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Located on the [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] lots that had previously housed the offices of Spielberg's Creator/AmblinEntertainment, [=DreamWorks=] came into being as a result of Katzenberg's firing from Creator/{{Disney}} after a ten-year run as the president of their studio. He approached Spielberg and Geffen about the possibility of setting up a studio in Hollywood where the three of them could create entertainment independently from the larger studios and would be largely focused on animation, motion pictures, television, interactive new media, and music. Moments later, DW signed a deal with [[Creator/{{AmericanBroadcastingCompany}} Capital Cities-ABC]] for a production joint venture, and Korean conglomerate [=CheilJedang=] invested in the studio and acquired select Asian distribution rights to DW's titles. At its founding, [=DreamWorks=] became the first major independent Hollywood studio (and the first major studio founded by creators) since the birth of Creator/UnitedArtists in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood 1919]]. In 1995, artists from Amblimation (the UK-based animation unit of Amblin) joined the studio and which led to DW buying a majority in visual effects studio PDI (Pacific Data Images) to produce a CG-animated feature. That same year, DW signed a international distribution and worldwide home video deal with MCA. In 1997, Amblimation was shuttered, and their staff joined the new studio. That same year, [=DreamWorks=] Interactive was formed and DW teamed up with Creator/{{Pathe}} and Creator/AardmanAnimations to co-produce and co-finance ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''. In 1997, DW released its first three films, ''Film/ThePeacemaker'', Steven Spielberg's ''{{Film/Amistad}}'' and ''Film/MouseHunt''. The following year, the studio's first animated features, ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', were released. In 1999, after the success of ''Chicken Run'', DW signed a four-year film deal with Aardman. That same year, DW formed an arthouse banner known as Go Fish Pictures and in 2000, DW formed [=DreamWorks=] Animation to consolidate their Glendale animation campus and PDI into one roof.

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Located on the [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] lots that had previously housed the offices of Spielberg's Creator/AmblinEntertainment, [=DreamWorks=] came into being as a result of Katzenberg's firing from Creator/{{Disney}} after a ten-year run as the president of their studio. He approached Spielberg and Geffen about the possibility of setting up a studio in Hollywood where the three of them could create entertainment independently from the larger studios and would be largely focused on animation, motion pictures, television, interactive new media, and music. Moments later, DW signed a deal with [[Creator/{{AmericanBroadcastingCompany}} Capital Cities-ABC]] for a production joint venture, and Korean conglomerate [=CheilJedang=] invested in the studio and acquired select Asian distribution rights to DW's titles. At its founding, [=DreamWorks=] became the first major independent Hollywood studio (and the first major studio founded by creators) since the birth of Creator/UnitedArtists in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood 1919]]. In 1995, artists from Amblimation (the UK-based animation unit of Amblin) joined the studio and which led to DW buying a majority in visual effects studio PDI (Pacific Data Images) to produce a CG-animated feature. That same year, DW signed a international distribution and worldwide home video deal with MCA.Creator/{{MCA}}. In 1997, Amblimation was shuttered, and their staff joined the new studio. That same year, [=DreamWorks=] Interactive was formed and DW teamed up with Creator/{{Pathe}} and Creator/AardmanAnimations to co-produce and co-finance ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''. In 1997, DW released its first three films, ''Film/ThePeacemaker'', Steven Spielberg's ''{{Film/Amistad}}'' and ''Film/MouseHunt''. The following year, the studio's first animated features, ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', were released. In 1999, after the success of ''Chicken Run'', DW signed a four-year film deal with Aardman. That same year, DW formed an arthouse banner known as Go Fish Pictures and in 2000, DW formed [=DreamWorks=] Animation to consolidate their Glendale animation campus and PDI into one roof.
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* ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' (2007; with Creator/{{Paramount}} and Creator/{{Hasbro}})

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* ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}'' (2007; with Creator/{{Paramount}} and Creator/{{Hasbro}})
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Located on the [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] lots that had previously housed the offices of Spielberg's Creator/AmblinEntertainment, [=DreamWorks=] came into being as a result of Katzenberg's firing from Creator/{{Disney}} after a ten-year run as the president of their studio. He approached Spielberg and Geffen about the possibility of setting up a studio in Hollywood where the three of them could create entertainment independently from the larger studios and would be largely focused on animation, motion pictures, television, interactive new media, and music. Moments later, DW signed a deal with [[Creator/{{ABC}} Capital Cities-ABC]] for a production joint venture, and Korean conglomerate [=CheilJedang=] invested in the studio and acquired select Asian distribution rights to DW's titles. At its founding, [=DreamWorks=] became the first major independent Hollywood studio (and the first major studio founded by creators) since the birth of Creator/UnitedArtists in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood 1919]]. In 1995, artists from Amblimation (the UK-based animation unit of Amblin) joined the studio and which led to DW buying a majority in visual effects studio PDI (Pacific Data Images) to produce a CG-animated feature. That same year, DW signed a international distribution and worldwide home video deal with MCA. In 1997, Amblimation was shuttered, and their staff joined the new studio. That same year, [=DreamWorks=] Interactive was formed and DW teamed up with Creator/{{Pathe}} and Creator/AardmanAnimations to co-produce and co-finance ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''. In 1997, DW released its first three films, ''Film/ThePeacemaker'', Steven Spielberg's ''{{Film/Amistad}}'' and ''Film/MouseHunt''. The following year, the studio's first animated features, ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', were released. In 1999, after the success of ''Chicken Run'', DW signed a four-year film deal with Aardman. That same year, DW formed an arthouse banner known as Go Fish Pictures and in 2000, DW formed [=DreamWorks=] Animation to consolidate their Glendale animation campus and PDI into one roof.

