Exhibit 1

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

The undersigned hereby agree that this Statement on Schedule 13D with respect to the Common Shares of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp, dated as of January 10, 2013, is, and any amendments thereto (including amendments on Schedule 13G) signed by each of the undersigned shall be, filed on behalf of each of us pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Date: January 10, 2013	MHR INSTITUTIONAL ADVISORS II LLC
	By:	/s/    Janet Yeung
		Name:    Janet Yeung
		Title:      Authorized Signatory
	MHR INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS III LP
	By:	MHR Institutional Advisors III LLC, its General Partner
	By:	/s/ Janet Yeung
		Name:    Janet Yeung
		Title:      Authorized Signatory
	MHR INSTITUTIONAL ADVISORS III LLC
	By:	/s/    Janet Yeung
		Name:    Janet Yeung
		Title:      Authorized Signatory
	MHRC II LLC
	By:	/s/    Janet Yeung
		Name:    Janet Yeung
		Title:      Authorized Signatory
	MHR FUND MANAGEMENT LLC
	By:	/s/    Janet Yeung
		Name:    Janet Yeung
		Title:      Authorized Signatory

MHR HOLDINGS LLC
By:	/s/    Janet Yeung
	Name:    Janet Yeung
	Title:      Authorized Signatory
MARK H. RACHESKY, M.D.
By:	/s/    Janet Yeung, Attorney in Fact