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Founded by Bingham Ray in 1991.1
Private company
October Films
Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Former independent film production company
October Films, Inc. was an American independent film production company and distributor founded in 1991 by Bingham Ray and Jeff Lipsky as a means of distributing the 1990 film Life Is Sweet in the United States. A series of mergers and acquisitions began when Universal Studios (then a division of the Seagram Company) bought a majority stake in October Films in 1997. In 1999, Universal sold October, Interscope Communications, and Gramercy Pictures to Barry Diller, who merged the three companies to form USA Films.2 It ceased to exist in 2002.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 20, 2026.
Overview
1991Founded1
- Industryindependent film1
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October Films, Inc. was an American independent film production company and distributor founded in 1991 by Bingham Ray and Jeff Lipsky as a means of distributing the 1990 film Life Is Sweet in the United States.2
Leadership
Who has led October Films, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
- FounderBingham Ray1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Owners
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
Links
- WikipediaOctober Films
- WikidataQ3880776
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataOctober Films on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaOctober Films on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsOctober Films logo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain