Curated category
Film production companies based in California
- Paramount SkydanceOn the 7th of August 2025, David Ellison officially formed Paramount Skydance Corporation. This new entity emerged from a three-way merger between Paramount…
- MiramaxHarvey and Bob Weinstein opened their first office in Buffalo, New York, during 1979. They named the company Miramax by combining the names of their parents…
- Universal PicturesOn the 30th of April 1912, Carl Laemmle and eight partners incorporated the Universal Film Manufacturing Company in New York City.
- Paramount PicturesOn the 8th of May 1912, a film producer named Adolph Zukor established the Famous Players Film Company in New York. He believed that feature-length films…
- Walt Disney Studios (division)On the 16th of October 1923, a small animation company named Walt Disney Productions opened its doors in Hollywood. The studio began as a modest operation…
- Walt Disney PicturesOn the 16th of October 1923, a small business called Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio opened its doors in Los Angeles. Walt Disney and his brother Roy O.
- Walt Disney Studios Motion PicturesWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures began as a direct response to a business conflict in 1953. Walt Disney and his brother Roy O.
- Warner Bros. PicturesOn the 4th of April 1923, four brothers named Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner officially established Warner Bros. Pictures in Burbank, California.
- New Line CinemaOn the 18th of June 1967, a twenty-seven-year-old Robert Shaye established New Line Cinema in New York City. He operated the company from his apartment at…
- United ArtistsOn the 5th of February 1919, four Hollywood legends signed a contract to build United Artists. Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, and Douglas…
- Anonymous ContentIn 1999, Steve Golin left Propaganda Films to establish a new company with partners Dave Morrison and Gore Verbinski. They named the entity Anonymous Content…