--- title: 'Artifact (2012)' type: 'film' director: 'Jared Leto' released: '2012-09-14' runtime_minutes: 105 countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/artifact-2012' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2370718/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Artifact (2012) 2012 · 105 min · United States ## Synopsis Artifact is a 2012 American documentary film directed by Jared Leto under the pseudonym of Bartholomew Cubbins. It was produced by Leto and Emma Ludbrook through their production company Sisyphus. Artifact chronicles the modern music business as it charts the legal dispute between Leto's rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars and record label EMI, which filed a $30 million breach of contract lawsuit against them in 2008, after the band tried to exit its contract over a royalties dispute. Thirty Seconds to Mars is shown working with producer Flood to create the 2009 album This Is War, meeting with lawyers between recording sessions. ## Credits - **Director:** [Jared Leto](https://cinepixo.com/people/jared-leto) - **Producer:** [Jared Leto](https://cinepixo.com/people/jared-leto) - **Original Music Composer:** [30 Seconds to Mars](https://cinepixo.com/people/30-seconds-to-mars) - **Editor:** [Ishai Setton](https://cinepixo.com/people/ishai-setton) ## Cast - [Brandon Boyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/brandon-boyd) - [Jared Leto](https://cinepixo.com/people/jared-leto) - [Serj Tankian](https://cinepixo.com/people/serj-tankian) - [Annabelle Wallis](https://cinepixo.com/people/annabelle-wallis) - [Neil Strauss](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-strauss) - [Bob Ezrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-ezrin) - [Daniel Levitin](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-levitin) - [Chester Bennington](https://cinepixo.com/people/chester-bennington) - [Steve Lillywhite](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-lillywhite) - [Tomo Milicevic](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomo-milicevic) - [Shannon Leto](https://cinepixo.com/people/shannon-leto) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.artifactthefilm.com/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/artifact-2012 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3624405); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.