34°05′54″N 118°19′21″W / 34.098280°N 118.322558°W
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| Industry | Motion picture production company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1909 |
| Defunct | 1917 (Universal Film Manufacturing Company part) 1920 (originally) |
| Headquarters | Bayonne, New Jersey Hollywood, California |
Key people | David Horsley William Horsley |
The Nestor Film Company, originally known as the Nestor Motion Picture Company, was an American motion picture production company. It was founded in 1909 as the West Coast production unit of the Centaur Film Company located in Bayonne, New Jersey.[citation needed] While not the first movie studio in Los Angeles, Nestor made great strides on October 27, 1911, by establishing the first permanent motion picture studio in Hollywood, California, and producing the first Hollywood films. The company later merged with its distributor, the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, on May 20, 1912. Nestor remained a recognizable brand name for Universal until at least the middle of 1917.[citation needed]