Entertainment Industry

Star-Driven Production Companies

Many actors and directors have their own production companies with “housekeeping” or “first look” deals in place with major studios. These companies are constantly on the lookout for producing partnerships and good material, not necessarily projects even starring the actor at the helm.

• Tom Cruise’s C/W Productions


• Julia Roberts’ Red Om Films, Inc.


• Mel Gibson’s Icon


• Morgan Freeman’s Revelations Entertainment


• Reese Witherspoon’s Type A Films


• Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s LivePlanet


• Drew Barrymore’s Flower Films


• Hugh Jackman’s Seed Productions


• Sandra Bullock’s Fortis Films


• Jennifer Love Hewitt’s Love Spell Entertainment


• Pierce Brosnan’s Irish DreamTime


• Charlize Theron’s Denver and Delilah Films


• And the list goes on and on…

A-List Actor/Director-Driven Companies

• Rob Reiner’s Castle Rock


• George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh’s
     Section Eight Productions


• Ron Howard’s Imagine


• Kevin Costner’s Tig Productions, Inc.


• Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films


• The list of multi-hyphenates overlaps all the
     lists…

A-List Director (or Writer/Director) -Driven Production Companies

• Stephen Spielberg’s DreamWorks SKG


• Spike Lee’s Forty Acres and a Mule Filmworks,
     Inc.


• Farrelly brothers’ Conundrum Entertainment


• Garry Marshall’s Henderson Productions, Inc.


• Penny Marshall’s Parkway Productions


• Ed Zwick’s The Bedford Falls Company


• James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment


• Robert Zemeckis’ ImageMovers


• Ivan Reitman’s The Montecito Picture Company


• Again, this is just the tip of the iceberg…

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