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Located on the [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] lots that had previously housed the offices of Spielberg's Creator/AmblinEntertainment, [=DreamWorks=] came into being as a result of Katzenberg's firing from Creator/{{Disney}} after a ten-year run as the president of their studio. He approached Spielberg and Geffen about the possibility of setting up a studio in Hollywood where the three of them could create entertainment independently from the larger studios and would be largely focused on animation, motion pictures, television, interactive new media, and music. Moments later, DW signed a deal with [[Creator/{{ABC}} [[Creator/{{AmericanBroadcastingCompany}} Capital Cities-ABC]] for a production joint venture, and Korean conglomerate [=CheilJedang=] invested in the studio and acquired select Asian distribution rights to DW's titles. At its founding, [=DreamWorks=] became the first major independent Hollywood studio (and the first major studio founded by creators) since the birth of Creator/UnitedArtists in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood 1919]]. In 1995, artists from Amblimation (the UK-based animation unit of Amblin) joined the studio and which led to DW buying a majority in visual effects studio PDI (Pacific Data Images) to produce a CG-animated feature. That same year, DW signed a international distribution and worldwide home video deal with MCA. In 1997, Amblimation was shuttered, and their staff joined the new studio. That same year, [=DreamWorks=] Interactive was formed and DW teamed up with Creator/{{Pathe}} and Creator/AardmanAnimations to co-produce and co-finance ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''. In 1997, DW released its first three films, ''Film/ThePeacemaker'', Steven Spielberg's ''{{Film/Amistad}}'' and ''Film/MouseHunt''. The following year, the studio's first animated features, ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', were released. In 1999, after the success of ''Chicken Run'', DW signed a four-year film deal with Aardman. That same year, DW formed an arthouse banner known as Go Fish Pictures and in 2000, DW formed [=DreamWorks=] Animation to consolidate their Glendale animation campus and PDI into one roof.
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The brainchild of media moguls Creator/StevenSpielberg, Creator/JeffreyKatzenberg, and [[Creator/GeffenRecords David Geffen]] (hence the SKG at the end of the studio's name), founded in 1994. It is best known for launching Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, one of the biggest animation studios in the world, but the original [[https://amblin.com/movie/dreamworks DreamWorks Pictures]] still very much exists as a film studio.

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The brainchild of media moguls Creator/StevenSpielberg, Creator/JeffreyKatzenberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and [[Creator/GeffenRecords David Geffen]] (hence the SKG at the end of the studio's name), founded in 1994. It is best known for launching Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, one of the biggest animation studios in the world, but the original [[https://amblin.com/movie/dreamworks DreamWorks Pictures]] still very much exists as a film studio.
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* TheWikiRule: [[http://dreamworks.wikia.com/wiki/DreamWorks_Wiki The DreamWorks Wiki]], which is shared with productions from Creator/DreamWorksAnimation.
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* ''Film/TheIsland'' (2005; with Creator/WarnerBros)

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* ''Film/TheIsland'' ''Film/{{The Island|2005}}'' (2005; with Creator/WarnerBros)
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The brainchild of media moguls Creator/StevenSpielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and [[Creator/GeffenRecords David Geffen]] (hence the SKG at the end of the studio's name), founded in 1994. It is best known for launching Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, one of the biggest animation studios in the world, but the original [[https://amblin.com/movie/dreamworks DreamWorks Pictures]] still very much exists as a film studio.

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The brainchild of media moguls Creator/StevenSpielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Creator/JeffreyKatzenberg, and [[Creator/GeffenRecords David Geffen]] (hence the SKG at the end of the studio's name), founded in 1994. It is best known for launching Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, one of the biggest animation studios in the world, but the original [[https://amblin.com/movie/dreamworks DreamWorks Pictures]] still very much exists as a film studio.
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Located on the [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] lots that had previously housed the offices of Spielberg's Creator/AmblinEntertainment, [=DreamWorks=] came into being as a result of Katzenberg's firing from Creator/{{Disney}} after a ten-year run as the president of their studio. He approached Spielberg and Geffen about the possibility of setting up a studio in Hollywood where the three of them could create entertainment independently from the larger studios and would be largely focused on animation, motion pictures, television, interactive new media, and music. Moments later, DW signed a deal with [[Creator/{{ABC}} Capital Cities-ABC]] for a production joint venture, and Korean conglomerate [=CheilJedang=] invested in the studio and acquired select Asian distribution rights to DW's titles. At its founding, [=DreamWorks=] became the first major independent Hollywood studio (and the first major studio founded by creators) since the birth of Creator/UnitedArtists in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood 1919]]. In 1995, artists from Amblimation (the UK-based animation unit of Amblin) joined the studio and which led to DW buing a majority in visual effects studio PDI (Pacific Data Images) to produce a CG-animated feature. That same year, DW signed a international distribution and worldwide home video deal with MCA. In 1997, Amblimation was shuttered, and their staff joined the new studio. That same year, [=DreamWorks=] Interactive was formed and DW teamed up with Creator/{{Pathe}} and Creator/AardmanAnimations to co-produce and co-finance ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''. In 1997, DW released its first three films, ''Film/ThePeacemaker'', Steven Spielberg's ''{{Film/Amistad}}'' and ''Film/MouseHunt''. The following year, the studio's first animated features, ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', were released. In 1999, after the success of ''Chicken Run'', DW signed a four-year film deal with Aardman. That same year, DW formed an arthouse banner known as Go Fish Pictures and in 2000, DW formed [=DreamWorks=] Animation to consolidate their Glendale animation campus and PDI into one roof.

