Private company

DreamWorks

American film studio

DreamWorks Pictures (DWP, also known as DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks SKG Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures SKG, and DreamWorks) is an American film studio and distribution label of Amblin Partners. The company was originally founded on October 12, 1994, as a live-action and animation film studio by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen (which together form the SKG of DreamWorks SKG), at which time they owned 72%.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

Oct 12, 1994Founded1

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The story

Founded by David Geffen, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg on Oct 12, 1994, in Universal City.1

Leadership

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Products and brands

  • software

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Amblin Partners

Owners

  • Reliance Entertainment

Subsidiaries

  • Go Fish Pictures

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 1996Acquired DreamWorks Records1
  2. 1995Acquired Danger Close Games1
  3. 1995Dreamworks Interactive became a subsidiary1

Employees over time

  • 2012801

Timeline

  1. Oct 12, 1994Founded Founded in Universal City1

Sources

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