List of film production companies

This is a list of film production companies.

The "Big Six" major film studios

* Fox Entertainment Group (owned by News Corporation )
** 20th Century Fox Animation
** Fox Searchlight Pictures
*** Fox Atomic
** Blue Sky Studios

* Paramount Motion Pictures Group (owned by Viacom)
** Paramount Pictures (excluding the pre-1950 library, which are now owned by Universal Studios)
*** Paramount Vantage (originally known as Paramount Classics)
** DreamWorks SKG
***DreamWorks Animation SKG (a separate company, distributes animated films, spun off by DreamWorks in 2004) (formerly part of DreamWorks, films currently distributed by Paramount Pictures)
*** Go Fish Pictures
** United International Pictures (joint venture with Universal Studios, distributes Paramount and Universal films worldwide)
** MTV Networks branded labels
*** MTV Films
*** Nickelodeon Movies
*** Comedy Central Films
** Republic Pictures (mainly a film library company, formerly a leading B movie studio)

* Sony Pictures Entertainment (owned by Sony)
** Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
*** Columbia Pictures
*** TriStar Pictures
*** Sony Pictures Classics
*** Screen Gems
*** Triumph Films
*** Destination Films
*** Sony Pictures Animation
** MGM Holdings, Inc. (20%, in partnership with Comcast (20%), Providence Equity Partners (29%), DLJ Merchant Banking Partners (7%), TPG Capital, L.P. (21%) and Quadrangle Group (3%))
*** Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.
**** Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Inc. (excluding the pre-1986 library, which are now owned by Turner Entertainment)
*** Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation
*** United Artists Entertainment, LLC
*** The Samuel Goldwyn Company
*** Orion Pictures Corporation (defunct, an in-name-only unit)
**** American International Pictures (defunct)
**** Filmways (defunct)
**** Streamline Pictures (defunct)

* NBC Universal (owned by General Electric & Vivendi)
** Universal Studios
*** Focus Features
**** Rogue Pictures
*** Working Title Films (based in London)
** United International Pictures (joint venture with Paramount Pictures, distributes Paramount and Universal films worldwide)

* Time Warner (Time Warner Inc.)
** Warner Bros. Entertainment
*** Warner Bros. Pictures (excluding the pre-1948 library, which are now owned by Turner Entertainment, which is also owned by Time Warner)
*** Warner Independent Pictures
*** Castle Rock Entertainment (excluding the pre-1994 library, which are now owned by MGM)
*** Warner Bros. Animation
*** Cartoon Network Films
** New Line Cinema
*** Picturehouse (co-owned by HBO Films)
** HBO
*** HBO Films

* Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group (The Walt Disney Company)
** Walt Disney Pictures
***Walt Disney Feature Animation
***DisneyToon Studios
***Pixar Animation Studios
** Touchstone Pictures
** Miramax Films
** Hollywood Pictures
** The Jim Henson Company
***Jim Henson Pictures

Also not mentioned:

RKO Pictures

RKO Radio Pictures

The Independent-Majors

* Lionsgate Entertainment
** Lions Gate
*** Artisan Entertainment

* The Weinstein Company
** Dimension Films (originally the Miramax Films division)

* Marvel Studios (associated with Marvel Entertainment)

* [http://www.americanfilmco.com The American Film Company] (Los Angeles)
* Caravan Pictures (owned by Disney, defunct)
* Channel Four Films (based in London)
* Constantin Film (based in Germany)
* Dark Castle Entertainment (associated with Warner Bros.)
* Davis Entertainment
* EMI Films (based in London)
* EON Productions (based in London), (producers of the official James Bond film series) (associated with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists)
* Gary Sanchez Productions
* Gaumont (in France)
* Golden Harvest (based in Hong Kong)
* Gold Circle Films
* Gravity Entertainment
* Gullane Entertainment (owned by HIT Entertainment)
* Icon Productions
* ImageMovers
* Imagine Entertainment (associated with Universal Studios)
* Interscope Pictures
* ITC Entertainment (based in London)
* The Kennedy/Marshall Company
* Lakeshore Entertainment
* Lawson Productions
* Legendary Pictures (associated with Warner Bros.)
* Liberty Media
* Lightstorm Entertainment
* Lucasfilm, Ltd.
* Lucasfilm Animation
* Malpaso Productions
* Mandalay Pictures (associated with Universal Studios, formerly associated with Paramount Pictures and Columbia TriStar)
* Mirabai Films
* Media 8 Entertainment
* Morgan Creek Productions (associated with Universal Studios, formerly associated with Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox)
* New Regency (associated with 20th Century Fox, formerly associated with Warner Bros.)
* Pathe (in France)
* Plan B Entertainment, founded by Brad Grey, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston
* PorchLight Entertainment (based in Canada)
* Producers Releasing Corporation
* Rankin-Bass
* Renaissance Pictures
* Revolution Studios (associated with Columbia TriStar)
* RKO Pictures
* Salter Street Films
* Scott Free
* Shaw Brothers
* Salty Earth Pictures (US)
* Silver Pictures
* Spyglass Entertainment (associated with The Walt Disney Company)
* Strand Releasing
* StudioCanal (owned by Vivendi Universal) (based in France)
* Tartan Films
* Trimark Pictures
* Troma Entertainment
* UGC (in France)
* UFA (in Germany)
* Village Roadshow Pictures (associated with Warner Bros. Entertainment)
* Walden Media
* Williams Street
* WingNut Films
* Yari Film Group

Early American motion picture studios

See Movie studio and Cinema of the United States

ee also

* Major film studio
* Lists of films
* List of actors
* List of film directors by name
* List of documentaries
* Film producer