A24

On a highway north of Rome, Daniel Katz spotted a sign for the Autostrada A24 and decided that would be the name of his new film company. That was 2012. Katz, along with David Fenkel and John Hodges, left jobs at Guggenheim Partners, Oscilloscope Laboratories, and Big Beach to launch what would become the most influential independent studio of the decade.

A24 started as a distributor, picking up festival titles like Spring Breakers and The Bling Ring in 2013. The films were loud, colorful, and divisive. They worked. By 2016, A24 produced its first in-house feature: Moonlight, a quiet triptych about a Black gay man growing up in Miami. It won Best Picture at the Oscars. That moment shifted everything. The company stopped being just a curator and became a creator.

Today A24 operates across film, television, music, theater, and even AI research through a division called A24 Labs. Its catalog includes Lady Bird, Hereditary, Everything Everywhere All at Once, and Euphoria. The logo has become a shorthand for daring, director-driven work. A 2024 venture capital round valued the company at $3.5 billion. [edit]