Below is a list of notable companies involved in the production and distribution of countless works of film and television.
Also see the list of Animation Companies and TV Networks.
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"Big Five" major film studios
- Disney
- Walt Disney Animation Units - The main unit is in Burbank (Still active), but there were units in Florida, Canada, Japan, Australia, France and the UK.
- Disney Television Animation
- Disneytoon Studios (defunct)
- Touchstone Pictures (defunct)
- Hollywood Pictures (defunct)
- Pixar (acquired by Disney in 2006)
- Marvel Comics (acquired by Disney in 2009)
- Lucasfilm (acquired by Disney in 2012)
- Industrial Light & Magic - Has a Singaporean studio.
- Skywalker Sound - Sister studio of the above.
- Lucasfilm Animation - Has a division in Singapore.
- 20th Century Studios (sale to Disney completed on March 20, 2019)
- Searchlight Pictures
- Blue Sky Studios (defunct)
- Four Star Television (defunct) - an independent production company created by four/five Hollywood stars that was later bought in 1993.
- 20th Television (formerly 20th Century Fox Television)
- 20th Television Animation (formerly Fox Television Animation)
- Touchstone Television (formerly Fox Television Studios, and later Fox 21 Television Studios; no relation to the unit now called ABC Signature)
- ABC Signature (formerly Touchstone Television, and later ABC Studios; ABC Signature originally operated as a separate unit of ABC Studios until both were merged in August 2020)
- It's a Laugh Productions
- FX Productions (FXP)
- Paramount (a Paramount Global company)
- Paramount Animation
- Paramount Television Studios
- MTV Films
- Comedy Central Films
- VH1 Films
- Nickelodeon Movies
- Desilu Studios (defunct)
- Republic Pictures (defunct) - A film production company acquired in 1999 in the Viacom purchase of Spelling Entertainment.
- CBS Films (defunct) - A film studio that was owned by Viacom's then sister company CBS Corporation, the distribution was handled by Lionsgate. The studio stopped releasing theatrical films in 2019, before the Viacom/CBS re-merger was finalized.
- Miramax (acquired a 49% stake from beIN Media Group in 2019)
- Sony Pictures (a Sony company)
- Columbia Pictures
- Screen Gems
- Stage 6 Films
- Sony Pictures Animation
- Sony Pictures Classics
- Sony Pictures Imageworks - Sony's visual effects and digital animation production studio.
- Sony Pictures Studios - Sony's film/TV studio lot and audio post-production unit (previously owned by MGM and Lorimar-Telepictures).
- Sony Pictures Television
- NBCUniversal
- Universal
- Universal Content Productions
- Universal Animation Studios
- NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
- DreamWorks Animation
- Pacific Data Images (defunct) - Also known as PDI/DreamWorks, this served as DWA's northern California branch. The studio was shut down in 2015 as part of a restructuring.
- Illumination Entertainment
- Illumination Mac Guff
- Focus Features
- Gramercy Pictures (defunct)
- Savoy Pictures (library acquired in the USA Networks acquisition in 2002)
- FilmDistrict
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (defunct, resurrected in 2017 as Universal Music Group's film divisionnote )
- ITC Entertainment (renamed as PolyGram Television in 1997, library is now owned by ITV)
- Warner Bros. Discovery
- Warner Bros.
- DC Studios
- New Line Cinema
- Castle Rock Entertainment
- Hanna-Barbera - Technically defunct, living on as the copyright holder of Scooby-Doo works and in spirit as Cartoon Network Studios.
