DreamWorks DreamWorks Studio is a motion picture company. DreamWorks is also known as DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks Pictures, and DreamWorks Studio. What DreamWorks does is they create develop and produce films, video games also television programming. DreamWorks was founded in October 12, 1994. This company has more than one founder. There are actually three David Geffen, Steven Spielberg, and Jeffrey Katzenberg. In December 9, 2005 Viacom had closed a deal with DreamWorks studios. They payed $1.6 billion dollars to acquire DreamWorks is Geffen is a successful business magnate. David is a film studio executive, producer, and s Studios but then in 2008 DreamWorks became an independent …show more content…
He is a screenwriter, director, and also a producer. Steven was born on December 18, 1946 that makes him 68 years old. He was born in Cincinnati Ohio. But when he was growing up he move around a lot. He spent part of his youth in Arizona. Right now Steven is marry with Kate Capshaw. He has three daughters and three sons. Sasha Spielberg, Destry Allyn Spielberg, Mikaela George Spielberg, Max Spielberg, Sawyer Avery Spielberg, and Theo Spielberg. Steven’s mother is Leah Adherer she use to be a pianist. His father is Arnold Spielberg now he used to be an electrical engineer that was involved in the development of …show more content…
Then in 1974 he became the assistant of Paramount Picture chairman Barry Diller. In 1980 Jeffrey became the president of production under Paramount’s president Michael Eisner. Later in 1984 Jeffrey stared working with Walt Disney Studios. The reason he stared working there because Eisner had become the CEO at Walt Disney. Eisner had decided to take Jeffrey with him so he could be in charge of the motion picture division. When Jeffrey work there he made some of the highest grossing animated features. For example “The Little Mermaid" (1989) and “Beauty and the Beast”
Steven Spielberg, the only child of Leah and Arnold Spielberg, was born on December 18, 1946 at the beginning of the Baby Boom years in Cincinnati, Ohio. It does not take a great stretch of the imagination to see that Steven’s film influences were derived from his father’s experience as a World War II veteran and computer technician and his mother’s past profession as a concert pianist. The love and amount of technology, history, and music within Steven’s films can all be traced back to his early life with his family.
In the year 1982 E.T. became the first movie to be produced by Amblin Films. Amblin Entertainment worked with other studios such as Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, and Warner Brother Studios. Spielburg was the founder of this company. He’s company was an immediate success. Then in 1994 Dreamworks SKG came along. This was one of the first new movie studios in Hollywood in over 75 years. The partnership between this company was Steven Spielburg, Jeffery Katzenberg, and David Geffen.
Walt Disney Studio Entertainment owns: Walt Disney Studio Motion Picture, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel Studios, Touchstone Pictures, Disney-nature, and Disney Theoretical Group. Moreover, Disney Consumer products owns: Disney Licensing, Disney Publishing Worldwide, and Disney Store. This adds to the population Disney has and its viewers. They have theme parks today in California, Florida, Japan, Paris, and Hong Kong. Their audience is focused upon people of all ages taking on today’s mainstream entertainment reaching 300 million homes in 168 countries
The beginning of what is now a national company was in 1923 when brothers Roy and Walt Disney (at the ages of 30 and 22) opened the Disney Brothers Studio in a windowless office. They began with a couple thousand dollars (which was mostly borrowed), a second-hand camera, and not much else. Their goal was modest: to make animated films.
Steven Spielberg, a screenwriter, Director, and producer born on December 18th, 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Growing up Steven was an amateur filmmaker. He became one of the youngest television
Walt Disney is known for creating an enterprise built on first a movie production. Although
In the year 1928 Walter Disney’s company started looking up and everything started to go right when Disney came out with two silent Mickey Mouse cartoons Plane Crazy and Gallop in’ Gaucho. Then Disney produced the third Mickey Mouse cartoon called Steamboat Willie, and sound was added to the film. Steamboat Willie was an immediate success and led to the studio’s rise in the animation market. In 1929 Disney produced cartoons featuring Mickey Mouse and his pals Donald Duck, Pluto, and Goofy. A year later in 1930 Walter renamed his company Walt Disney Productions after himself and the corporation was born (Encyclopedia, 2015,
Michael Eisner, former CEO of Walt Disney Company strained several important relationships to the company because of his abrasive style and tendency toward micromanagement. During his 22-year tenure at Walt Disney, ex-CEO Eisner fought with the Miramax founders Harvey and Bob Weinstein over financial details relating to the purchase of Miramax. Eisner bumped heads several times with Steve Jobs who was then CEO of both Pixar and Apple Computer. The negative remarks Eisner made in front of Congress about Jobs Apple Computer was taken so personally that Jobs threatened to not renew the Disney-Pixar partnership if Eisner was still CEO of Disney. As well Eisner’s continuing disputes with Board of Director members Disney and Gold was that of disruptive behavior. For several years the long-standing board members repeatedly called for Eisner’s resignation.
Spielberg’s first film for the studio was Amistad which was nominated to four Academy Awards and a nomination for Directors Guild of America. In 2005 DreamWorks founders, between them Spielberg, would decide to sell the studio to Viacom, an American media conglomerate with interests in cinema and television. Steven explained they created DreamWorks with the idea of keeping together the most talented people of Hollywood so they could conserve the commercial control and creativity (“Friedman and Notobohm, 2000). In 2008 DreamWorks became an independent studio again, when Reliance Big Entertainment helped them with $550
According to the official Walt Disney Company website D23.com, the Walt Disney Company was founded on October 16, 1923 in California by Walt Disney and his brother Roy O. Disney. The company was originally started as an animation studio and named The Disney Brothers Company.
The Walt Disney Studio was founded in 1923 by brothers Walt and Roy Disney as an animation studio after signing a contract with M. J. Winkler to produce a series of Alice Comedies (The Walt Disney Company, 2017). According to the Walt Disney Company’s mission statement, the company strives “to be one of the world’s leading producers and providers of entertainment and [...] seeks to develop the most creative, innovative, and profitable entertainment experiences and related products in the world.” (The Walt Disney Company, 2017). Disney’s public success started with the production of ‘Steamboat Willie’ (1928); the first animated film to star the infamous Mickey Mouse. The popularity of the lovable mouse stimulated a series of cartoons centered
Throughout history there were many outstanding directors who changed many lives with their films. But Steven Spielberg went beyond with his movies and has influenced and motivated many people and it all started in his childhood. Through his success he has gained a lot of acknowledgement and awards.
The Walt Disney Company was founded 1923. According to Disney History, the Walt Disney Company was originally known as The Disney Brothers Studio. Brothers, Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney, started the company in a small office occupied by Holly-Vermont Realty. The small office where the Walt Disney Company, Disney for short, was located in Los Angeles, California. On October 16th, 1923, Walt Disney signed a contract to develop a series of Alice Comedies with M.J. Winkler. This day was the start of the Walt Disney Company legacy. The Walt Disney Company has gone from humble begins to one of the world’s leading companies. (Disney History, 2014)
481.) He had been characterized as a hard-working, traditional sort of businessman. Even though an extroverted personality has been attributed as a consistent marker for leadership emergence and effectiveness (Kreitner, 2013, p. 467), one can see several of Iger’s strengths when referencing the key positive leadership traits (Kreitner, 2013, p. 469). He was known for his even-keeled demeanor and nose-to-the-grindstone work ethic. He rose daily at 4:30 A.M. and was at the office within two hours, showing he had the traits of character and also the biophysical traits of physical fitness, hardiness, and energy level to take on the role of CEO. Iger clearly showed task competence during his long career at ABC, which then transitioned to the Walt Disney Company. Further, Iger seems to have stellar traits of character. Nell Minow, the editor of the Corporate Library, told Frank Ahrens of the Washington Post, "He 's not as glitzy and showbizzy. He projects a lot of sincerity and has that rare CEO quality—humility (Notable Biographies, Sidelight
They released the “Alice Comedies”. Later that year they formed Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. In 1926, they became Walt Disney Studio. On December 16, 1929 the Walt Disney Studios partnership was reorganized as a corporation with the name of Walt Disney Productions, Limited. On April 2, 1940 Walt Disney Productions had its first public offering and became a publicly traded company. Today, the company operates has four business units. The first is still the Walt Disney Studios. This unit contains all the film, music, and theatre offerings of the company. The second is the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts segment which includes the parks, resorts, and cruise line. The third is the Networks which is all the television properties. The last is the Consumer Products and Interactive Media unit. This unit handles all of the merchandise associated with Disney owned