The Geffen Film Company (also known as The Geffen Company, The Geffen Film Company, Inc., and later Geffen Pictures) was an American film distributor and

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founded by David Geffen, the founder of

Geffen Records Geffen Records is an American record label established by David Geffen and owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M Records imprint. Founded in 1980, Geffen Records has been a part of Interscope Geffen A&M since 1999 and h ...

, and future co-founder of DreamWorks. Their most famous movies are '' Risky Business'' (1983), '' Little Shop of Horrors'' (1986), ''

Beetlejuice ''Beetlejuice'' is a 1988 American fantasy horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton, written by Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson, and Warren Skaaren, produced by The Geffen Company, distributed by Warner Bros., and starring Alec Baldwin, ...

'' (1988), and ''

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'' (1994).

History

Geffen founded the company in 1982, having recruited Eric Eisner as president, and distributed its films through

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Geffen was operated as a division of Warner Bros., and as a result, following the company's shutdown in 1998, Warner Bros. now owns the company's library, with the exception of the 1996 Mike Judge

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Beavis and Butt-Head Do America ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do America'' is a 1996 American adult animated comedy film based on the MTV animated television series ''Beavis and Butt-Head''. The film was co-written and directed by series creator Mike Judge, who reprises his roles fro ...

'', which is owned by Paramount Pictures via

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and

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. In 1993, Geffen and MTV Productions struck a two-picture deal.

Filmography

Feature films

1980s

1990s

Television series

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Geffen Film Company, The Film distributors of the United States Film production companies of the United States Entertainment companies based in California Companies based in Los Angeles Entertainment companies established in 1980 Companies disestablished in 1998 1980 establishments in California 1998 disestablishments in California David Geffen