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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Entertainment |
Founded | November 17, 1992 |
Founders | Roger Birnbaum Joe Roth |
Defunct | 1999 |
Fate | Closed |
Successor | Spyglass Entertainment |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Roger Birnbaum (chairman, CEO) Jonathan Glickman (president) |
Products | Films |
Number of employees | 7 (1997) |
Parent | The Walt Disney Studios |
Footnotes / references [1][2][3] |
Caravan Pictures, Inc. was an American film production company at Walt Disney Studios, formed by Roger Birnbaum and Joe Roth. Caravan Pictures' films were distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (now known as Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures since 2007).
While Disney would sign directors and talent to two- and three-picture deals, Caravan Pictures would work with talent based on the project being produced and not lock them into agreements. The production company's slate strategy was to commit to screenwriters as directors, put bankable actors in predictable roles, and low-budget movies with like breakthrough talent. The unit had greenlight authority up to $30 million with the expectation of producing 5 to 7 films a year and did not have salary caps. They also did not have its own full business and legal affairs departments,[2] and executives did not have titles until 1997.[3]