DreamWorks Pictures (also known as DreamWorks SKG or DreamWorks Studios, commonly referred to as DreamWorks) is an American film production label of Amblin Partners. It was founded in 1994 as a film live-ation studio by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen (together, SKG), of which they owned 72%. The studio was formerly distributing its own and third-party films by itself. It has produced or distributed more than ten films with box-office grosses of more than $100 million each.
In December 2005, the founders agreed to sell the studio to Viacom, parent of Paramount Pictures. The sale was completed in February 2006 (this version is now named DW Studios). In 2008, DreamWorks announced its intention to end its partnership with Paramount and signed a $1.5 billion deal to produce films with India's Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, recreating DreamWorks Pictures into an independentity. The following year, DreamWorks entered into a distribution agreement with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (d/b/a Walt Disney Pictures), wherein Disney would distribute DreamWorks films through Touchstone Pictures; the deal continued until 2016. As of October 2016, DreamWorks' films are marketed and distributed by Universal Pictures. Currently, DreamWorks operates out of offices at Universal Studios.
DreamWorks' animation arm, DreamWorks Animation (which currently owns the DreamWorks trademarks), was spun off in 2004, and as of August 2016 is a subsidiary of NBCUniversal. Spielberg's company continues to use the DreamWorks trademarks under license from Universal Studios.
Filmography[]
Universal Pictures[]
- Small Soldiers (1998; US Distribution only, Co-Production With Universal Pictures & Ambiln Entertainment.)
- Gladiator (2000; US Distribution only, Co-Production With Universal Pictures, Scott Free Productions & Red Wagon Entertainment.)
- Meet the Parents (2000; International Distribution Only, Co-Production With Universal Pictures & TriBeCa Productions.)
- A Beautiful Mind (2001; International Distribution Only, Co-Production With Universal Pictures & Imagine Entertainment.)
- Seabiscuit (2003; International Distribution Only, Co-Production With Universal Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment & The Kennedy/Marshall Company.)
- The Cat in the Hat (2003; International Distribution Only, Co-Production With Universal Pictures & Imagine Entertainment.)
- Meet the Fockers (2004; International Distribution Only, Co-Production With Universal Pictures, Tribeca Productions.)
- Munich (2005; International Distribution Only, Co-Production With Universal Pictures, Ambiln Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company & Alliance Atlantis.)
- The Soloist (2009; US Distribution Only Through Paramount Pictures, Co-Production With Universal Pictures, Participant Media, StudioCanal, & Working Title Films.)
- Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
- The Girl on the Train (2016)
- Thank You for Your Service (2017)
- First Man (2018)
- Green Book (2018)
- Welcome to Marwen (2018)
- 1917 (2019)
- The Turning (2020)
- Easter Sunday (2022)
- The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
Focus Features[]
- Stillwater (2021)