List of film production companies
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This is a list of film production companies.
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[edit] The "Big Six" major movie studios
- Fox Entertainment Group (owned by News Corporation)
- Paramount Motion Pictures Group (owned by Viacom)
- Paramount Pictures
- DreamWorks SKG (Distributes films by DreamWorks Animation, a separate company, spun-off by DreamWorks in 2004)
- United International Pictures (joint venture with Universal Studios, distributes Paramount and Universal films worldwide)
- MTV Networks branded labels
- Republic Pictures (mainly a film library company, was a major B-movie studio from 1930s-1950s)
- Sony Pictures Entertainment (owned by Sony)
- Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (co-owned by Comcast)
- United Artists
- Samuel Goldwyn Films
- Orion Pictures (defunct, an in-name only unit)
- American International Pictures (AIP) (defunct)
- Filmways (defunct)
- NBC Universal (owned by General Electric and Vivendi)
- Universal Studios
- Focus Features
- Working Title Films (based in London)
- United International Pictures (joint venture with Paramount Pictures, distributes Paramount and Universal films worldwide)
- Universal Studios
- Time Warner
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- New Line Cinema
- HBO
- HBO Films
- Picturehouse (co-owned by New Line Cinema)
[edit] Mini-majors and/or major production companies
- Aardman Animations (formerly associated with DreamWorks Animation) (based in Bristol, England)
- Alliance Atlantis (based in Canada)
- Amblin Entertainment (associated with DreamWorks and Universal Studios)
- American Zoetrope
- American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
- BBC Films (part of the BBC)
- Canal + (based in France)
- The Cannon Group Inc. (defunct)
- Caravan Pictures (owned by Disney, defunct)
- Channel Four Films (based in London)
- Constantin Film (based in Germany)
- Dark Castle Entertainment (associated with Warner Bros.)
- Davis Entertainment
- DreamWorks Animation (formerly part of DreamWorks, films currently distributed by Paramount Pictures)
- EMI Films (based in London)
- EON Productions (based in London), (producers of the official James Bond film series) (associated with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists)
- Gary Sanchez Productions
- Gaumont (in France)
- Golden Harvest (based in Hong Kong)
- Gold Circle Films
- Gravity Entertainment
- Imagine Entertainment (associated with Universal Studios)
- Interscope Pictures
- ITC Entertainment (based in London)
- Jim Henson Pictures (owned by The Jim Henson Company)
- Lakeshore Entertainment
- Legendary Pictures (associated with Warner Bros.)
- Liberty Media
- Lions Gate Films
- Lucasfilm, Ltd.
- Mandalay Pictures (associated with Universal Studios, formerly associated with Paramount Pictures and Columbia TriStar)
- Media 8 Entertainment
- Morgan Creek Productions (associated with Universal Studios, formerly associated with Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox)
- New Regency (associated with 20th Century Fox, formerly associated with Warner Bros.)
- Pathe (in France)
- Plan B Entertainment, founded by Brad Grey, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston
- PorchLight Entertainment (based in Canada)
- Producers Releasing Corporation
- Rankin-Bass
- Revolution Studios (associated with Columbia TriStar)
- RKO Pictures
- Salter Street Films
- Shaw Brothers
- SpaceTime Films
- Spyglass Entertainment (associated with The Walt Disney Company)
- Strand Releasing
- StudioCanal (owned by Vivendi Universal) (based in France)
- Tartan Films
- Trimark Pictures
- Troma Entertainment
- UGC (in France)
- UFA (in Germany)
- Village Roadshow Pictures (associated with Warner Bros. Entertainment)
- Walden Media
- The Weinstein Company (associated with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
- Dimension Films (a label formerly used by Miramax Films)
- Yari Film Group
- Zeitgeist Films
[edit] Early American motion picture studios
See: Movie studio and Cinema of the United States
