Amblin Entertainment

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Amblin Entertainment

Founded	1981
Headquarters	United States California, U.S.
Key people	Steven Spielberg Kathleen Kennedy Frank Marshall
Industry	Film, Television

Amblin Entertainment is an American film and television production company founded by critically and financially successful director, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, a film producer and Frank Marshall another film producer in 1981. Amblin is only a production company, and has never distributed its own movies, nor has it fully financed its productions, needing the help of the studios that distributed it. Its logo features the silhouette of E.T. riding in the basket on Elliot's bicycle flying in front of the moon from the movie, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

Amblin is named after Spielberg's first commercially-released film, Amblin' (1968), a short independent film about a man and woman hitchhiking through the desert. The film, which cost $15,000 to produce, was shown for Universal Studios and won Spielberg more directing roles. Although Spielberg owns shares in both Amblin and DreamWorks, it's Universal that distributes many Amblin productions and Amblin operates out of a building on the Universal lot.

In addition to various Spielberg films, Amblin has produced movies by other directors including Joe Dante (Gremlins, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Innerspace, Small Soldiers), Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future: The Trilogy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit), Brian Levant (the Flintstones duology), Penelope Spheeris (the 1994 film remake of The Little Rascals), Don Bluth (An American Tail, The Land Before Time), Gil Kenan (Monster House), Richard Donner (The Goonies), Jan De Bont (Twister), Barry Sonnenfeld (the Men in Black duology) and Martin Scorsese (Cape Fear) and Joe Johnston (Jurassic Park III).

Amblin's most critically acclaimed production is Schindler's List (1993). The film was nominated for twelve Academy Awards and won seven, including Best Picture. The movie has also become a teaching tool in high schools and universities. A companion study guide, Facing History, was prepared through a grant from Amblin and Universal.

Amblin's television series credits include Amazing Stories, seaQuest DSV, Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Freakazoid, Earth 2, ER, and Fievel's American Tails. Fievel's American Tails and others were produced by Amblin's animation division Amblimation, which was active from 1991 until 1995.

Another studio which has distributed many Amblin productions is Warner Bros. Entertainment. DreamWorks (which was co-founded by Spielberg) has distributed a number of Amblin productions since 1994.

Contents 1 Motion pictures 2 Television shows 2.1 Live-action 2.1.1 With DreamWorks Television 2.1.2 With Universal Television 2.1.3 With Warner Bros. Television 2.2 Animated 2.2.1 With Universal Animation Studios 2.2.2 With Warner Bros. Television Animation 2.2.3 With Universal, WB and Nelvana 3 External links

[edit] Motion pictures

This section's factual accuracy is disputed. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page. (October 2008)

