The Geffen Film Company

The Geffen Company
The Geffen Film Company, Inc.
Geffen Pictures
Company typeFilm distributor and production company
IndustryMotion pictures
Founded1982; 42 years ago (1982) (Original)[1] 2024; 0 years ago (2024) (Revival)
FounderDavid Geffen
Defunct1998; 26 years ago (1998) (Original)
FateClosed and split between Warner Bros. and DreamWorks Pictures
SuccessorsStudio:
DreamWorks Pictures
Library:
Warner Bros.
Paramount Pictures
(through MTV Entertainment Studios)
(Beavis and Butt-Head Do America only)
Disney–ABC Domestic Television
(Tales from the Crypt syndication rights only)
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California, United States
Key people
David Geffen
Eric Eisner
OwnerWarner Bros.
DivisionsGeffen Records (1980-1999)
Geffen Television

The Geffen Film Company (also known as The Geffen Company, The Geffen Film Company, Inc., and later Geffen Pictures) is an American film distributor and production company founded by David Geffen, the founder of Geffen Records, and future co-founder of DreamWorks. The spherical Geffen Pictures logo, based on the logo of its record-label counterpart, was created by Saul Bass. Their most famous films are Risky Business (1983), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Beetlejuice (1988), and Interview with the Vampire (1994).

  1. ^ "David Geffen Fast Facts". CNN. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.