Dreamworks Pictures

DreamWorks Pictures, also known as DreamWorks SKG and DreamWorks, is an American film studio and distribution label of Amblin Partners. The company was originally founded on October 12, 1994, as a live-action and animation film studio by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen (which together form the SKG of DreamWorks SKG), at which time they owned 72%. From 1997 to 2005, DreamWorks distributed its own films and its third-party films, with Universal Pictures handling worldwide home video distribution during that period. It has released, produced, and/or distributed more than ten films with box-office grosses of more than $100 million each. DreamWorks Pictures was sold to Viacom, parent of Paramount Pictures in 2006 (this version is now named DW Studios, LLC). In 2008, DreamWorks announced its intention to end its partnership with Paramount and made a deal to produce films with Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, re-creating DreamWorks Pictures as an independent entity. The following year, DreamWorks entered into a distribution agreement with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, wherein Disney would distribute DreamWorks films through the Touchstone Pictures label; the deal continued until August 2016. Since October 2016, Universal Pictures has distributed most of the films produced by DreamWorks Pictures. Currently, DreamWorks operates out of offices on the Universal Studios Lot. DreamWorks is also distinguished from its eponymous former animation division. Spielberg's company continues to use the original DreamWorks trademarks under license from its animation counterpart.