The Geffen Film Company

The Geffen Film Company (also known as The Geffen Company, The Geffen Film Company, Inc., and later Geffen Pictures) was a film distributor and production company founded by David Geffen, the founder of Geffen Records, and future co-founder of DreamWorks (the latter being a successor to the Geffen Film Company). Geffen founded the company in 1982,[1] having recruited Eric Eisner as president,[2] and distributed its films through Warner Bros.[3] Geffen operated it as a division of Warner Bros., and as a result, following The Geffen Film Company's shutdown in 1998, Warner Bros. now owns the company's library, with the exception of the 1996 Mike Judge comedy Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, which is owned by Paramount Pictures via Paramount Animation and MTV Films.[4]

The Geffen Company
The Geffen Film Company, Inc.
Geffen Pictures
Film distributor and production company
IndustryMotion pictures
FateShut down
SuccessorDreamWorks Pictures
FoundedJune 23, 1980
FounderDavid Geffen
DefunctJune 19, 1998
HeadquartersUnited States
Key people
David Geffen
ParentWarner Bros. 
DivisionsGeffen Television

The spherical Geffen Pictures logo (based on the logo of its record-label counterpart) was created by Saul Bass.

Filmography

Feature films

1980s
Release Date Title Notes Names Budget Gross (worldwide)
February 5, 1982 Personal Best The Geffen Film Company N/A $5.6 million
August 5, 1983 Risky Business $6.2 million $63.5 million
March 15, 1985 Lost in America N/A $10.1 million
September 13, 1985 After Hours co-production with Double Play Productions $4.5 million $10.6 million
December 19, 1986 Little Shop of Horrors $25 million $39 million
March 30, 1988 Beetlejuice $15 million $74.2 million

1990s
Release Date Title Notes Names Budget Gross (worldwide)
February 2, 1990 Men Don't Leave The Geffen Film Company $7 million $6 million
March 22, 1991 Defending Your Life Geffen Pictures N/A $16.4 million
December 13, 1991 The Last Boy Scout co-production with Silver Pictures $43 million $114.5 million
October 1, 1993 M. Butterfly N/A $1.4 million
November 11, 1994 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles $60 million $223.7 million
July 26, 1996 Joe's Apartment co-production with MTV Productions $13 million $4.6 million
October 11, 1996 Michael Collins $25 million $27.5 million
December 20, 1996 Beavis and Butt-Head Do America co-production with Paramount Pictures and MTV Productions $12 million $63.1 million
April 3, 1998 The Butcher Boy N/A $1.96 million

Television series
Years Title Networks Notes Names Seasons Episodes
1989-1996 Tales from the Crypt HBO co-production with Tales from the Crypt Holdings Uncredited 7 93
1989-1991 Beetlejuice ABC (seasons 1-3)
Fox Kids (season 4)		 co-production with Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Animation, Tim Burton, Inc. and Nelvana The Geffen Film Company (seasons 1-2)
Geffen Pictures (seasons 3-4)		 4 94

References
  1. "David Geffen Fast Facts". CNN. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  2. Shewey, Don (1985). "On the Go With David Geffen". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  3. Cieply, Michael (10 January 1989). "Sean Daniel Quits Universal to Head Geffen's Film Unit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  4. Dilworth, John R. (January 1997). "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America". Animation World Magazine. Retrieved 2 May 2018.


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