DreamWorks Pictures

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures announced on February 9, 2009, an exclusive long-term distribution and marketing deal with Steven Spielberg’s production company, DreamWorks Pictures. The first DreamWorks motion picture released under the Touchstone Pictures banner was I Am Number Four, on February 18, 2011. DreamWorks Animation is a separate company and not included in the deal.

Trade name: DreamWorks SKG

Founded: October 12, 1994; 30 years ago

Founders

• Steven Spielberg
• Jeffrey Katzenberg
• David Geffen

Location: 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA 91608

Parent: Amblin Partners

Website: amblin.com/movie/dreamworks

Studio Theme Credits

Illustrated Artwork by Robert Hunt

Computer Graphic Imagery by Industrial Light & Magic

ILM Visual Effects Supervisor: Dennis Muren

ILM Animation Supervisor: Wes Takahashi

Music by John Williams

Motion Pictures (My List)

2002: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

2011: I Am Number Four

2011: The Help

2011: Fright Night

2011: Real Steel

2011: War Horse

2012: People Like Us

2012: Lincoln

2013: The Fifth Estate

2013: Delivery Man

2014: Need for Speed

2014: The Hundred-Foot Journey

2015: Bridge of Spies

2016: The Light Between Oceans

Copyright Stamps

• DreamWorks LLC (1997–2008)
• DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC (2011–15)
• Storyteller Distribution Co., LLC

On September 2, 2015, it was reported that DreamWorks and Disney would not renew their distribution deal, which was set to expire in August 2016, with The Light Between Oceans being released in September as the final DreamWorks film distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures under their original distribution agreement. Disney retained the film rights to the fourteen DreamWorks films (two through Universal Pictures and Disney; Jon Favreau’s Cowboys & Aliens and Steven Spielberg’s The BFG) it released, as well as acquiring the “DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC” copyright from DreamWorks and Reliance Entertainment on December 11, 2015. On December 16, 2015, Steven Spielberg, Participant Media, Reliance Entertainment and Entertainment One partnered to launch the content production company Amblin Partners, relegating DreamWorks to a brand for adult-themed films produced under the new company.