This article is about the original live-action studio. For the defunct television arm, see DreamWorks Television. For the animated counterpart, see DreamWorks Animation.
DreamWorks Pictures
Logo used since 1994
Trade name
DreamWorks SKG
Formerly
DreamWorks Distribution, LLC (1994–2006)
DreamWorks LLC (1994–2008)
DreamWorks Studios (2009–2015)
DreamWorks II Distribution, LLC (2011–2016)
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Film
Predecessor
The Geffen Film Company
Founded
October 12, 1994; 29 years ago (1994-10-12)
Founders
Steven Spielberg
Jeffrey Katzenberg
David Geffen
Headquarters
100 Universal City Plaza,
Universal City, California, U.S.
Key people
Steven Spielberg (chairman)
Jeff Small (CEO)
Holly Bario (president of production)
Products
Theatrical films
Number of employees
80 (2012)[1]
Parent
Amblin Partners
Divisions
DreamWorks Television (1994–2013)
DreamWorks Animation (1994–2004)
DreamWorks Home Entertainment (1998–2006)
DreamWorks Interactive (1995–2000)
DreamWorks Records (1996–2003)
Go Fish Pictures (2000–2007)
Subsidiaries
Pacific Data Images (1995–2004)
GameWorks (50%) (1996–2001)
Website
amblin.com/movie/dreamworks/
DreamWorks Pictures (also known as DreamWorks SKG and formerly DreamWorks Studios, commonly referred to as DreamWorks) is an American film studio and distribution label of Amblin Partners. It was originally founded on October 12, 1994, as a live-action film studio by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen (together, SKG), of which they owned 72%. The studio formerly distributed its own and third-party films. It has produced or distributed more than ten films with box-office grosses of more than $100 million each.
DreamWorks Pictures was sold to Viacom, parent of Paramount Pictures. in February 2006 (this version is now named DW Studios). In 2008, DreamWorks announced its intention to end its partnership with Paramount and made a deal to produce films with India's Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, re-creating DreamWorks Pictures as an independent entity.[2] The following year, DreamWorks entered into a distribution agreement with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, wherein Disney would distribute DreamWorks films through the Touchstone Pictures label; the deal continued until August 2016. Since October 2016, Universal Pictures has distributed most of the films produced by DreamWorks Pictures. Currently, DreamWorks operates out of offices at Universal Studios Hollywood.
DreamWorks is also distinct from its former animation division of the same name, which was spun off in 2004 and became a subsidiary of NBCUniversal in 2016.[3] Spielberg's company continues to use the original DreamWorks trademarks under license from DreamWorks Animation.[4][5]
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