film institutions

 

20th Century Fox is one of the six major American film studios as of 2010, located in the Century City area of Los Angeles. The company was founded on May 31, 1935. It’s most popular film franchises include Avatar, The Simpsons, Star Wars, Ice Age, X-Men, Die Hard, Alien, Speed, and Night at the Museum and many more.

DreamWorks Picture, also known as DreamWorks is an American film studio which develops, produced or distributes more than ten films with box-office grosses totalling more than $100 million each. DreamWorks began in 1994 as an ambitious attempt by media moguls Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen to create a new Hollywood studio of which they own 72%

Universal Pictures, a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is another one of the six major movie studios. Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, it is one of the eldest American movie studios still continuous productions. On May 11, 2004, the controlling stake in the company was sold by Vivendi Universal to General Electric.

Paramount Pictures is an American film production and distribution company, located in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America’s oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. Paramount is consistently ranked as one of the top-grossing movie studios.

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. is an American producer of film and television entertainment. One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank, California and New York City.