Private company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

American film and distribution company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly referred to as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, or is commonly shortened to MGM or MGM Pictures) is an American film and television production and distribution company headquartered in Culver City, California.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

Apr 17, 1924Founded1
  • Industryfilm production1
  • HeadquartersLos Angeles1
  • Websitemgm.com
  • Legal formDelaware corporation1

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The story

Founded by Louis B. Mayer and Marcus Loew on Apr 17, 1924.1

Leadership

Who has led Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

  • Amazon MGM Studios

Owners

Subsidiaries

  • American International Pictures
  • MGM Animation/Visual Arts
  • MGM HD
  • MGM Interactive
  • MGM Studio Orchestra
  • MGM Television
  • MGM Worldwide Television
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio
  • Orion Pictures
  • Rede Telecine
  • The Cannon Group
  • Jensen Farley Pictures since 1981

Divisions

  • MGM Music

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 1981Acquired Jensen Farley Pictures1
  2. 1935Acquired Leo Feist, Inc.1

Timeline

  1. 2022Acquired Acquired by Amazon1
  2. 1935Acquisition Acquired Leo Feist, Inc.1
  3. Apr 17, 1924Founded Founded1

Sources

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