Mimi Steinbauer
President and CEO, Radiant Films International
Mimi Steinbauer launched Radiant Films International, a full service international sales company, in January 2012. She is President and CEO of the company which acquires and distributes theatrical feature films.
Her current slate includes action thriller drama JUVENILES starring Beau Knapp and Stephen Moyer in post-production, CARRIE PILBY starring Bel Powley from producers Suzanne Farwell (THE INTERN) and Susan Cartsonis (WHAT WOMEN WANT); the thriller TAKE DOWN directed by Jim Gillespie and starring Ed Westwick, Jeremy Sumpter and Phoebe Tonkin; THE DRIFTLESS AREA starring Anton Yelchin and Zooey Deschanel; IFC Films’ HUNGRY HEARTS starring Adam Driver and Alba Rohrwacher, who both won Coppa Volpi Awards at the Venice Film Festival and Alchemy’s MADAME BOVARY with Mia Wasikowska, Paul Giamatti and Ezra Miller.
Prior to launching Radiant, Steinbauer held the position of President at Hyde Park International, handling the licensing and distribution operations for the company’s in-house productions, third party sales acquisitions and a small motion picture library. Hyde Park’s projects included GHOST RIDER 2: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE starring Nicolas Cage and BLUE VALENTINE, starring Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling as well as MACHETE, a Robert Rodriguez film starring Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba and Michelle Rodriguez.
Her past positions also include President of International Sales and Distribution at Franchise Pictures and subsequently Mobius International as well as Vice-President of Distribution at New Line International. Other films she has worked on include the Academy Award winning THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, RUSH HOUR 2, THE NOTEBOOK and THE WHOLE TEN YARDS.
Raised in Austria, Steinbauer completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology at Williams College and attended The American University in Cairo, Egypt. She began her film career as an Assistant Director and Script Supervisor, working in both film and television throughout Europe. She moved to Los Angeles to attend The Peter Stark Program at USC Film School, where she completed a Masters degree in Film Producing. She has studied at Le Cordon Bleu, is a certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor and an Advanced Reiki practitioner. Steinbauer also volunteers at Operation USA, a highly respected international disaster relief organization based in Los Angeles, and recently acted as a Teaching Assistant at the Harvard Program on Negotiation.