Gaumont (company)

For the British company, see Gaumont-British.

Gaumont SA
Formerly
  • L. Gaumont & Cie (1895–1906)
  • Société des Établissements Gaumont (1906–1930)
  • Gaumont-Franco-Film-Aubert (1930–1938)
  • Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (1938–1975)
Company typePublic (Société Anonyme)
Euronext Paris: GAM
ISINFR0000034894
IndustryMotion pictures
Founded6 July 1895; 129 years ago (1895-07-06)
FounderLéon Gaumont
Headquarters
Neuilly-sur-Seine
,
France
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Nicolas Seydoux (Chairman)
  • Sidonie Dumas (CEO)
ProductsMotion pictures
Television programs
Film distribution
RevenueIncrease €212.2 million (2021)[1]
Increase €1.0 million (2021)[1]
Total assetsIncrease €206.4 million (2022)[2]
Total equityIncrease €255.9 million (2011)[3]
OwnerSidonie Dumas (89.7%)
Number of employees
227 (2021)[4]
SubsidiariesGaumont Animation
Gaumont International Television
Gaumont Production Services
Gaumont Télévision
Gaumont Vidéo
GP Archives
Éditions La Marguerite
Websitegaumont.fr (France)
gaumont.com (America)
A Spido reportage at the Fotomuseum Antwerp

Gaumont SA (French: [ɡomɔ̃]) is a French film and television production and distribution company headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.[5] Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, it is the oldest extant film company in the world, established before other studios such as Pathé (founded in 1896), Titanus (1904), Nordisk Film (1906), Universal, Paramount, and Nikkatsu (all founded in 1912).[6]

Gaumont predominantly produces, co-produces, and distributes films, and in 2011, 95% of Gaumont's consolidated revenues came from the film division.[7] The company is also a producer of TV series through Gaumont Télévision and animation through Gaumont Animation as well as its existing French production features. Gaumont is run by Nicolas Seydoux (chairman) and Sidonie Dumas (CEO).[8]

  1. ^ a b "GAUMONT : Résultats annuels consolidés au 31 décembre 2021" [GAUMONT : Consolidated annual results at December 31, 2021)] (Press release). 10 March 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  2. ^ "GAUMONT: Résultats semestriels consolidés au 30 juin 2022" [GAUMONT : Consolidated half-yearly results at June 30, 2022]. Financial Times. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference 10K was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Gaumont 2021 Rapport financier semestriel" [Gaumont 2021 Half-yearly financial report] (PDF). Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Contactez-nous Archived 10 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine." Gaumont Film Company. Retrieved on 2 March 2010.
  6. ^ Richard Abel, The Ciné Goes to Town: French Cinema, 1896–1914, University of California Press, 1994, p. 10, ISBN 0-520-07936-1
  7. ^ "2011 Gaumont Revenue statement[permanent dead link]"
  8. ^ "Gaumont's teams". Gaumont.