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Located on the [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] lots that had previously housed the offices of Spielberg's Creator/AmblinEntertainment, [=DreamWorks=] came into being as a result of Katzenberg's firing from Creator/{{Disney}} after a ten-year run as the president of their studio. He approached Spielberg and Geffen about the possibility of setting up a studio in Hollywood where the three of them could create entertainment independently from the larger studios and would be largely focused on animation, motion pictures, television, interactive new media, and music. Moments later, DW signed a deal with [[Creator/{{ABC}} Capital Cities-ABC]] for a production joint venture, and Korean conglomerate [=CheilJedang=] invested in the studio and acquired select Asian distribution rights to DW's titles. At its founding, [=DreamWorks=] became the first major independent Hollywood studio (and the first major studio founded by creators) since the birth of Creator/UnitedArtists in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood 1919]]. In 1995, artists from Amblimation (the UK-based animation unit of Amblin) joined the studio and which led to DW buing buying a majority in visual effects studio PDI (Pacific Data Images) to produce a CG-animated feature. That same year, DW signed a international distribution and worldwide home video deal with MCA. In 1997, Amblimation was shuttered, and their staff joined the new studio. That same year, [=DreamWorks=] Interactive was formed and DW teamed up with Creator/{{Pathe}} and Creator/AardmanAnimations to co-produce and co-finance ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''. In 1997, DW released its first three films, ''Film/ThePeacemaker'', Steven Spielberg's ''{{Film/Amistad}}'' and ''Film/MouseHunt''. The following year, the studio's first animated features, ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', were released. In 1999, after the success of ''Chicken Run'', DW signed a four-year film deal with Aardman. That same year, DW formed an arthouse banner known as Go Fish Pictures and in 2000, DW formed [=DreamWorks=] Animation to consolidate their Glendale animation campus and PDI into one roof.
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The brainchild of media moguls Creator/StevenSpielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen (hence the SKG at the end of the studio's name), founded in 1994. It is best known for launching Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, one of the biggest animation studios in the world, but the original [[https://amblin.com/movie/dreamworks DreamWorks Pictures]] still very much exists as a film studio.

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The brainchild of media moguls Creator/StevenSpielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and [[Creator/GeffenRecords David Geffen Geffen]] (hence the SKG at the end of the studio's name), founded in 1994. It is best known for launching Creator/DreamWorksAnimation, one of the biggest animation studios in the world, but the original [[https://amblin.com/movie/dreamworks DreamWorks Pictures]] still very much exists as a film studio.
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* ''Film/{{Evolution}}'' (2001; with Creator/ColumbiaPictures)

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* ''Film/{{Evolution}}'' ''Film/{{Evolution|2001}}'' (2001; with Creator/ColumbiaPictures)
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Located on the [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] lots that had previously housed the offices of Spielberg's Creator/AmblinEntertainment, [=DreamWorks=] came into being as a result of Katzenberg's firing from Creator/{{Disney}} after a ten-year run as the president of their studio. He approached Spielberg and Geffen about the possibility of setting up a studio in Hollywood where the three of them could create entertainment independently from the larger studios and would be largely focused on animation, motion pictures, television, interactive new media, and music. Moments later, DW signed a deal with [[Creator/{{ABC}} Capital Cities-ABC]] for a production joint venture, and Korean conglomerate [=CheilJedang=] invested in the studio and acquired select Asian distribution rights to DW's titles. At its founding, [=DreamWorks=] became the first major independent Hollywood studio (and the first major studio founded by creators) since the birth of Creator/UnitedArtists in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood 1919]]. In 1995, artists from Amblimation (the UK-based animation unit of Amblin) joined the studio and which led to DW buing a majority in visual effects studio PDI (Pacific Data Images) to produce a CG-animated feature. That same year, DW signed a international distribution and worldwide home video deal with MCA. In 1997, Amblimation was shuttered, and their staff joined the new studio. That same year, [=DreamWorks=] Interactive was formed and DW teamed up with Creator/{{Pathe}} and Creator/AardmanAnimations to co-produce and co-finance ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''. In 1997, DW released its first three films, ''Film/ThePeacemaker'', Steven Spielberg's ''{{Film/Amistad}}'' and ''Film/MouseHunt''. The following year, the studio's first animated features, ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' were released. In 1999, after the success of ''Chicken Run'', DW signed a four-year film deal with Aardman. That same year, DW formed an arthouse banner known as Go Fish Pictures and in 2000, DW formed [=DreamWorks=] Animation to consolidate their Glendale animation campus and PDI into one roof.

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Located on the [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] lots that had previously housed the offices of Spielberg's Creator/AmblinEntertainment, [=DreamWorks=] came into being as a result of Katzenberg's firing from Creator/{{Disney}} after a ten-year run as the president of their studio. He approached Spielberg and Geffen about the possibility of setting up a studio in Hollywood where the three of them could create entertainment independently from the larger studios and would be largely focused on animation, motion pictures, television, interactive new media, and music. Moments later, DW signed a deal with [[Creator/{{ABC}} Capital Cities-ABC]] for a production joint venture, and Korean conglomerate [=CheilJedang=] invested in the studio and acquired select Asian distribution rights to DW's titles. At its founding, [=DreamWorks=] became the first major independent Hollywood studio (and the first major studio founded by creators) since the birth of Creator/UnitedArtists in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood 1919]]. In 1995, artists from Amblimation (the UK-based animation unit of Amblin) joined the studio and which led to DW buing a majority in visual effects studio PDI (Pacific Data Images) to produce a CG-animated feature. That same year, DW signed a international distribution and worldwide home video deal with MCA. In 1997, Amblimation was shuttered, and their staff joined the new studio. That same year, [=DreamWorks=] Interactive was formed and DW teamed up with Creator/{{Pathe}} and Creator/AardmanAnimations to co-produce and co-finance ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''. In 1997, DW released its first three films, ''Film/ThePeacemaker'', Steven Spielberg's ''{{Film/Amistad}}'' and ''Film/MouseHunt''. The following year, the studio's first animated features, ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'', were released. In 1999, after the success of ''Chicken Run'', DW signed a four-year film deal with Aardman. That same year, DW formed an arthouse banner known as Go Fish Pictures and in 2000, DW formed [=DreamWorks=] Animation to consolidate their Glendale animation campus and PDI into one roof.
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* ''Film/NoStringsAttached'' (2011)

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* ''Film/NoStringsAttached'' ''Film/{{No Strings Attached|2011}}'' (2011)
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* ''Film/EasterSunday'' (2022)
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* ''Film/TheLastVoyageOfTheDemeter'' (2023; distributed by Creator/{{Universal}})
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In 2001, the studio had a big success with ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', which became the first animated film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature the following year. Three years later, Katzenberg left DW for good, and took DW's animation studio, PDI and most of their [=IPs=] and formed a separate DWA.

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In 2001, the studio had a big success with ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'', which became the first animated film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature the following year. Three years later, Katzenberg left DW for good, and took DW's animation studio, PDI and most of their [=IPs=] and formed a separate DWA.



** ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' (2001; with PDI)

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** ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'' (2001; with PDI)
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Between 1996 and 2005, [=DreamWorks=] owned a record label called, naturally, Creator/DreamWorksRecords. The roster included Music/GeorgeMichael, Music/PapaRoach, Music/JimmyEatWorld, Music/{{Eels}}, Music/HenryRollins, Music/ElliottSmith, Music/{{Powerman 5000}}, Music/RufusWainwright, Music/RandyNewman, Music/AllAmericanRejects, and Creator/JimmyFallon, plus a CountryMusic arm whose main hitmakers were Music/TobyKeith, Music/RandyTravis, and Darryl Worley. Except for their country artists, they were all later acquired by [[Creator/GeffenRecords Geffen's old label]] [[{{Irony}} that he stepped down from]]. The label's logo was designed by Creator/RoyLichtenstein (it was his last commission).

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Between 1996 and 2005, [=DreamWorks=] owned a record label called, naturally, Creator/DreamWorksRecords. The roster included Music/GeorgeMichael, Music/PapaRoach, Music/JimmyEatWorld, Music/{{Eels}}, Music/HenryRollins, Music/ElliottSmith, Music/{{Powerman 5000}}, Music/RufusWainwright, Music/RandyNewman, Music/AllAmericanRejects, Music/TheAllAmericanRejects, and Creator/JimmyFallon, plus a CountryMusic arm whose main hitmakers were Music/TobyKeith, Music/RandyTravis, and Darryl Worley. Except for their country artists, they were all later acquired by [[Creator/GeffenRecords Geffen's old label]] [[{{Irony}} that he stepped down from]]. The label's logo was designed by Creator/RoyLichtenstein (it was his last commission).
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Between 1996 and 2005, [=DreamWorks=] owned a record label called, naturally, Creator/DreamWorksRecords. The roster included Music/GeorgeMichael, Music/PapaRoach, Music/JimmyEatWorld, Music/{{Eels}}, Music/HenryRollins, Music/ElliottSmith, Music/{{Powerman 5000}}, Music/RufusWainwright, Music/RandyNewman, and Creator/JimmyFallon, plus a CountryMusic arm whose main hitmakers were Music/TobyKeith, Music/RandyTravis, and Darryl Worley. Except for their country artists, they were all later acquired by [[Creator/GeffenRecords Geffen's old label]] [[{{Irony}} that he stepped down from]]. The label's logo was designed by Creator/RoyLichtenstein (it was his last commission).

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Between 1996 and 2005, [=DreamWorks=] owned a record label called, naturally, Creator/DreamWorksRecords. The roster included Music/GeorgeMichael, Music/PapaRoach, Music/JimmyEatWorld, Music/{{Eels}}, Music/HenryRollins, Music/ElliottSmith, Music/{{Powerman 5000}}, Music/RufusWainwright, Music/RandyNewman, Music/AllAmericanRejects, and Creator/JimmyFallon, plus a CountryMusic arm whose main hitmakers were Music/TobyKeith, Music/RandyTravis, and Darryl Worley. Except for their country artists, they were all later acquired by [[Creator/GeffenRecords Geffen's old label]] [[{{Irony}} that he stepped down from]]. The label's logo was designed by Creator/RoyLichtenstein (it was his last commission).
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** ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' (2005; with PDI)

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** ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar1'' (2005; with PDI)
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Located on the [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] lots that had previously housed the offices of Spielberg's Creator/AmblinEntertainment, [=DreamWorks=] came into being as a result of Katzenberg's firing from Creator/{{Disney}} after a ten-year run as the president of their studio. He approached Spielberg and Geffen about the possibility of setting up a studio in Hollywood where the three of them could create entertainment independently from the larger studios and would be largely focused on animation, motion pictures, television, interactive new media and music. Moments later, DW signed a deal with [[Creator/{{ABC}} Capital Cities-ABC]] for a production joint-venture and Korean conglomerate [=CheilJedang=] invested in the studio and acquired select Asian distribution rights to DW's titles. At its founding, [=DreamWorks=] became the first major independent Hollywood studio (and the first major studio founded by creators) since the birth of Creator/UnitedArtists in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood 1919]]. In 1995, artists from Amblinmation (the UK-based animation unit of Amblin) joined the studio and which led to DW buing a majority in visual effects studio PDI (Pacific Data Images) to produce a CG-animated feature and that same year, DW signed a international distribution and worldwide home video deal with MCA. In 1997, Amblinmation was shuttered and had their staff joining the studio. That same year, [=DreamWorks=] Interactive was formed and DW teamed up with Creator/{{Pathe}} and Creator/AardmanAnimations to co-produce and co-finance ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''. In 1997, DW released its first three films, ''Film/ThePeacemaker'', Steven Spielberg's ''{{Film/Amistad}}'' and ''Film/MouseHunt''. The following year, the studio's first animated features, ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' were released. In 1999, after the success of ''Chicken Run'', DW signed a four-year film deal with Aardman. That same year, DW formed an arthouse banner known as Go Fish Pictures and in 2000, DW formed [=DreamWorks=] Animation to consolidate their Glendale animation campus and PDI into one roof.

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Located on the [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] lots that had previously housed the offices of Spielberg's Creator/AmblinEntertainment, [=DreamWorks=] came into being as a result of Katzenberg's firing from Creator/{{Disney}} after a ten-year run as the president of their studio. He approached Spielberg and Geffen about the possibility of setting up a studio in Hollywood where the three of them could create entertainment independently from the larger studios and would be largely focused on animation, motion pictures, television, interactive new media media, and music. Moments later, DW signed a deal with [[Creator/{{ABC}} Capital Cities-ABC]] for a production joint-venture joint venture, and Korean conglomerate [=CheilJedang=] invested in the studio and acquired select Asian distribution rights to DW's titles. At its founding, [=DreamWorks=] became the first major independent Hollywood studio (and the first major studio founded by creators) since the birth of Creator/UnitedArtists in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood 1919]]. In 1995, artists from Amblinmation Amblimation (the UK-based animation unit of Amblin) joined the studio and which led to DW buing a majority in visual effects studio PDI (Pacific Data Images) to produce a CG-animated feature and that feature. That same year, DW signed a international distribution and worldwide home video deal with MCA. In 1997, Amblinmation Amblimation was shuttered shuttered, and had their staff joining joined the new studio. That same year, [=DreamWorks=] Interactive was formed and DW teamed up with Creator/{{Pathe}} and Creator/AardmanAnimations to co-produce and co-finance ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''. In 1997, DW released its first three films, ''Film/ThePeacemaker'', Steven Spielberg's ''{{Film/Amistad}}'' and ''Film/MouseHunt''. The following year, the studio's first animated features, ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' were released. In 1999, after the success of ''Chicken Run'', DW signed a four-year film deal with Aardman. That same year, DW formed an arthouse banner known as Go Fish Pictures and in 2000, DW formed [=DreamWorks=] Animation to consolidate their Glendale animation campus and PDI into one roof.
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Located on the [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] lots that had previously housed the offices of Spielberg's Creator/AmblinEntertainment, [=DreamWorks=] came into being as a result of Katzenberg's firing from Creator/{{Disney}} after a ten-year run as the president of their studio. He approached Spielberg and Geffen about the possibility of setting up a studio in Hollywood where the three of them could create entertainment independently from the larger studios and would be largely focused on animation, motion pictures, television, interactive new media and music. Moments later, DW signed a deal with [[Creator/{{ABC}} Capital Cities-ABC]] for a production joint-venture and Korean conglomerate [=CheilJedang=] invested in the studio and acquired select Asian distribution rights to DW's titles. At its founding, [=DreamWorks=] became the first major independent Hollywood studio (and the first major studio founded by creators, not executives) since the birth of Creator/UnitedArtists in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood 1919]]. In 1995, artists from Amblinmation (the UK-based animation unit of Amblin) joined the studio and which led to DW buing a majority in visual effects studio PDI (Pacific Data Images) to produce a CG-animated feature and that same year, DW signed a international distribution and worldwide home video deal with MCA. In 1997, Amblinmation was shuttered and had their staff joining the studio. That same year, [=DreamWorks=] Interactive was formed and DW teamed up with Creator/{{Pathe}} and Creator/AardmanAnimations to co-produce and co-finance ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''. In 1997, DW released its first three films, ''Film/ThePeacemaker'', Steven Spielberg's ''{{Film/Amistad}}'' and ''Film/MouseHunt''. The following year, the studio's first animated features, ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' were released. In 1999, after the success of ''Chicken Run'', DW signed a four-year film deal with Aardman. That same year, DW formed an arthouse banner known as Go Fish Pictures and in 2000, DW formed [=DreamWorks=] Animation to consolidate their Glendale animation campus and PDI into one roof.

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Located on the [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] lots that had previously housed the offices of Spielberg's Creator/AmblinEntertainment, [=DreamWorks=] came into being as a result of Katzenberg's firing from Creator/{{Disney}} after a ten-year run as the president of their studio. He approached Spielberg and Geffen about the possibility of setting up a studio in Hollywood where the three of them could create entertainment independently from the larger studios and would be largely focused on animation, motion pictures, television, interactive new media and music. Moments later, DW signed a deal with [[Creator/{{ABC}} Capital Cities-ABC]] for a production joint-venture and Korean conglomerate [=CheilJedang=] invested in the studio and acquired select Asian distribution rights to DW's titles. At its founding, [=DreamWorks=] became the first major independent Hollywood studio (and the first major studio founded by creators, not executives) creators) since the birth of Creator/UnitedArtists in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood 1919]]. In 1995, artists from Amblinmation (the UK-based animation unit of Amblin) joined the studio and which led to DW buing a majority in visual effects studio PDI (Pacific Data Images) to produce a CG-animated feature and that same year, DW signed a international distribution and worldwide home video deal with MCA. In 1997, Amblinmation was shuttered and had their staff joining the studio. That same year, [=DreamWorks=] Interactive was formed and DW teamed up with Creator/{{Pathe}} and Creator/AardmanAnimations to co-produce and co-finance ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''. In 1997, DW released its first three films, ''Film/ThePeacemaker'', Steven Spielberg's ''{{Film/Amistad}}'' and ''Film/MouseHunt''. The following year, the studio's first animated features, ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' were released. In 1999, after the success of ''Chicken Run'', DW signed a four-year film deal with Aardman. That same year, DW formed an arthouse banner known as Go Fish Pictures and in 2000, DW formed [=DreamWorks=] Animation to consolidate their Glendale animation campus and PDI into one roof.
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Located on the [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] lots that had previously housed the offices of Spielberg's Creator/AmblinEntertainment, [=DreamWorks=] came into being as a result of Katzenberg's firing from Creator/{{Disney}} after a ten-year run as the president of their studio. He approached Spielberg and Geffen about the possibility of setting up a studio in Hollywood where the three of them could create entertainment independently from the larger studios and would be largely focused on animation, motion pictures, television, interactive new media and music. Moments later, DW signed a deal with [[Creator/{{ABC}} Capital Cities-ABC]] for a production joint-venture and Korean conglomerate [=CheilJedang=] invested in the studio and acquired select Asian distribution rights to DW's titles. At its founding, [=DreamWorks=] became the first major independent Hollywood studio (and the first major studio founded by creators, not executives) since the birth of Creator/UnitedArtists in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood 1919]]. In 1995, artists from Amblinmation (the UK-based animation unit of Amblin) joined the studio and which led to DW buing a majority in visual effects studio PDI (Pacific Data Images) to produce a CG-animated feature and that same year, DW signed a international distribution and worldwide home video deal with MCA. In 1997, Amblinmation was shuttered and had their staff joining the studio. That same year, [=DreamWorks=] Interactive was formed and DW teamed up with Creator/{{Pathe}} and Creator/AardmanAnimations to co-produce and co-finance ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''. In 1997, DW released its first three films, ''Film/ThePeacemaker'', Steven Spielberg's ''{{Film/Amistad}}'' and ''Film/MouseHunt''. The following year, the studio's first animated features, ''WesternAnimation/Antz'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' were released. In 1999, after the success of ''Chicken Run'', DW signed a four-year film deal with Aardman. That same year, DW formed an arthouse banner known as Go Fish Pictures and in 2000, DW formed [=DreamWorks=] Animation to consolidate their Glendale animation campus and PDI into one roof.

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Located on the [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] lots that had previously housed the offices of Spielberg's Creator/AmblinEntertainment, [=DreamWorks=] came into being as a result of Katzenberg's firing from Creator/{{Disney}} after a ten-year run as the president of their studio. He approached Spielberg and Geffen about the possibility of setting up a studio in Hollywood where the three of them could create entertainment independently from the larger studios and would be largely focused on animation, motion pictures, television, interactive new media and music. Moments later, DW signed a deal with [[Creator/{{ABC}} Capital Cities-ABC]] for a production joint-venture and Korean conglomerate [=CheilJedang=] invested in the studio and acquired select Asian distribution rights to DW's titles. At its founding, [=DreamWorks=] became the first major independent Hollywood studio (and the first major studio founded by creators, not executives) since the birth of Creator/UnitedArtists in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood 1919]]. In 1995, artists from Amblinmation (the UK-based animation unit of Amblin) joined the studio and which led to DW buing a majority in visual effects studio PDI (Pacific Data Images) to produce a CG-animated feature and that same year, DW signed a international distribution and worldwide home video deal with MCA. In 1997, Amblinmation was shuttered and had their staff joining the studio. That same year, [=DreamWorks=] Interactive was formed and DW teamed up with Creator/{{Pathe}} and Creator/AardmanAnimations to co-produce and co-finance ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''. In 1997, DW released its first three films, ''Film/ThePeacemaker'', Steven Spielberg's ''{{Film/Amistad}}'' and ''Film/MouseHunt''. The following year, the studio's first animated features, ''WesternAnimation/Antz'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' were released. In 1999, after the success of ''Chicken Run'', DW signed a four-year film deal with Aardman. That same year, DW formed an arthouse banner known as Go Fish Pictures and in 2000, DW formed [=DreamWorks=] Animation to consolidate their Glendale animation campus and PDI into one roof.



However, by 2005 the studio was about $400 million in debt, so the founders agreed to a deal to sell [=DreamWorks=] to [[Creator/{{ParamountGlobal}} Viacom]] subsidiary Creator/{{Paramount}} for $1.6 billion. The sale was completed in February 2006, and in March of that same year Viacom sold the rights to [=DreamWorks=]' pre-2006 film library to Soros Strategic Partners for $900 million (only to purchase it back in 2010 for $400 million, making a $500 million profit on the arrangement). Paramount retained distribution rights, and thus now had worldwide distribution rights to nine films that they and [=DreamWorks=] had collaborated on, two of which had yet to be released (see the list below for these films).

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However, by 2005 By 2005, however, the studio was about $400 million in debt, so the founders agreed to a deal to sell [=DreamWorks=] to [[Creator/{{ParamountGlobal}} Viacom]] subsidiary Creator/{{Paramount}} for $1.6 billion. The sale was completed in February 2006, and in March of that same year Viacom sold the rights to [=DreamWorks=]' pre-2006 film library to Soros Strategic Partners for $900 million (only to purchase it back in 2010 for $400 million, making a $500 million profit on the arrangement). Paramount retained distribution rights, and thus now had worldwide distribution rights to nine films that they and [=DreamWorks=] had collaborated on, two of which had yet to be released (see the list below for these films).



Universal began its deal with [=DreamWorks=] with ''Film/TheGirlOnTheTrain'', which despite mixed reviews was a surprising SleeperHit,[[note]]By contrast, DW's first film with Disney, ''I Am Number Four'', was a critical dud and a box office disappointment.[[/note]] and followed it up with ''Film/ADogsPurpose'' (produced under the Amblin banner), which was moderately successful despite similarly mixed reviews (plus a behind-the-scenes controversy that harmed its marketing campaign). The modest success of these films convinced Universal to become a minority stakeholder of Amblin Partners, making them one of ''six'' companies[[note]]The Amblin Group (owned primarily by Spielberg), Reliance Entertainment, Participant Media, Entertainment One, Alibaba Pictures and Universal[[/note]] under the joint venture and giving Universal partial ownership of both [=DreamWorks=] and Amblin. This had the effect of fully bringing the [=DreamWorks=] banner under one roof once again, as Universal's parent company Creator/NBCUniversal had purchased [=DreamWorks=] Animation in August 2016. With [=DreamWorks=] now receiving financial backing from a major film studio for the first time in nearly a decade whilst remaining creatively independent (something that wasn't the case during its years with Paramount), and reunited with its former animation division, the studio is seeing bright days ahead of them. In 2020, Participant left as a stakeholder in the company.

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Universal began its deal with [=DreamWorks=] with ''Film/TheGirlOnTheTrain'', which despite mixed reviews was a surprising SleeperHit,[[note]]By contrast, DW's first film with Disney, ''I Am Number Four'', was a critical dud and a box office disappointment.[[/note]] and followed it up with ''Film/ADogsPurpose'' (produced under the Amblin banner), which was moderately successful despite similarly mixed reviews (plus a behind-the-scenes controversy that harmed its marketing campaign). The modest success of these films convinced Universal to become a minority stakeholder of Amblin Partners, making them one of ''six'' companies[[note]]The Amblin Group (owned primarily by Spielberg), Reliance Entertainment, Participant Media, Entertainment One, Alibaba Pictures and Universal[[/note]] under the joint venture and giving Universal partial ownership of both [=DreamWorks=] and Amblin. This also had the effect of fully bringing the [=DreamWorks=] banner under one roof once again, as Universal's parent company Creator/NBCUniversal had purchased [=DreamWorks=] Animation in August 2016. With [=DreamWorks=] now receiving financial backing from a major film studio for the first time in nearly a decade whilst remaining creatively independent (something that wasn't the case during its years with Paramount), and reunited with its former animation division, the studio is seeing bright days ahead of them. In 2020, Participant left as a stakeholder in the company.
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In 2001, the studio had a big success with ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', which became the first animated film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature the following year. Three years later, Katzenberg left DW for good, and took DW's animation studio, PDI and most of their IPs and formed a separate DWA.

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In 2001, the studio had a big success with ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', which became the first animated film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature the following year. Three years later, Katzenberg left DW for good, and took DW's animation studio, PDI and most of their IPs [=IPs=] and formed a separate DWA.
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Located on the [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] lots that had previously housed the offices of Spielberg's Creator/AmblinEntertainment, [=DreamWorks=] came into being as a result of Katzenberg's firing from Creator/{{Disney}} after a ten-year run as the president of their studio. He approached Spielberg and Geffen about the possibility of setting up a studio in Hollywood where the three of them could create entertainment independently from the larger studios and would be largely focused on animation, motion pictures, television, interactive new media and music. Moments later, DW signed a deal with [[Creator/{{ABC}} Capital Cities-ABC]] for a production joint-venture and Korean conglomerate [=CheilJedang=] invested in the studio and acquired select Asian distribution rights to DW's titles. At its founding, [=DreamWorks=] became the first major independent Hollywood studio (and the first major studio founded by creators, not executives) since the birth of Creator/UnitedArtists in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood 1919]]. In 1995, artists from Amblinmation (the UK-based animation unit of Amblin) joined the studio and which led to DW buing a majority in visual effects studio PDI (Pacific Data Images) to produce a CG-animated feature and that same year, DW signed a international distribution and worldwide home video deal with MCA. In 1997, Amblinmation was shuttered and had their staff joining the studio. That same year, [=DreamWorks=] Interactive was formed and DW teamed up with Creator/{{Pathe}} and Creator/AardmanAnimations to co-produce and co-finance ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''. In 1997, DW released its first three films, ''Film/ThePeacemaker'', Steven Spielberg's ''{{Film/Amistad}}'' and ''Film/MouseHunt''. The following year, the studio's first animated features, ''WesternAnimation/Antz'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' were released. In 1999, after the success of ''Chicken Run'', DW signed a four-year film deal with Aardman. In 1999, DW formed an arthouse banner known as Go Fish Pictures and in 2000, DW formed [=DreamWorks=] Animation to consolidate their Glendale animation campus and PDI into one roof.

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Located on the [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] lots that had previously housed the offices of Spielberg's Creator/AmblinEntertainment, [=DreamWorks=] came into being as a result of Katzenberg's firing from Creator/{{Disney}} after a ten-year run as the president of their studio. He approached Spielberg and Geffen about the possibility of setting up a studio in Hollywood where the three of them could create entertainment independently from the larger studios and would be largely focused on animation, motion pictures, television, interactive new media and music. Moments later, DW signed a deal with [[Creator/{{ABC}} Capital Cities-ABC]] for a production joint-venture and Korean conglomerate [=CheilJedang=] invested in the studio and acquired select Asian distribution rights to DW's titles. At its founding, [=DreamWorks=] became the first major independent Hollywood studio (and the first major studio founded by creators, not executives) since the birth of Creator/UnitedArtists in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood 1919]]. In 1995, artists from Amblinmation (the UK-based animation unit of Amblin) joined the studio and which led to DW buing a majority in visual effects studio PDI (Pacific Data Images) to produce a CG-animated feature and that same year, DW signed a international distribution and worldwide home video deal with MCA. In 1997, Amblinmation was shuttered and had their staff joining the studio. That same year, [=DreamWorks=] Interactive was formed and DW teamed up with Creator/{{Pathe}} and Creator/AardmanAnimations to co-produce and co-finance ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''. In 1997, DW released its first three films, ''Film/ThePeacemaker'', Steven Spielberg's ''{{Film/Amistad}}'' and ''Film/MouseHunt''. The following year, the studio's first animated features, ''WesternAnimation/Antz'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' were released. In 1999, after the success of ''Chicken Run'', DW signed a four-year film deal with Aardman. In 1999, That same year, DW formed an arthouse banner known as Go Fish Pictures and in 2000, DW formed [=DreamWorks=] Animation to consolidate their Glendale animation campus and PDI into one roof.

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Located on the [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] lots that had previously housed the offices of Spielberg's Creator/AmblinEntertainment, [=DreamWorks=] came into being as a result of Katzenberg's firing from Creator/{{Disney}} after a ten-year run as the president of their studio. He approached Spielberg and Geffen about the possibility of setting up a studio in Hollywood where the three of them could create entertainment independently from the larger studios and would be largely focused on animation, motion pictures, television, interactive new media and music. Moments later, DW signed a deal with [[Creator/{{ABC}} Capital Cities-ABC]] for a production joint-venture and Korean conglomerate [=CheilJedang=] invested in the studio and acquired select Asian distribution rights to DW's titles. At its founding, [=DreamWorks=] became the first major independent Hollywood studio (and the first major studio founded by creators, not executives) since the birth of Creator/UnitedArtists in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood 1919]]. In 1995, artists from Amblinmation (the UK-based animation unit of Amblin) joined the studio and which led to DW buing a majority in visual effects studio PDI (Pacific Data Images) to produce a CG-animated feature and that same year, DW signed a international distribution and worldwide home video deal with MCA. In 1997, Amblinmation was shuttered and had their staff joining the studio. That same year, [=DreamWorks=] Interactive was formed and DW teamed up with Creator/{{Pathe}} and Creator/AardmanAnimations to co-produce and co-finance ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''. In 1998, DW released its first three films, ''Film/ThePeacemaker'', Steven Spielber's ''Film/Amistad'' and ''Film/MouseHunt''.

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Located on the [[Creator/{{Universal}} Universal Pictures]] lots that had previously housed the offices of Spielberg's Creator/AmblinEntertainment, [=DreamWorks=] came into being as a result of Katzenberg's firing from Creator/{{Disney}} after a ten-year run as the president of their studio. He approached Spielberg and Geffen about the possibility of setting up a studio in Hollywood where the three of them could create entertainment independently from the larger studios and would be largely focused on animation, motion pictures, television, interactive new media and music. Moments later, DW signed a deal with [[Creator/{{ABC}} Capital Cities-ABC]] for a production joint-venture and Korean conglomerate [=CheilJedang=] invested in the studio and acquired select Asian distribution rights to DW's titles. At its founding, [=DreamWorks=] became the first major independent Hollywood studio (and the first major studio founded by creators, not executives) since the birth of Creator/UnitedArtists in [[UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood 1919]]. In 1995, artists from Amblinmation (the UK-based animation unit of Amblin) joined the studio and which led to DW buing a majority in visual effects studio PDI (Pacific Data Images) to produce a CG-animated feature and that same year, DW signed a international distribution and worldwide home video deal with MCA. In 1997, Amblinmation was shuttered and had their staff joining the studio. That same year, [=DreamWorks=] Interactive was formed and DW teamed up with Creator/{{Pathe}} and Creator/AardmanAnimations to co-produce and co-finance ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun''. In 1998, 1997, DW released its first three films, ''Film/ThePeacemaker'', Steven Spielber's ''Film/Amistad'' Spielberg's ''{{Film/Amistad}}'' and ''Film/MouseHunt''.
''Film/MouseHunt''. The following year, the studio's first animated features, ''WesternAnimation/Antz'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' were released. In 1999, after the success of ''Chicken Run'', DW signed a four-year film deal with Aardman. In 1999, DW formed an arthouse banner known as Go Fish Pictures and in 2000, DW formed [=DreamWorks=] Animation to consolidate their Glendale animation campus and PDI into one roof.



However, by 2005 the studio was about $400 million in debt, so the founders agreed to a deal to sell [=DreamWorks=] to [[Creator/{{ParamountGlobal}} Viacom]] subsidiary Creator/{{Paramount}} for $1.6 billion (sans Katzenberg's [=DreamWorks=] Animation, which had been spun off into its own company in 2004 but kept the [=DreamWorks=] logo and trademarks as part of the deal). The sale was completed in February 2006, and in March of that same year Viacom sold the rights to [=DreamWorks=]' pre-2006 film library to Soros Strategic Partners for $900 million (only to purchase it back in 2010 for $400 million, making a $500 million profit on the arrangement). Paramount retained distribution rights, and thus now had worldwide distribution rights to nine films that they and [=DreamWorks=] had collaborated on, two of which had yet to be released (see the list below for these films).

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In 2001, the studio had a big success with ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', which became the first animated film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature the following year. Three years later, Katzenberg left DW for good, and took DW's animation studio, PDI and most of their IPs and formed a separate DWA.

However, by 2005 the studio was about $400 million in debt, so the founders agreed to a deal to sell [=DreamWorks=] to [[Creator/{{ParamountGlobal}} Viacom]] subsidiary Creator/{{Paramount}} for $1.6 billion (sans Katzenberg's [=DreamWorks=] Animation, which had been spun off into its own company in 2004 but kept the [=DreamWorks=] logo and trademarks as part of the deal).billion. The sale was completed in February 2006, and in March of that same year Viacom sold the rights to [=DreamWorks=]' pre-2006 film library to Soros Strategic Partners for $900 million (only to purchase it back in 2010 for $400 million, making a $500 million profit on the arrangement). Paramount retained distribution rights, and thus now had worldwide distribution rights to nine films that they and [=DreamWorks=] had collaborated on, two of which had yet to be released (see the list below for these films).



** ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' (2000; with Creator/AardmanAnimations and Creator/Pathe)

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** ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' (2000; with Creator/AardmanAnimations and Creator/Pathe)Creator/{{Pathe}})



* ''Film/TheFifthEstate'' (2013; with Creator/TouchstonePictures)

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* ''Film/TheFifthEstate'' (2013; with Creator/TouchstonePictures)(2013)



** ''Film/LettersFromIwoJima'' (2006; with Creator/WarnerBros, Creator/{{Paramount}} and Creator/AmblinEntertainment)

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** ''Film/LettersFromIwoJima'' (2006; with Creator/WarnerBros, Creator/{{Paramount}} Creator/WarnerBros and Creator/AmblinEntertainment)



* ''Film/{{Fright Night|2011}}'' (2011; with Creator/TouchstonePictures)

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* ''Film/{{Fright Night|2011}}'' (2011; with Creator/TouchstonePictures)(2011)



* ''Film/TheHelp'' (2011; with Creator/TouchstonePictures)

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* ''Film/TheHelp'' (2011; with Creator/TouchstonePictures)(2011)



* ''Film/HotelForDogs'' (2009; with Creator/{{Nickelodeon}})

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* ''Film/HotelForDogs'' (2009; with Creator/{{Nickelodeon}})Creator/NickelodeonMovies)



* ''Film/MemoirsOfAGeisha'' (2005; with Creator/ColumbiaPictures and Creator/AmblinEntertainment)

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* ''Film/MemoirsOfAGeisha'' (2005; with [[Creator/SpyglassMediaGroup Spyglass Entertainment]], Creator/ColumbiaPictures and Creator/AmblinEntertainment)



* ''Film/MinorityReport'' (2002; with [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century]] and Creator/AmblinEntertainment)

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* ''Film/MinorityReport'' (2002; with [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century]] Fox]] and Creator/AmblinEntertainment)



* ''Film/ThePost'' (2017; with [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century]])

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* ''Film/ThePost'' (2017; with [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century]])Fox]] (Amblin handled distribution internationally))



* ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' (2002; with [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century]])

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* ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' (2002; with [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century]])Fox]])



* ''Film/{{A Series of Unfortunate Events|2004}}'' (2004; with Creator/{{Paramount}} and Creator/{{Nickelodeon}})

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* ''Film/{{A Series of Unfortunate Events|2004}}'' (2004; with Creator/{{Paramount}} and Creator/{{Nickelodeon}})Creator/NickelodeonMovies)



* ''Literature/WarHorse'' (2011; with Creator/TouchstonePictures and Creator/AmblinEntertainment)

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* ''Literature/WarHorse'' (2011; with Creator/TouchstonePictures and Creator/AmblinEntertainment)

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