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History. DreamWorks SKG era (1994–2004) On October 12, 1994, a trio of entertainment players, film director and producer Steven Spielberg, former Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, and music executive David Geffen, founded DreamWorks SKG (the three letters taken from the surnames of the founders).
DreamWorks Animation originated as a division of DreamWorks SKG, a company founded in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen (the “S,” “K,” and “G” of the company name).
It was originally founded on October 12, 1994, as a live-action film studio by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen (which together form the SKG of DreamWorks SKG), of which they owned 72%. The studio formerly distributed its own and third-party films.
Ever since 1998 and into this Friday’s release of Kung Fu Panda 3, DreamWorks Animation has emerged as one of the dominant forces in animated storytelling worldwide, whose blend of...
- Dreamworks – Early Beginnings and Formation
- Early 2000s and Commercial Success
- Comcast Purchases Dreamworks
DreamWorks was founded in 1994 by a dynamic triad made up of Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen. Though Spielberg needs no introduction, Jeffrey Katzenberg had been serving as the chairman of Walt Disney Studiosfor nearly ten years before his departure to DreamWorks. Under his leadership, the company experienced what some call t...
In the summer of 2000, DreamWorks partnered with an outside animation studio, Aardman Animations, to create their first-ever stop-motion feature-length film, ‘Chicken Run’. This solidified DreamWorks’ commitment to a diverse variety of animation styles in their films; officially ticking off the three boxes for each major type of animation at the ti...
In 2016, Comcast, specifically the NBCUniversaldivision, purchased the animation studio for $3.8 billion where it remains to this day. Just to clarify that for all of you, this means that Universal Pictures owns DreamWorks and, thus, is indefinitely in charge of distributing all their films both past and present. As it stands today, DreamWorks has ...
On October 12, 1994, a trio of entertainment players, film director and producer Steven Spielberg, former Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, and music executive David Geffen, founded DreamWorks SKG (SKG is derived from the first letters each of the three founder's last names).
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History. DreamWorks SKG era (1994–2004) On October 12, 1994, a trio of entertainment players, film director and producer Steven Spielberg, former Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, and music executive David Geffen, founded DreamWorks SKG (the three letters taken from the surnames of the founders).
