Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures Facts when was

Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures

Facts - when was it created? Who created it? Who is the current CEO etc. �Universal Pictures was created 30 April 1912, New York, United States. Universal Studios was founded by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane and Jules Brulatour. The currect CEO is Ronald Meyer

Facts - when was it created? Who created it? Who is the current CEO etc. �Columbia pictures was created in 10 January 1924, Los Angeles, California, United States, was founded on June 19, 1918 by Harry Cohn, his brother Jack Cohn, and Joe Brandt.

Who owns the company? �Columbia pictures is owned by Sony Pictures �Universal studios is owned by NBCUniversal

What films have been made by the company? - note down 5 films for each decade, from 1910 s onwards. � Universal studios � 1910 - Sally Scraggs, Housemaid, Sue, The Old Doll Maker, Careful Nursing � 1920 - Elmo the Fearless, A Tokyo Siren, Alias Miss Dodd � 1930 - Dames Ahoy!, Iron Man, The Spirit of Notre Dame � 1940 - Black Friday, The San Francisco Docks, Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie � 1950 – I Was a Shoplifter, The Desert Hawk, Undercover Girl � 1960 – Portrait in Black, The Grass Is Greener, Romanoff and Juliet � 1970 – Airport, Mary, Queen of Scots, Frenzy � 1980 – The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2, Jaws 2, The Deer Hunter � 1990 – A Kiss Before Dying, Problem Child 2, Fried Green Tomatoes � 2000 – Pitch Black, Gladiator, Meet the Parents, O Brother, Where Art Thou? � 2010 – Robin Hood, Despicable Me, Skyline, Nanny Mc. Phee Returns

What films have been made by the company? - note down 5 films for each decade, from 1910 s onwards. �Columbia pictures � 1920 – Discontented Husbands, Women First, One Glorious Night � 1930 – Prince of Diamonds, Call of the West, Sisters � 1940 – Music in My Heart, The Lone Wolf Strikes, Escape to Glory � 1950 – Father Is a Bachelor, A Woman of Distinction, Kill the Umpire � 1960 – Fury of the Pagans, Siege of the Saxons, In the French Style � 1970 – Watermelon Man, Getting Straight, The Executioner � 1980 – The Blue Lagoon, Wholly Moses!, Gloria � 1990 – Time of the Gypsies, Revenge, Lord of the Flies � 2000 – 28 Days, Amercian Psycho, Glitter � 2010 – The Bounty Hunter, Grown Ups, The Social Network

How many Oscars has the studio won? �Universal studios - five �Between 1990 and 2019, the film studio with the most 'Best Picture' Academy Awards was Universal, having won five awards over the twenty-year period. Second and third in the ranking were Miramax and Warner Bros with four 'Best Picture' awards each. �Columbia Pictures

What are their highest grossing films/franchises? �Columbia Pictures - Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, gross: $404, 515, 480 �Universal pictures - Jurassic World, gross: $652, 270, 625

Where are their organisations based? �Universal Pictures is an American film studio, owned by Comcast through its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal, and is one of Hollywood's "Big Six" film studios. Its production studios are at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California. Distribution and other corporate offices are in New York City. �Columbia Pictures — an renowned American film studio based in Southern California since 1924.

� Stretch and challenge task: � Select one of these studios and answer this question. � With reference to films made by Universal or Columbia and the assigned target audience (30 -49 years olds), justify why you have selected your chosen studio. (50 -250 words) � I have chosen colbumia pictures because it has a more diverse range of movies ranging from skyfall to Once Upon a Time in. . . Hollywood. I believe that this is more appropriate for my target range because universal pictures releases typically more children based movies such as secret life of pets and ET. Out of the two studios � colbumia pictures seems to have more wider knowledge into the target audience 30 -49 year olds.