Focus Films is a leading independent feature film development and production company founded in 1982 by David Pupkewitz and Marsha Levin. The London-based company's early successes with TV documentaries and dramas preceded its transition to feature films in the 1990s. During the past 2 years, Focus Films has strengthened its executive team. This has enabled the company to launch a separate investment division to finance development and production of both its own and other companies' feature films, ideally in a budget range of $5 million to $25 million. The company is also in the process of establishing Chilla Productions, a new label for producing thrillers with budgets below $5 million. Focus Films has an international scope with operations spanning both the European and US markets, and recently also the Asian market.