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

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and

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founded by

David Geffen David Lawrence Geffen (born February 21, 1943) is an American film producer, record executive, and media proprietor. In music, he co-founded Asylum Records with Elliot Roberts in 1971 before founding Geffen Records in 1980, DGC Records in 1 ...

, the founder of

Geffen Records Geffen Records (formerly The David Geffen Company from 1980 to 1992 and Geffen Records Inc. from 1993 to 2004) is an American record label, founded in late 1980 by David Geffen. Originally a music subsidiary of the company known as Geffen Pi ...

, 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 Saul Bass (; May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996) was an American graphic designer and Academy Awards, Oscar-winning filmmaker, best known for his design of motion-picture title sequences, film posters, and logo, corporate logos. During his 4 ...

. Their most famous films are '' Risky Business'' (1983), ''

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'' (1986), ''

Beetlejuice ''Beetlejuice'' is a 1988 American Gothic film, gothic dark fantasy comedy horror film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by Michael McDowell (author), Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren based on a story by McDowell and Larry Wilson (sc ...

'' (1988) and its 2024 sequel, and ''

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'' (1994).

History

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

Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bro ...

Geffen was operated as a division of Warner Bros. As a result, following the original company's shutdown in 1998, Warner Bros. through The Geffen Company now owns the original company's library, with the exception of the

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Mike Judge Michael Craig Judge (born October 17, 1962) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, and director. He is best known for being the creator of the animated television series ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' (1993–1997, 2011, 2022–present). He ...

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'', which is owned by

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through

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and The Geffen Company. In 1990, The Geffen Film Company was renamed and reorganized as Geffen Pictures. In 1993, Geffen and MTV Productions struck a two-picture deal. The Geffen Pictures brand continued to be used on films by

until 1998, after the April release of '' The Butcher Boy'', when it was folded into Warner Bros. film divisions. In 2024, the logo made a one-time revival for the release of the long-awaited ''

'' sequel, '' Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'', as a homage to the original film.

Filmography

Feature films

1980s

1990s

2020s

Television series

References

1982 establishments in California American companies established in 1982 Companies based in Los Angeles David Geffen DreamWorks Pictures Entertainment companies based in California Film distributors of the United States Film production companies of the United States Mass media companies established in 1982 American companies disestablished in 1998 Warner Bros. {{film-studio-stub