List of film production companies
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[edit] The "Big Six" major film studios
- Fox Entertainment Group (owned by News Corporation & Sony)
- CBS Paramount (owned by General Electric, Vivendi & Viacom)
- Paramount Pictures (excluding the pre-1950 library, which are now owned by Universal Studios)
- Paramount Vantage (originally known as Paramount Classics)
- DreamWorks SKG
- DreamWorks Animation SKG (a separate company, distributes animated films, spun off by DreamWorks in 2004) (formerly part of DreamWorks, films currently distributed by Paramount Pictures)
- Go Fish Pictures
- 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, formerly a leading B movie studio)
- Paramount Pictures (excluding the pre-1950 library, which are now owned by Universal Studios)
- Sony Pictures Entertainment (owned by Sony & Viacom)
- Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
- Columbia Pictures
- TriStar Pictures
- Sony Pictures Classics (defunct/re-named Spring Pictures)
- Cinergi Pictures (refunct)
- Screen Gems
- Carolco Pictures (refunct)
- Triumph Films
- Destination Films
- Jim Henson Pictures (co-owned with The Jim Henson Company)
- Sony Pictures Animation
- MGM Holdings, Inc. (20%, in partnership with Comcast (20%), Providence Equity Partners (29%), DLJ Merchant Banking Partners (7%), TPG Capital, L.P. (21%) and Quadrangle Group (3%))
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Inc. (excluding the pre-1986 library, which are now owned by Turner Entertainment)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation
- United Artists Entertainment, LLC
- The Samuel Goldwyn Company
- Orion Pictures Corporation (defunct, an in-name-only unit/re-named Spring Pictures with Sony Pictures Classics)
- American International Pictures (refunct)
- Filmways (refunct)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.
- Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
- NBC Universal (owned by General Electric, Vivendi, & Viacom)
- 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 (owned by Time Warner Inc. & Viacom)
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Warner Bros. Pictures (excluding the pre-1948 library, which are now owned by Turner Entertainment, which is also owned by Time Warner)
- Warner Independent Pictures
- Castle Rock Entertainment (excluding the pre-1994 library, which are now owned by MGM)
- Warner Bros. Animation
- Cartoon Network Films
- New Line Cinema
- Picturehouse (co-owned by HBO Films)
- HBO
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
[edit] The Independent-Majors
- Gaumont Entertainment/Lionsgate Entertainment (owned by Sony)
- The Weinstein Company
- Dimension Films (originally the Miramax Films division)
[edit] Significant production companies
- @Large Films
- Aardman Animations (based in Bristol, England)
- Alliance Atlantis (based in Canada)
- Amblin Entertainment (associated with DreamWorks and Universal Studios)
- American Zoetrope
- American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
- A Band Apart
- BBC Films (part of the BBC)
- Blinding Edge Pictures
- 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
- 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
- Gullane Entertainment (owned by HIT Entertainment)
- Icon Productions
- ImageMovers
- Imagine Entertainment (associated with Universal Studios)
- Interscope Pictures
- ITC Entertainment (based in London)
- The Kennedy/Marshall Company
- Lakeshore Entertainment
- Lawson Productions
- Legendary Pictures (associated with Warner Bros.)
- Liberty Media
- Lightstorm Entertainment
- Lucasfilm, Ltd.
- Lucasfilm Animation
- Malpaso Productions
- Mandalay Pictures (associated with Universal Studios, formerly associated with Paramount Pictures and Columbia TriStar)
- Mirabai Films
- 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
- Renaissance Pictures
- Revolution Studios (associated with Columbia TriStar)
- RKO Pictures
- Salter Street Films
- Scott Free
- Shaw Brothers
- Silver Pictures
- 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
- WingNut Films
- Yari Film Group
[edit] Early American motion picture studios
- See: Movie studio and Cinema of the United States
