Walt Disney Pictures is an American film studio owned by The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company , also known simply as Disney, is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world. Founded on October 16, 1923 by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader.
Walt Disney Pictures and Television, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studio Entertainment and the main production company for live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, Inc. is a corporation which develops scripts and oversees theatrical TV production for The Walt Disney Company's production companies and imprints. The Group, one of Hollywood's major film studios, is based at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. It includes:, based at the Walt Disney Studios The Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, United States, serve as the international headquarters for media conglomerate The Walt Disney Company, acquires and produces output that are released under the Walt Disney Pictures and Touchstone Pictures Touchstone Pictures, established in 1984, is one of several alternate film labels of The Walt Disney Company. Its releases typically feature more mature themes than those that are released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner banners. Their most commercially successful production partners in later years has been Great Oaks, Caravan Pictures Caravan Pictures was a film production company arm of Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group , formed by Roger Birnbaum and Joe Roth, Jerry Bruckheimer Jerome Leon "Jerry" Bruckheimer is an American film and television producer. He has achieved great success in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. His best known television series are CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Without a Trace, Cold Case, The Amazing Race, and Dark Blue. His best known movies, Marvel Studios Marvel Studios is an American television and motion picture studio based in Manhattan Beach, California, ImageMovers Digital ImageMovers Digital is a studio run by film director Robert Zemeckis and The Walt Disney Company and it specializes in performance capture and CGI. Its first film is A Christmas Carol starring Jim Carrey hitting movie complexes November 6, 2009. It was formerly known as ImageMovers from 1997 to 2007; it was a film/animation studio. In 2007 it was, Spyglass Entertainment Spyglass Entertainment is an American film and television production company, co-founded by Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum in 1998. The studio was founded with an investment from European media conglomerates Kirch Group and Mediaset, and a five-year distribution deal with The Walt Disney Company. It is currently owned by Cerberus Capital, Walden Media Walden Media is a children's film production and publishing company best known as the producers of The Chronicles of Narnia film series. Its films are based on notable classic or award-winning children's literature, compelling biographies or historical events, documentaries and some original screenplays, Mandeville Films David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman founded Mandeville Films in 1994. The company went into hiatus when Hoberman left to join Hyde Park Entertainment but re-formed in 2002, this time with an exclusive 5-year contract with The Walt Disney Studios, and Gunn Films.
Animated features produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios Walt Disney Animation Studios is the subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company responsible for creating the company's well-known animated films. The feature animation studio was an integrated part of Walt Disney Productions from the start of production on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1934. In 1986, during the corporate restructuring to create, Pixar Animation Studios Pixar Animation Studios is an American CGI animation film studio based in Emeryville, California, United States. To date, the studio has earned twenty-four Academy Awards, six Golden Globes, and three Grammys, among many other awards, acknowledgments and achievements and has made $5.5 billion worldwide. It is one of the most critically acclaimed, ImageMovers Digital ImageMovers Digital is a studio run by film director Robert Zemeckis and The Walt Disney Company and it specializes in performance capture and CGI. Its first film is A Christmas Carol starring Jim Carrey hitting movie complexes November 6, 2009. It was formerly known as ImageMovers from 1997 to 2007; it was a film/animation studio. In 2007 it was, and DisneyToon Studios DisneyToon Studios Australia and DisneyToon Studios France , formerly known as Disney Television Animation Australia and Disney Television Animation France, was in two parts of DisneyToon Studios based in Sydney, Australia and Paris, France. Originally one of several Disney television animation satellite studios, responsible for programs such as are usually released by Walt Disney Pictures under the Disney banner. Exceptions include Who Framed Roger Rabbit Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Steven Spielberg. It was produced and released by Walt Disney Pictures under the Touchstone banner, and was co-produced by Amblin Entertainment. It is a live-action/animation hybrid, combining live action with traditional animation and The Nightmare Before Christmas Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas is a 1993 stop motion fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and produced/co-written by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, a being from "Halloween Town" who opens a portal to "Christmas Town". Danny Elfman wrote the film score and provided the singing voice of Jack, as which were originally released under Disney's Touchstone Touchstone Pictures, established in 1984, is one of several alternate film labels of The Walt Disney Company. Its releases typically feature more mature themes than those that are released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner imprint. These two films are also regarded as more like "Disney" films compared to other Touchstone films.
