With offices in San Francisco and Tokyo, CMI's primary focus has been on bridging the entertainment worlds between the US and Japan, although the company is also actively doing business in Europe and in other parts of Asia. CMI has worked with major film and television studios including 20th Century Fox, Paramount, and Warner Bros., as well as leading global brands and top-tier international celebrities.
Founded in 2003, Cross Media International (CMI) is a production company with a focus on projects that cross cultures, cross geographies, and cross different media. Covering the realms of advertising, film, games, music, publishing, and television, CMI is a bridge for ideas and opportunities across the Pacific and around the world.
Cross Media International, LLC, has its headquarters on San Francisco's Treasure Island, accessible from the middle of the Bay Bridge. The company's offices are housed in the historic Building Two, which was originally built for the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939, and since the 1980s, has been used for film, television, and live event productions.
K.K. Cross Media International Japan, has its offices in the Forma Shirokane Building, located in the Shirokanedai neighborhood of Tokyo's Minato district. CMI Japan was formally established in 2004 with support from JETRO – the Japanese government's External Trade Organization. Over nearly 10 years, CMI Japan has developed strong relationships with the leading advertising agencies, game developers, production companies, and studios within the Japanese market.
CMI has helped to produce a number of high-profile advertising campaigns for the Japanese market working with the likes of Justin Bieber, Orlando Bloom, Cameron Diaz, Miranda Kerr, Brad Pitt, and Jean Reno, while working with feature film directors such as Wes Anderson, David Fincher, Isshin Inudo, Spike Jonze, Tarsem Singh, Masahiro Tanaka, and Wong Kar-wai.
CMI works with various production partners on a variety of film projects and is actively developing its own slate of original features, shorts, and documentaries.
CMI has produced more than a dozen games for the Japanese pachinko market, working with most of the major film studios and a number of high-profile Hollywood talent.
CMI has been involved with recording, clearing, licensing and supervising music for a variety of commercials, films, games, and television shows, working with major labels such a CapitolRecords, EMI, Sony, Universal, and Warner/Chappell.
Having worked with numerous high-profile Hollywood entertainment properties within the Japanese market for the past 10 years, CMI more recently began helping to bring select Japanese entertainment properties to audiences in North America.
Prior to the triple disasters of March 11, 2011, CMI had already been actively involved working with the Japanese non-profit Table For Two International, and supporting US-based non-profits such as Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation. CMI continues to make efforts to raise awareness for a variety of non-profits within the US, Japan, and around the world.
CMI is continuing to work with NTV and Dentsu on the development of another installment of People Magnet TV, with the next special episode planned for early 2014. Additional TV projects are currently in development for both the US and Japanese markets.
Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.
Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.
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