Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC,[3] also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an American film production and distribution company owned by Comcast through the NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment division of NBCUniversal.

Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane, and Jules Brulatour, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States; the world's fifth oldest after Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus, and Nordisk Film; and the oldest member of Hollywood's "Big Five" studios in terms of the overall film market. Its studios are located in Universal City, California, and its corporate offices are located in New York City. In 1962, the studio was acquired by MCA, which was re-launched as NBCUniversal in 2004.

Universal Pictures is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA), and was one of the "Little Three" majors during Hollywood's golden age.[4]

Units

 * Universal Pictures International
 * Universal International Distribution
 * Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
 * Universal Home Entertainment Productions
 * Universal 1440 Entertainment
 * DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment
 * Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia (joint venture with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
 * Universal Playback
 * Studio Distribution Services (joint venture with Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
 * Focus Features
 * Universal Pictures International Entertainment
 * NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan
 * Working Title Films
 * WT2 Productions
 * Working Title Television
 * Carnival Films
 * Rede Telecine (10%, joint venture with Canais Globo, Disney, Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
 * Illumination
 * Illumination Mac Guff
 * Universal Animation Studios
 * DreamWorks Animation
 * Big Smile Entertainment (formely Pacific Data Images (PDI))
 * DreamWorks Animation Television
 * DreamWorks Classics
 * Big Idea Entertainment
 * Harvey Entertainment
 * DreamWorks Theatricals
 * DreamWorks New Media
 * Peacock Kids
 * DreamWorks Press
 * OTL Releasing
 * Back Lot Music
 * Universal Brand Development
 * United International Pictures (50%, joint venture with Paramount Global's Paramount Pictures)
 * Amblin Partners (minor stake)[47][48] (JV)[52]
 * Amblin Entertainment
 * Amblin Television
 * DreamWorks Pictures
 * Storyteller Distribution

Film library
Main article: Lists of Universal Pictures films

In addition to its own library, Universal releases the EMKA, Ltd. catalog of 1929–1949 Paramount Pictures, owned by sister company Universal Television.