Production and Distribution Companies

PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

COMPANIES

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DreamWorks

DreamWorks An American film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games and television programming. It has produced or distributed more than ten films with box-office grosses totalling more than $100 million each.

DreamWorks began in 1994 as an ambitious attempt by media moguls Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen (forming the SKG present on the bottom of the DreamWorks logo) to create a new Hollywood studio of which they own 72%.

DreamWorks' animation was spun off in 2004 into DreamWorks Animation SKG. Its films were distributed worldwide by Paramount, but the animation studio remained independent of Paramount/Viacom.

Films The Peacemaker (first ever film) MouseHunt Gladiator The Ring, The Ring 2 Collateral Red Eye

20th Century Fox

20th Century Fox Is one of the six major American film studios as of 2011. Located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, just west of Beverly Hills.

The company was founded on May 31, 1935, as the result of the merger of Fox Film Corporation, founded by William Fox in 1915, and Twentieth Century Pictures, founded in 1933 by Darryl F. Zanuck, Joseph Schenck, Raymond Griffith and William Goetz. Famous people to come out of Century Fox, Shirley Temple and Marilyn Monroe etc. They also had the first African-American cinema star Dorothy Dandridge.

Films Avatar Star Wars Ice Age Garfield Alvin and the Chipmunks X-Men Die Hard Planet of the Apes Home Alone Predator

Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM)

MGM Is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures.

On November 3, 2010, MGM filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. MGM emerged from bankruptcy on December 20, 2010, at which time the executives of Spyglass Entertainment, Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum, became co-Chairs and co-CEOs of the company.

Films Poltergeist All dogs go to heaven Hannibal Legally Blonde Jeepers Creepers Walking Tall Into the blue Nanny McPhee Hot tub time Machine

Universal

Universal Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, it is one of the oldest American movie studios still in continuous production. It also owns a sizable collection of TV shows through its subsidiary NBC Universal Television Distribution. It also acquired rights to several prominent filmmakers' works originally released by other studios through its subsidiaries over the years. Universal Pictures is the second-longest-lived Hollywood studio.

Films By the Sun’s Rays (First Film made by Universal) The Phantom of the Opera Dracula House of Frankenstein To Kill a Mockingbird K-9 Happy Gilmore American Pie Series Fast and Furious Series Skyline

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. Paramount is consistently ranked as one of the top-grossing movie studios. Films The Ten Commandments The Italian Job The Godfather Saturday Night Fever Beverly Hills Cop Star Trek Ghost Braveheart Mission: Impossible Indiana Jones Forrest Gump Saving Private Ryan Transformers

Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures Is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies in the world, a member of the so-called Big Six. It was one of the so-called Little Three among the eight major film studios of Hollywood's Golden Age. The studio, founded in 1919 as Cohn-Brandt-Cohn Film Sales by brothers Jack and Harry Cohn and Joe Brandt, released its first feature film in August 1922. Films Michael Jackson's This Is It All The King's Men Lawrence of Arabia Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Taxi Driver Ghostbusters The Karate Kid Spider-Man Men in Black Bad Boys 2012

Dimension Films

Dimension Films Currently part of The Weinstein Company. It was formerly used as Bob Weinstein's label within Miramax Films, to produce and release genre films. The Weinstein Brothers took this label with them when they departed the Disney-owned Miramax in October 2005.

Founded, November 25, 1992. All films released by Dimension Films prior to October 1, 2005, remain the property of Miramax Films. Miramax also retains a license to use the Dimension label for distribution of the film library it controls. Films The Amityville Horror Scary Movie Series Halloween (Remake) Scream Series Apollo 18 Hellraiser Starsky & Hutch Bad Santa Black Christmas