Film production companies Film production companies Action International Pictures (AIP) is a film production and distribution company founded in 1986 by David Winters, David A. Prior and Peter Yuval. It has also provided distribution for videos of many foreign films. ...more on Wikipedia about "Action International Pictures"
The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company was founded in 1895. The company was started by nickelodeon producer William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, an inventor at Thomas Edison's laboratory who helped pioneer the technology of capturing moving images on film. ...more on Wikipedia about "American Mutoscope and Biograph Company"
Argos Producciones is a television and film production company owned by Epigmenio Ibarra based in Mexico City. ...more on Wikipedia about "Argos Producciones"
Brightlight Pictures Inc. is a Canadian film production and television production company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The company was founded in 2001. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brightlight Pictures"
Cinema Service ( Hangul:시네마서비스) is a South Korean film production and distribution company. They are one of the two largest film distributors in Korea, along with CJ Entertainment. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cinema Service"
CJ Entertainment is the largest entertainment company in South Korea. They are a branch of CJ Corporation (formerly Cheil Jedang), traditionally a food company. They are perhaps best known for their film distribution and production business. ...more on Wikipedia about "CJ Entertainment"
Cloud Ten Pictures is a film production company located in St. Catharines, Ontario founded by Peter LaLonde and Paul LaLonde. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cloud Ten Pictures"
Davis Entertainment is an independent film production company, founded by John Davis in 1985. ...more on Wikipedia about "Davis Entertainment"
Edison Studios was an American motion picture production company owned by the Edison Company of inventor Thomas Edison. Following the closure of Edison's Black Maria studios in West Orange, New Jersey, he had new facilities built on Decatur Avenue & Oliver Place in The Bronx, New York. The studio made close to twelve hundred films for the Edison Company and the Edison Manufacturing Company until its closing in 1918. ...more on Wikipedia about "Edison Studios"
The First National Exhibitors' Circuit was founded 1917 by the merger of 26 of the biggest First Run cinema chains in the United States of America, controlling more than 600 cinemas, more than 200 of them were First Run cinemas. The foundation, an initiative by Thomas L. Tally, was a reaction to the overwhelming influence of Paramount Pictures, which dominated the market. First National was set up to combine the financial power of the involved firms, to buy stars, to finance their movies and to gain the right to distribute them later. Between 1917 and 1918, they made contracts with Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin, the first million dollar deals in the history of film. ...more on Wikipedia about "First National"
Focus Features is the art house films division of Universal Pictures, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distrubutor for foreign films. Focus also serves as a producer and distributor of low-budget action/ horror films through its Rogue Pictures division. ...more on Wikipedia about "Focus Features"
The Fox Film Corporation was an American company which produced motion pictures, formed in 1915 when founder William Fox merged two companies he had established in 1913: Greater New York Film Rental, a distribution firm, which was part of the Independents; and Fox (or Box, depending on the source) Office Attractions Company, a production company. (see vertical integration) ...more on Wikipedia about "Fox Film Corporation"
Gracie Films is a film and television production company, created by James L. Brooks in 1986 for The Tracey Ullman Show. Since then, the company has produced many award-winning films and television series, some of which include The Simpsons, Broadcast News, and Jerry Maguire. The company is primarily associated with film studio and distributor Sony Pictures Entertainment, but still has an office at the 20th Century Fox lot due to the indefinite contract Gracie Films has had with Fox for the last 19 years for The Simpsons. Their logo, shown at the end of every Simpsons episode, depicts a noisy movie patrons at the movie theatre hearing a woman in the back row saying "Shhhhh!" so they can show the movie: "Gracie Films." ...more on Wikipedia about "Gracie Films"
Kelpie Films is a film production company set up by television producer Stephen Anderson in 2000. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kelpie Films"
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Larry Harmon Pictures is the production company of Larry Harmon, and owner of the characters Bozo the Clown and Laurel & Hardy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Larry Harmon Pictures"
Lions Gate Films is a Canadian production- distributor company, a subsidiary of Lions Gate Entertainment. It is currently the largest and most successful independent film distributor-studio in North America. It focuses mainly on foreign and independent films, and is perhaps best known for distributing films that are too controversial for the large American companies like Fahrenheit 9/11 and American Psycho. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lions Gate Films"
Merchant Ivory Productions is a film company founded by director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant, best known for its period costume dramas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Merchant Ivory Productions"
Romar Entertainment is an independent film production and distribution company formed by James Schramm with his business partner, actor Billy Zane serving as chief financial officer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Romar Entertainment"
StudioCanal (aka Le Studio Canal, Canal Plus, Canal + Distribution, and Canal+ Image S.A.), is a French-based production and distribution company that owns the third-largest film library in the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "StudioCanal"
Universum Film AG, better known as Ufa or UFA, was the principal film studio in Germany, home of the German film industry during the Weimar Republic and through World War II, and a major force in world cinema during its brief existence from 1917 to 1945. ...more on Wikipedia about "Universum Film AG"
Walden Media is a film production company. Their projects tend to be based on notable classic or award-winning literature, though their inventory includes biographies and documentaries as well. They are among a number of independent production houses that from time to time operate within the "sphere of influence" of key patron/customer The Walt Disney Company. ...more on Wikipedia about "Walden Media" Tell your opinion about www.shortopedia.com
Warner Independent Pictures is the independent film studio division of Warner Bros. Entertainment. Its first film was released in 2004. ...more on Wikipedia about "Warner Independent Pictures"
Worldwide Pants Incorporated is a television production and film production company owned by comedian and talk show host David Letterman. Current television productions include: ...more on Wikipedia about "Worldwide Pants Incorporated"
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