- Warner Independent Pictures (defunct)
- First National Pictures (defunct)
- Lorimar (defunct)
- Allied Artists (defunct)
- HBO Films
- Talent Associates (defunct, a production company acquired by Time-Life Films, a predecessor to HBO)
- Warner Bros. Animation
Minor studios
- A24
- Amazon
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer — currently a "minor", but once the greatest film studio of them all; considered one of the so-called "seven sisters" (along with the former Big Six) during the 1980s and 1990s
- The Cannon Group
- Orion Pictures
- United Artists
- Amazon Studios
- Amicus Productions
- Angel Studios
- Bazelevs Company
- Bevanfield Films
- Bleecker Street
- Blumhouse Productions (distribution currently handled by Universal)
- BUBBLE Studios
- Burbank Films Australia
- Daiei
- DreamWorks/Amblin Partners (partially owned by Universal)
- Ealing Studios
- Entertainment One
- FilmCow
- Film4 Productions
- Fox Corporation
- Gaumont
- Gaumont Buena Vista International (joint venture between Gaumont and Disney)
- Gaumont Columbia TriStar Films (joint venture between Gaumont and Sony Pictures)
- The Jim Henson Company
- Legendary Pictures (distribution handled by Warner Bros. from 2005 to 2014, Universal from 2014 to 2019, WB again from 2019 to 2023 and Sony from 2023 onward)
- Lionsgate (sometimes considered an honorary major)
- Mondo TV
- Oats Studios
- Pathé
- Pure Flix Entertainment
- The Rank Organisation
- Shochiku
- StudioCanal
- STX Entertainment
- TelevisaUnivision
- Tigon British Film Productions
- Toei Company
- Toei Animation: Mostly known for their art films made between 1958 to 1972 (namely their Puss in Boots adaptation made in 1969), all of the Dragon Ball series, most of the 80s Transformers series, One Piece, Sailor Moon , and their Anime First magical girl shows (Ojamajo Doremi, Pretty Cure).
- Toho
- Tsuburaya Productions
- UAV Entertainment
- Village Roadshow: Australian studio known for its work for Warner Bros..
- Vivid Entertainment Group
- The Weinstein Company (defunct) - Assets sold to Lantern Capital after the Harvey Weinstein scandal
- Dimension Films: Formerly a label of Miramax until 2005; assets from that point onward mostly owned by Lionsgate
- WWE Studios
- Yoram Gross
Production houses
- ACTF
- A Squared Entertainment
- Alcon Entertainment
- Annapurna Pictures
- Arrowstorm Entertainment
- Bang Zoom! Entertainment
- Big Finish
- BKN
- Breakthrough Entertainment (defunct) - assets split between Skywriter Media & Entertainment Group, 9 Story Media Group and Shadow Pines Studios
- Cake Entertainment
- Carolco Pictures
- Carsey Werner
- Cinergi Pictures
- The Criterion Collection
- Crown International Pictures
- Cup of Tea Productions
- Dark Maze Studios
- Dtoons Productions
- Echo Chamber
- Eon Productions
- Etcetera Group
- EuropaCorp
- Feature Films For Families
- Frederator Studios
- Fremantle Media
- Fresh TV
- Full Moon Features
- Funny or Die
- Happy Madison Productions
- Heyday Films
- Hyperion Pictures
- Genius Brands International
- Golden Films
- GoodTimes Entertainment
- GRB Entertainment
- HandMade Films
- HALF H·P STUDIO
- Hasbro Studios
- Imagine Entertainment
- IMAX
- Intertrack
- The Jam Handy Organization
- Jetlag Productions
- Kenner
- Keystone Studios
- Kidtoon Films
- The Kitchen
- Kudos
- Laika
- Lippert Pictures
- Man of Action Studios
- Marathon Media
- Mattel Creations
- Maximum Effort
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Monkeypaw Productions
- Moonscoop (defunct) - assets split between Ellipse Animation and Splash Entertainment
- Morgan Creek
- Mutant Enemy
- National Film Board of Canada
- New Dominion Pictures
- New Generation Pictures
- Novel Entertainment
- NYAV Post
- Omation Animation Studio
- Open Road Films
- Original Film
- PCB Productions
- Pinewood Studios
- PlayStation Productions
- Point Grey Pictures
- Pol-Ka
- Radical Sheep Productions
- Ragdoll Productions
- Regency Enterprises
- Relativity Media
- Renaissance Pictures
- Revolution Studios
- RKO Pictures
- Saban Entertainment
- Seraphim Digital Studios
- Sesame Workshop
- Shadow Projects
- Shaw Brothers
- Shout! Factory
- SDI Media
- Sid and Marty Krofft Productions
- Side UK
- Skydance Media
- Spyglass Media Group
- The Stone Quarry
- Studiopolis
- Studio Lambert
- Sunbow Entertainment
- T-Series produces movies.
