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- Jordan Peele - Monkeypaw Productions. Jordan Peele has become one of the most exciting and interesting directors and producers in recent years. His Monkeypaw Productions has produced or co-produced his own movies, like Get Out, Us, and Nope, as well as other films like Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman, and Adamma Ebo's Honk For Jesus, Save Your Soul.
- Tom Hanks - Playtone. Tom Hanks' Playtone has been wildly successful on the big and small screens. With movies starring Hanks like Cast Away, Charlie Wilson's Way, The Polar Express, and Greyhound, as well as films not starring him, like Mamma Mia and its sequel, the company keeps winning.
- Elizabeth Banks - Brownstone Productions. Elizabeth Banks has been on a hot streak with her company Brownstone Productions. It's most notable for the Pitch Perfect franchise, but the company has also co-produced movies like 2019's Charlie's Angels, and that surprise 2023 hit about a bear that gets into something it should not have in the woods, with scary (and hilarious) results.
- Reese Witherspoon - Pacific Standard. When Reese Witherspoon started Pacific Standard in 2012, she did so with the express purpose of highlighting and producing projects with strong female leads, crews, and topics.
- Brad Pitt - Plan B Entertainment
- Leonardo DiCaprio - Appian Way Productions
- Clint Eastwood - Malpaso Productions
- Will Ferrell - Gary Sanchez Productions
- Laurence Fishburne - Cinema Gypsy Productions
- Ice Cube - Cube Vision
- Shah Rukh Khan - Red Chillies Entertainment
- Spike Lee - 40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks
- Adam Sandler - Happy Madison Productions
- Will Smith - Overbrook Entertainment
Plan B Entertainment was founded in 2001 by Brad Pitt along with Brad Grey and his then-wife, Jennifer Aniston. In 2005 Pitt became the sole owner of the company when he and Aniston divorcedand Grey went on to become the CEO of Paramount Pictures. The studio has been involved in 34 movies and several TV Shows, some of which star Brad Pitt himself l...
Appian Way Productions was founded in 2004 by actor Leonardo DiCaprio. The studio is known for several films starring the founding actor including The Aviator (2004), Shutter Island (2010), and The Wolf of Wall Street(2013). Most notably the production company was behind The Revenant(2015) which not only had 12 nominations at the 88th Academy Award...
Malpaso Productions was founded in 1967 by Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood. The name comes from the Malpaso Creek in California which is near Fort Ord where Eastwood went through U.S. Army basic training. He later bought 650 acres of land along the creek which he then sold in 1995 for over $3 Million. RELATED: Adam Driver & 9 Other Celebrities Who ...
Comedian Will Ferrell along with SNL head-writer Adam McKay founded Gary Sanchez Productions named after a fictional "Paraguayan entrepreneur and financier". The duo went on to produce a slew of comedic films, many of which star Ferrell himself. Notable movies included Step Brothers (2008) and The Other Guys (2010). To date, their most successful f...
The year after he played Morpheus in The Matrix (2000), Laurence Fishburne founded Cinema Gypsy Productions. Since 2000, the studio has produced several projects such as Akeelah and the Bee(2006). Most recently the studio is behind the ABC hit comedy series Black-ish which has gone on to win 28 awards and nominated for 64 others across the industry...
Rapper/Actor, Ice Cube produced Friday in 1995 but it wasn’t until 1998 that he founded his production studio Cube Vision. Their first film was Next Friday (2000) and since then they have gone on to produce several film franchises including Barbershop, Are We There Yet?, and Ride Along. In 2015 Cube Vision produced the biopic called Straight Outta ...
Shah Rukh Khan a.k.a. the “King of Bollywood” is arguably the biggest actor in Indian cinema appearing in more than 80 Hindi films. In 2003, Khan took over the production company Dreamz Unlimited and in 2004 transformed it into Red Chillies Entertainment with his wife Gauri Khan. The studio has produced 27 films and several TV series. Their biggest...
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks was founded in 1979 by Director/Actor Spike Lee. The name is in reference to “Special Field Order 15” by General Sherman in 1865 that gave the emancipated black families land no larger than 40 acres and surplus mules from the army. Sadly, President Andrew Jackson revoked this order, returning the land to the previous o...
The former Saturday Night Live star, Adam Sandler founded Happy Madison Productions in 1999. The name comes from Sandler’s first two big hits Happy Gilmore (1996) and Billy Madison (1995). The studio bumper features an old man golfing who is actually Sandler’s late father, Stanley, who is also the man who says the accompanying audio, “Terrific.” Th...
Overbrook Entertainment was founded by Will Smithin 1998. Similar to Smith’s career in both film and music, the company is both a film production company and a record label. The name “Overbrook” came from Will Smith’s neighborhood in West Philadelphia. The studio has made over 25 films starting with Ali (2001) to Bad Boys for Life (2020). The studi...
Feb 24, 2023 · Elana Klein. Feb 24, 2023, 6:54 AM PST. Oprah Winfrey and Amy Poehler. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/Getty Images; NBC/Getty Images. After years of working in the industry, many actors start production...
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- Tom Cruise. An actor who has given the industry some of the greatest action flicks ever, Tom Cruise broke into the acting landscape with films like Top Gun and Rain Man.
- Drew Barrymore. Drew Barrymore has this distinct quality of gravitating towards unpredictable narratives that use familiar genres to illuminate universal human truths in the most refreshing ways.
- Reese Witherspoon. First achieving stardom with films like Legally Blonde and Walk the Line, actress Reese Witherspoon became a leading lady in the late 1990s and she hasn’t stopped since.
- Oprah Winfrey. Oprah Winfrey started off as a talk show host in the 1980s. Eventually, she expanded her creative ambitions into acting and producing feature films.
Jan 12, 2023 · What started as a trickle in the late 1990s and early 2000s with production companies by Drew Barrymore, Salma Hayek, and Charlize Theron has accelerated into a torrent of talent creating...
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May 27, 2021 · 10 Actors Who Launched Their Own Movie Production Company. By Rafly Gilang. Published May 27, 2021. Creating their own movie production company allowed these actors to transcend their creativity limit and freely express themselves. Acting in front of a camera is one thing, but running a movie production company is another.