Title	Release Date	Main Studio 1	Main Studio 2	Other Production Companies
Continental Divide	01 09-18-1981	Universal Studios
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	02 06-11-1982	Universal Studios
Gremlins	03 06-08-1984	Warner Bros.
Fandango	04 01-25-1985	Warner Bros.
Goonies, The	05 06-07-1985	Warner Bros.
Back to the Future	06 07-03-1985	Universal Studios		U-Drive Productions
Young Sherlock Holmes	07 12-04-1985	Paramount Pictures		Industrial Light & Magic
Color Purple, The	08 12-18-1985	Warner Bros.		The Guber-Peters Company
Money Pit, The	09 03-26-1986	Universal Studios		U-Drive Productions
American Tail, An	10 11-21-1986	Universal Studios		U-Drive Productions
Harry and the Hendersons	11 06-05-1987	Universal Studios		U-Drive Productions
Innerspace	12 07-01-1987	Warner Bros.
Batteries *batteries not included	13 12-18-1987	Universal Studios
Empire of the Sun	14 12-25-1987	Warner Bros.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit	15 06-22-1988	Buena Vista Pictures		Silver Screen Partners Touchstone Pictures (distributing label)
Land Before Time, The	16 11-18-1988	Universal Studios		Lucasfilm Sullivan Bluth Studios U-Drive Productions
Dad	17 10-27-1989	Universal Studios		Ubu Productions
Back to the Future Part II	18 11-22-1989	Universal Studios		U-Drive Productions
Always	19 12-22-1989	United Artists	Universal Studios	U-Drive Productions
Joe Versus the Volcano	20 03-09-1990	Universal Studios
Back to the Future Part III	21 05-25-1990	Universal Studios		U-Drive Productions
Gremlins 2: The New Batch	22 06-15-1990	Warner Bros.
Arachnophobia	23 07-18-1990	Buena Vista Pictures		Hollywood Pictures (distributing label) Tangled Web Productions
Brief History of Time, A	24 10-XX-1991	Triton Pictures		Anglia Television Channel Four Films NBC Tokyo Broadcasting System
Cape Fear	25 11-13-1991	Universal Studios		Cappa Films TriBeCa Productions
American Tail, An: Fievel Goes West	26 11-22-1991	Universal Studios
Hook	27 12-11-1991	Sony Pictures Entertainment		TriStar Pictures (distributing label)
Noises Off...	28 03-20-1992	Buena Vista Pictures		Nothing On Productions Touchstone Pictures (distributing label) Touchwood Pacific Partners
Far Off Place, A	29 03-12-1993	Buena Vista Pictures
Jurassic Park	30 06-11-1993	Universal Studios
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story	31 11-24-1993	Universal Studios
Dangerous Woman, A	32 12-03-1993	PolyGram Filmed Entertainment		Gramercy Pictures (distributing label) Island World Rollercoaster Productions
Schindler's List	33 12-15-1993	Universal Studios
Flintstones, The	34 05-27-1994	Universal Studios		Hanna-Barbera
Little Rascals, The	35 08-05-1994	Universal Studios		King World Productions
Little Giants	36 10-14-1994	Warner Bros.
Casper	37 05-26-1995	Universal Studios		Harvey Entertainment
Bridges of Madison County, The	38 06-02-1995	Warner Bros.		Malpaso Productions
To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar	39 09-08-1995	Universal Studios
How to Make an American Quilt	40 10-06-1995	Universal Studios
Balto	41 12-22-1995	Universal Studios
Twister	42 05-17-1996	Universal Studios	Warner Bros.	Constant c Productions
Trigger Effect, The	43 08-30-1996	Universal Studios		Gramercy Pictures (distributing label)
Lost World, The: Jurassic Park	44 05-19-1997	Universal Studios
Men in Black	45 07-02-1997	Sony Pictures Entertainment		Columbia Pictures (distributing label) Parkes/MacDonald Productions
Small Soldiers	46 07-10-1998	DreamWorks	Universal Studios
Mask of Zorro, The	47 07-17-1998	Sony Pictures Entertainment		David Foster Productions Global Entertainment Productions TriStar Pictures (distributing label) Zorro Productions
Saving Private Ryan	48 07-24-1998	DreamWorks	Paramount Pictures	Mark Gordon Productions The Mutual Film Company
In Dreams	49 01-15-1999	DreamWorks
Wakko's Wish	50 12-21-1999	Warner Bros.
Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, The	51 04-28-2000	Universal Studios		Hanna-Barbera
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence	52 06-29-2001	DreamWorks	Warner Bros.	Stanley Kubrick Productions
Jurassic Park III	53 07-18-2001	Universal Studios
Minority Report	54 06-21-2002	20th Century Fox	DreamWorks	Blue Tulip Productions Cruise/Wagner Productions
Men in Black II	55 07-04-2002	Sony Pictures Entertainment		Columbia Pictures (distributing label) Parkes/MacDonald Productions
Catch Me If You Can	56 12-25-2002	DreamWorks		Kemp Company Parkes/MacDonald Productions Splendid Pictures
Terminal, The	57 06-18-2004	DreamWorks		Parkes/MacDonald Productions
War of the Worlds	58 06-29-2005	DreamWorks	Paramount Pictures	Cruise/Wagner Productions
Legend of Zorro, The	59 10-28-2005	Sony Pictures Entertainment		Spyglass Entertainment Tornado Productions
Memoirs of a Geisha	60 12-09-2005	DreamWorks	Sony Pictures Entertainment	Red Wagon Productions Spyglass Entertainment
Munich	61 12-23-2005	DreamWorks	Universal Studios	Alliance Atlantis Barry Mendel Productions The Kennedy/Marshall Company Peninsula Films
Monster House	62 07-21-2006	Sony Pictures Entertainment		ImageMovers Relativity Media
Flags of Our Fathers	63 10-20-2006	DreamWorks	Warner Bros.	Malpaso Productions
Letters from Iwo Jima	64 01-27-2007	DreamWorks	Warner Bros.	Malpaso Productions
Trial of the Chicago 7, The	65 XX-XX-2009	DreamWorks		Parkes/MacDonald Productions
Lincoln	66 XX-XX-2010	DreamWorks		The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Warrior	67 1-22-2010	Lions Gate Entertainment	The Weinstein Company	Spyglass Entertainment Red Wagon Entertainment The Kennedy/Marshall Company
The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn	68 12-23-2011	Paramount Pictures	Sony Pictures Entertainment	Columbia Pictures Hergé Studios The Kennedy/Marshall Company WingNut Films
Interstellar	69 XX-XX-2011	Paramount Pictures		Lynda Obst Productions