- Troma
- Underground Producciones
- V And S Entertainment
- Your Family Entertainment
- Walden Media
- Working Dog Productions
- World Events Productions
- WWE Studios
- Zagtoon
Sound and sound effects companies
- Advantage Audio
- Animation City Editorial Services, Inc. (ACES): A sound production company owned by DiC Entertainment.
- Anime Sound Production: A sound effects company in Japan founded by Shoji Kato, a former employee of Fizz Sound Creation.
- Atlas Oceanic Sound and Picture
- Audio Planning U
- B&B Sound Studios (defunct)
- Boom Box Post
- Chura Sound: A sound effects company founded by ex-Swara Productions, Rakuonsha and Sound Garden employee Eiko Morikawa and Hiroki Nozaki who also previously worked at Sound Garden.
- DigiPost TV: Formerly Monterey Post, went defunct in 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Lead editor Robert Hargreaves then moved to Atlas Oceanic (and possibly Sound Rebels).
- Dolby Laboratories
- E&M Planning Center (defunct)
- EFX Systems
- Fizz Sound Creation: A sound effects company in Japan known for providing many of the sound effects you hear in anime (and early tokusatsu) both past and present, to the point where even productions they aren't involved in use their sound library note
- Glenwood Place Studios: Formerly named Glenwood Editorial.
- Hacienda Post
- Horta Editorial and Sound: Folded into Hacienda Post in 1999-2000.
- Magic Capsule
- Pomann Sound NYC
- Producers' Sound Service
- Rakuonsha
- Sound Box: A sound effects company founded by former Toyo Sound employees, Shizuo Kurahashi and Kenji Shibasaki.
- Sound Garden (defunct)
- Sound Ring: A defunct sound effects company in Japan founded in 1995 by former E&M Planning employees, Michihiro Ito and Takahisa Ishino.
- Sound Rebels
- Swara Productions: A sound effects company founded by legendary Japanese sound designer Katsumi Ito, a former employee of Fizz Sound Creation.
- THX
- Three Rivers Editorial (defunct)
- Todd-AO/Glen Glenn Studios
- Twenty-First Century Entertainment: Not to be confused with the defunct production company 21st Century Film Corporation. Folded into Hacienda Post in 2010-11.
- Vitello Productions
- West Productions
- Zack Production
- Zound FX
Indie production companies
- Becky and Joe
- Broad Spectrum Studios
- CP Studios
- Extra Credit Studios
- Firefilm
- Franchise Pictures
- Heaven Sent Gaming
- H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society
- JK Productions
- Night Vale Presents
- Neon
- PFFR
- Rooster Teeth
- Shoddycast
- Sinking Ship Entertainment
- Smoking Bottle Entertainment
- ST Pictures
- The Most Ever Company
- Tonko House
- Two-Bit Pictures
- Wakaliwood
- Wham City
Knockoff makers
Related to showbiz
- Actors' Equity (union for actors and stage managers in the U.S.}
- Bollywood (the Hindi-language film industry in India)
- Equity (British actors' union)
- History of Hollywood
- Mormon Cinema (films focusing on Mormon culture)
- Nollywood (the film industry in Nigeria)
- The Otherwoods (the rest of India's film industry)
- Unions in Hollywood
- Vivendi (French mass media conglomerate)
