Information about Walt Disney Pictures

Walt Disney Pictures
Subsidiary
FoundedBurbank, California, USA (1983)
HeadquartersBurbank, California, USA
Key peopleDick Cook, Chairman
Oren Aviv, President
IndustryMotion pictures
Revenue
Operating income
ParentBuena Vista Motion Pictures Group
OwnerThe Walt Disney Company
Websitewww.disneypictures.com




Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company:

Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner, was established as a designation in 1983, prior to which Disney films since the death of Walt Disney were released under the name of the parent company, then named Walt Disney Productions. Another label, Touchstone Pictures, was created in 1984 to enable Disney to release films with a more mature content than what was asscociated with the Disney name.

Walt Disney Pictures historically distributes films rated G or PG. This has however changed when was rated PG-13. Previous films with a rating above PG would have been released under the Touchstone Pictures or Hollywood Pictures banners. , and are the only other Walt Disney Pictures releases with a PG-13 rating.

Walt Disney Pictures and Television, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studio Entertainment and the main production company for live-action feature films within the Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, based at the Walt Disney Studios, acquires and produces output that are released under the Walt Disney Pictures and Touchstone Pictures banners. Their most commercially successful production partners in later years has been Jerry Bruckheimer, Spyglass Entertainment and Walden Media.

Animated feature films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios (formerly Walt Disney Feature Animation) Pixar Animation Studios, and DisneyToon Studios are usually released by Walt Disney Pictures. Exceptions include Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Nightmare Before Christmas which were originally released by Touchstone Pictures.

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Burbank, California
Location of Burbank in Los Angeles County, California
Coordinates:
Country United States
State California
County Los Angeles
Founded May 1 1887
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Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1950s  1960s  1970s  - 1980s -  1990s  2000s  2010s
1980 1981 1982 - 1983 - 1984 1985 1986

Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII
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For the British Jazz writer, see Richard Cook.
Richard W. "Dick" Cook is Chairman of the Walt Disney Studios. He is the only top Disney executive who has worked for the company since before Michael Eisner took charge in 1984.
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Industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent, industrious"), is the segment of economy concerned with production of goods. Industry began in its present form during the 1800s, aided by technological advances, and it has continued to develop to this day.
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Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects.
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Revenue is a business term for the amount of money that a company receives from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers.
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In financial and business accounting, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) is a measure of a firm's profitability that excludes interest and income tax expenses.[1]

EBIT = Operating Revenue – Operating Expenses + Non-operating Income
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worldwide view.


A holding company is a company that owns part, all, or a majority of other companies' outstanding stock. It usually refers to a company which does not produce goods or services itself, rather its only
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Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, a fictitious business name of Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, Inc.[1], is a collection of affiliated production companies and imprints, all of them being the property of The Walt Disney Company.
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Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over property, which may be an object, land/real estate, intellectual property or some other kind of property. It is embodied in an ownership right also referred to as title.
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The Walt Disney Company

Public (NYSE: DIS )
Founded Burbank, California, USA (1923)
Founder Walt and Roy Disney
Headquarters Burbank, California,
 United States

Key people Robert Iger, President/CEO
Industry Media and Entertainment
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A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN.
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The Walt Disney Company

Public (NYSE: DIS )
Founded Burbank, California, USA (1923)
Founder Walt and Roy Disney
Headquarters Burbank, California,
 United States

Key people Robert Iger, President/CEO
Industry Media and Entertainment
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Walter Elias Disney (December 5 1901 – December 15 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.
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Touchstone Pictures

Subsidiary
Founded Burbank, California, USA (1984)
Headquarters Burbank, California, USA

Key people John E. Pepper, Jr., Chairman
Robert Iger, President/CEO

Industry Motion pictures
Revenue
Operating income
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Touchstone Pictures

Subsidiary
Founded Burbank, California, USA (1984)
Headquarters Burbank, California, USA

Key people John E. Pepper, Jr., Chairman
Robert Iger, President/CEO

Industry Motion pictures
Revenue
Operating income
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Hollywood Pictures is one of The Walt Disney Company's several alternate movie divisions. Like Disney's Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films brands, it produces films for a more mature adult audience than Walt Disney Pictures. Its first release was Arachnophobia (1990).
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live action refers to works that are acted out by human actors, as opposed to animation. Live action is the norm in film and video, and thus the term is usually superfluous.
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A feature film is a term the film industry uses to refer to a film made for initial distribution in theaters.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,[1] the American Film Institute,[2] and the British Film Institute[3]
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Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, a fictitious business name of Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, Inc.[1], is a collection of affiliated production companies and imprints, all of them being the property of The Walt Disney Company.
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Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, United States, serve as the international headquarters for media conglomerate The Walt Disney Company.

Disney staff began the move from the old Disney studio at Hyperion Avenue in Silver Lake on December 24, 1939.
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Touchstone Pictures

Subsidiary
Founded Burbank, California, USA (1984)
Headquarters Burbank, California, USA

Key people John E. Pepper, Jr., Chairman
Robert Iger, President/CEO

Industry Motion pictures
Revenue
Operating income
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Jerry Bruckheimer

Birth name Jerome Leon Bruckheimer
Born September 21 1945 (1945--) (age 62)
Detroit, Michigan

Nationality American


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Spyglass Entertainment is an American film and television production company, Co-founded by Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum, where they serve as Co-CEO's. Jonathan Glickman serves the current President of Production.
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Walden Media

Film Production
Publishing Company
Founded 2001
Headquarters Los Angeles, California (corporate headquarters)
Boston, Massachusetts (Education, Outreach, Interactive and Publishing office), USA

Key people Michael Flaherty
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Walt Disney Animation Studios

Subsidiary
Founded 1934
Headquarters Burbank, California,  United States

Key people Ed Catmull
John Lasseter
Area served Feature Animation
Industry Entertainment
Parent The Walt Disney Company


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Pixar Animation Studios

Subsidiary of Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group (Disney)
Founded December 9, 1985
Headquarters Emeryville, California, USA

Key people Ed Catmull, President, Disney and Pixar Animation Studios
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DisneyToon Studios is an animation studio and a division of Walt Disney Animation Studios. It had produced primarily sequels to Disney animated features (The Lion King 1½, ), Winnie-the-Pooh films (Pooh's Heffalump Movie), and Mickey Mouse films (,
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a 1988 film produced by Amblin Entertainment and The Walt Disney Company (released on its Touchstone Pictures banner), which blends traditional animation and live action.
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