The Geffen Film Company

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The Geffen Film Company (also known as The Geffen Company and later Geffen Pictures) was a film distributor and production company founded by David Geffen, the founder of Geffen Records, and future co-founder of DreamWorks. Geffen founded the company in 1980, having recruited Eric Eisner as president, and distributed its films through Warner Bros. Geffen later sold it to Universal Studios, but Warner owns the rights to most of GFC's films. The only Geffen film Warner does not own is the 1996 Mike Judge comedy, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, owned by co-producer Paramount Pictures.

The spherical Geffen Pictures logo (based on the logo of its record-label counterpart) was created by acclaimed graphic designer Saul Bass.

Notable films

The Geffen Company

• Personal Best (1982)
• Risky Business (1983)
• After Hours (1985)
• Lost in America (1985)
• Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
• Beetlejuice (1988, plus animated TV series)
• Men Don't Leave (1990)

Geffen Pictures

• Defending Your Life (1991)
• The Last Boy Scout (1991)
• M. Butterfly (1993)
• The Interview with the Vampire (1994)
• Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996, co-production with Paramount Pictures and MTV Films)
• Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996, TV series)
• Joe's Apartment (1996)
• Michael Collins (1996)
• The Butcher Boy (1997)

External links

• The Geffen Film Company at the Internet Movie Database
• Geffen Pictures at the Internet Movie Database

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