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Walt Disney Pictures distributes most all of their own films internationally, via Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures is a motion picture and television feature distribution company owned by The Walt Disney Company. Buena Vista International was the international distribution arm, and Buena Vista Home Entertainment was the firm's video and DVD distribution arm (formerly Buena Vista Distribution), with a few excepted movies to Canada. A very select amount of films by Walt Disney Pictures are distributed in Canada by another billion-dollar franchise known as Alliance Films Alliance Films is a major motion picture distribution/production company, based in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada, the United Kingdom, and Spain. Formally known as Motion Picture Distribution LP, it was re branded and relaunched in 2007 due to the collapse of its preceding company, Alliance Atlantis, which was sold off piece by piece to with DVD rights to Universal Studios Home Entertainment Universal Studios Home Entertainment is a home video company founded in 1978 as MCA DiscoVision. The company is owned NBC Universal, the entertainment division of General Electric and Vivendi among other films distributed in Canada for Alliance Films. In Turkey, Walt Disney Pictures films had been distributed by United International Pictures United International Pictures is a joint venture of Paramount Pictures (owned by Viacom, which is owned by National Amusements, Inc.) and Universal Studios (owned by NBC Universal/General Electric), to distribute some of the two studios films theatrically outside United States (including territories) and Canada. It also has rights to distribute.
Walt Disney Pictures is noteworthy for being the only film studio to have two films that have surpassed the $1 billion mark, these being Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a 2006 American adventure film of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, the sequel to the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and the first film from Walt Disney Pictures to feature the current logo . The film was directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Ted Elliott and Terry (2006) and Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland is a 2010 fantasy adventure film directed by Tim Burton, written by Linda Woolverton, and starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Michael Sheen and Stephen Fry. It is an extension of Lewis Carroll's novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. The film (2010).
See also
- List of Disney feature films for both hand-drawn animation and live-action & computer-animated feature films released by Walt Disney Pictures
- List of Disney theatrical animated features for the animated Disney films released by Walt Disney Pictures
- Parent company, Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, Inc. is a corporation which develops scripts and oversees theatrical TV production for The Walt Disney Company's production companies and imprints. The Group, one of Hollywood's major film studios, is based at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. It includes:
Film studios also under Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group and released by Walt Disney Pictures
- Walt Disney Animation Studios Walt Disney Animation Studios is the subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company responsible for creating the company's well-known animated films. The feature animation studio was an integrated part of Walt Disney Productions from the start of production on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1934. In 1986, during the corporate restructuring to create
- Marvel Studios Marvel Studios is an American television and motion picture studio based in Manhattan Beach, California
- Pixar Animation Studios Pixar Animation Studios is an American CGI animation film studio based in Emeryville, California, United States. To date, the studio has earned twenty-four Academy Awards, six Golden Globes, and three Grammys, among many other awards, acknowledgments and achievements and has made $5.5 billion worldwide. It is one of the most critically acclaimed
- ImageMovers Digital ImageMovers Digital is a studio run by film director Robert Zemeckis and The Walt Disney Company and it specializes in performance capture and CGI. Its first film is A Christmas Carol starring Jim Carrey hitting movie complexes November 6, 2009. It was formerly known as ImageMovers from 1997 to 2007; it was a film/animation studio. In 2007 it was
- DisneyToon Studios DisneyToon Studios Australia and DisneyToon Studios France , formerly known as Disney Television Animation Australia and Disney Television Animation France, was in two parts of DisneyToon Studios based in Sydney, Australia and Paris, France. Originally one of several Disney television animation satellite studios, responsible for programs such as
Alternative film labels also under Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group
- Touchstone Pictures Touchstone Pictures, established in 1984, is one of several alternate film labels of The Walt Disney Company. Its releases typically feature more mature themes than those that are released under the Walt Disney Pictures banner
- Hollywood Pictures Hollywood Pictures is one of The Walt Disney Company's several alternate movie divisions. Like Disney's Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films brands, it produces films for a more mature adult audience than Walt Disney Pictures. The company logo is the Sphinx; its logo music was composed by Danny Elfman. Its first release was Arachnophobia
- Miramax Films Miramax Films is an art-house/independent film production company that both produced and distributed films including foreign films over its 31-year history. For its first 14 years the company was privately owned by its founders, Bob and Harvey Weinstein. In 1993 the company was acquired by the The Walt Disney Company which operated it as a
- Disneynature DisneyNature is an independent film label of The Walt Disney Company, announced on April 21, 2008. Its releases will consist of big screen nature documentaries
References
External links
- Walt Disney Pictures website
- Disney Pictures
- Walt Disney Pictures at the Internet Movie Database The Internet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, video games, and most recently, fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. IMDb launched on October 17, 1990, and in 1998 was acquired by Amazon.com
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