Dream Works Studios
Dream Works Studios is a motion picture company formed by partners
Steven Spielberg and The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The studio
currently has a worldwide distribution deal with the Walt Disney Studios, which
helps the market and distribute their films also.
Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen originally
founded Dream Works Studios in the year 1994 on October the 12th. One of the
studios first forays into the entertainment marketplace was the long running
sitcom “Spin City.” Under the guidance of Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald
(1994-2005), the co-heads of the motion picture division, Dream Works released
its very first feature film in September 1997, which was an action Thriller
called “The Peacemaker,” starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman. This was
then followed by Steven Spielberg’s first film for the studio “Amistad,” which
was then nominated for four Academy Awards, including: Anthony Hopkins for best
supporting actor. Spielberg also received his eighth Directors Guild of
American nomination for his first film “Amistad.” Since then after the creation of the first
Dream Works feature film, another 31 feature films have been made the latest
being “Home” released in 2015.
Basic Information:
o Founded:
12th October 1994
o Founders:
Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, David Geffen
o Headquarters:
Glendale, California USA
o Products:
Theatrical animated feature films & Television animated series
o Operating
income: $300million (2014)
o Net
Income: $308million (2014)
o Total
assets: $1.969billion (2014)
o Total
equity: $1.194billion (2014)
o Number
of Employees: 2,400
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