010)
• Stonehenge Apocalypse (2010)
• Goblin (2010)
• Mandrake (2010)
• Ice Quake (2010)
• Behemoth (2011)
• Iron Golem (2011)
• Ghost Storm (2011)
• Camel Spiders (2011)
• Collision Earth (2011)
• Mega Cyclone (2011)
• Doomsday Prophecy (2011)
• Seeds of Destruction (2011)
• Earth's Final Hours (2011)
• Super Shark (2011)
• Snowmageddon (2011)
• The Philadelphia Experiment (2012)
• The Riverbank (2012)
• The 12 Disasters of Christmas (2012)
• End of the World (2013)
• Independence Daysaster (2013)
• I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)
• Embrace of the Vampire (2013)
• Grave Halloween (2013)
• The Cure (2014)
• Apocalypse Tomorrow (2014)
• Free Fall (2014)
• Christmas Icetastrophe (2014)
• LA Apocalypse (2015)
• Fire Twister (2015)
• Earthfall (2015)
• Lavalantula (2015)
• I Spit on Your Grave: Vengeance is Mine (2015)
• They Fond Hell (2015)
• Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre (2015)
• Stormageddon (2015)
• Vigilante Diaries (2016)
• Drone Wars (2016)
• Dam Sharks (2016)
• 2 Lava 2 Lantula! (2016)
• Earthtastrophe (2016)
• Shadows of the Dead (2016)
• Mind Blown (2016)
• All I Wish (2017)
• Global Meltdown (2017)
• Doomsday Device (2017)
• Karma (2018)
• The Amityville Murders (2018)
• Kill Chain (2019)
• Acceleration (2019)
• 2nd Chance for Christmas (2019)
• The Boy, the Dog and the Clown (2019)

• The Penthouse (2021)