The Geffen Film Company
The Geffen Film Company (also known as The Geffen Company, The Geffen Film Company, Inc., and later Geffen Pictures) was a film distributor and production company founded by David Geffen, the founder of Geffen Records, and future co-founder of DreamWorks (the latter being a successor to the Geffen Film Company). Geffen founded the company in 1982,[1] having recruited Eric Eisner as president,[2] and distributed its films through Warner Bros.[3] Geffen operated it as a division of Warner Bros., and as a result, following The Geffen Film Company's shutdown in 1998, Warner Bros. now owns the company's library, with the exception of the 1996 Mike Judge comedy Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, which is owned by Paramount Pictures via Paramount Animation, MTV Films and MTV Animation.[4]
Film distributor and production company | |
Industry | Motion pictures |
Fate | Shut down |
Successor | DreamWorks Pictures |
Founded | June 23, 1980 |
Founder | David Geffen |
Defunct | June 19, 1998 |
Headquarters | United States |
Key people | David Geffen |
Parent | Warner Bros. ![]() |
Divisions | Geffen Television |
The spherical Geffen Pictures logo (based on the logo of its record-label counterpart) was created by Saul Bass.
Filmography
Feature films
1980s
Release Date | Title | Notes | Names | Budget | Gross (worldwide) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
February 5, 1982 | Personal Best | The Geffen Film Company | N/A | $5.6 million | |
August 5, 1983 | Risky Business | $6.2 million | $63.5 million | ||
March 15, 1985 | Lost in America | N/A | $10.1 million | ||
September 13, 1985 | After Hours | co-production with Double Play Productions | $4.5 million | $10.6 million | |
December 19, 1986 | Little Shop of Horrors | $25 million | $39 million | ||
March 30, 1988 | Beetlejuice | $15 million | $74.2 million |
1990s
Release Date | Title | Notes | Names | Budget | Gross (worldwide) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
February 2, 1990 | Men Don't Leave | The Geffen Film Company | $7 million | $6 million | |
March 22, 1991 | Defending Your Life | Geffen Pictures | N/A | $16.4 million | |
December 13, 1991 | The Last Boy Scout | co-production with Silver Pictures | $43 million | $114.5 million | |
October 1, 1993 | M. Butterfly | N/A | $1.4 million | ||
November 11, 1994 | Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles | $60 million | $223.7 million | ||
July 26, 1996 | Joe's Apartment | co-production with MTV Productions | $13 million | $4.6 million | |
October 11, 1996 | Michael Collins | $25 million | $27.5 million | ||
December 20, 1996 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America | co-production with Paramount Pictures and MTV Productions | $12 million | $63.1 million | |
April 3, 1998 | The Butcher Boy | N/A | $1.96 million |
Television series
Years | Title | Networks | Notes | Names | Seasons | Episodes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1989–1996 | Tales from the Crypt | HBO | Co-production with Tales from the Crypt Holdings | Uncredited | 7 | 93 |
1989–1991 | Beetlejuice | ABC (seasons 1–3) Fox Kids (season 4) |
Co-production with Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Animation, Tim Burton, Inc. and Nelvana | The Geffen Film Company (seasons 1–2) Geffen Pictures (seasons 3–4) |
4 | 94 |
References
- "David Geffen Fast Facts". CNN. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- Shewey, Don (1985). "On the Go With David Geffen". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- Cieply, Michael (10 January 1989). "Sean Daniel Quits Universal to Head Geffen's Film Unit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- Dilworth, John R. (January 1997). "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America". Animation World Magazine. Retrieved 2 May 2018.