[edit] Television shows

[edit] Live-action

[edit] With DreamWorks Television

• On the Lot (2007)
• The Talisman (2009, miniseries)

[edit] With Universal Television

• Amazing Stories (1985-1987)
• Harry and the Hendersons (1991-1993, through MCA TV)
• seaQuest DSV (1993-1996)
• Earth 2 (1994-1995)
• Fudge (1995, through MTE)

[edit] With Warner Bros. Television

• ER (1994-2009)

[edit] Animated

[edit] With Universal Animation Studios

• Back to the Future: The Animated Series (1991-1992)
• Fievel's American Tails (1992, also with Nelvana)
• The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper (1996-1998)
• The Land Before Time (2007-)

[edit] With Warner Bros. Television Animation

• Tiny Toon Adventures (1990-1992)
• The Plucky Duck Show (1992)
• Animaniacs (1993-1998)
• Freakazoid! (1995-1997)
• Pinky and the Brain (1995-1998)
• Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain (1998-1999)

[edit] With Universal, WB and Nelvana

• Family Dog (1993)

[edit] External links

• Amblin Entertainment at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e Steven Spielberg filmography 1970s The Sugarland Express (1974) · Jaws (1975) · Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) · 1941 (1979) 1980s Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) · Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) · The Color Purple (1985) · Empire of the Sun (1987) · Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) · Always (1989) 1990s Hook (1991) · Jurassic Park (1993) · Schindler's List (1993) · The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) · Amistad (1997) · Saving Private Ryan (1998) 2000s A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) · Minority Report (2002) · Catch Me If You Can (2002)  · The Terminal (2004) · War of the Worlds (2005) · Munich (2005) · Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) 2010s The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (2011) Future projects Lincoln (2010) · Interstellar (TBA) · The 39 Clues (TBA) · Oldboy (TBA) · Chocky (TBA) Production credits I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) · Used Cars (1980) · Continental Divide (1981) · Poltergeist (1982) · E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) · Gremlins (1984) · Back to the Future (1985) · The Goonies (1985) · Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) · The Color Purple (1985) · An American Tail (1986) · The Money Pit (1986) · *batteries not included (1987) · Harry and the Hendersons (1987; uncredited) · Innerspace (1987) · Empire of the Sun (1987) · Three O'Clock High (1987; uncredited) · The Land Before Time (1988) · Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) · Back to the Future Part II (1989) · Always (1989) · Dad (1989) · Arachnophobia (1990) · Back to the Future Part III (1990) · Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) · Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) · An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) · Cape Fear (1991) · We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) · Schindler's List (1993) · The Flintstones (1994) · Casper (1995) · Balto (1995) · Twister (1996) · Men in Black (1997) · Amistad (1997) · Deep Impact (1998) · The Mask of Zorro (1998) · Saving Private Ryan (1998) · The Last Days (1998) · The Prince of Egypt (1998; uncredited) · The Haunting (1999; uncredited)  · Evolution (2001; uncredited) · A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) · Jurassic Park III (2001) · Shrek (2001; uncredited) · Men in Black II (2002) · Catch Me If You Can (2002) · The Terminal (2004) · The Legend of Zorro (2005) · Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) · Munich (2005) · Monster House (2006) · Flags of Our Fathers (2006) · Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) · Disturbia (2007; uncredited) · Transformers (2007) · Eagle Eye (2008) · Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) · The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (2011) Television Night Gallery (1970) · Amazing Stories (1985–1987) · Tiny Toon Adventures (1990–1992) · A Wish for Wings That Work (1991) · Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992) · Family Dog (1993) · seaQuest DSV (1993–1995) · Animaniacs (1993–1998) · ER (1994) · Pinky and the Brain / Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain (1995–1999) · Freakazoid! (1995–1997) · Toonsylvania (1998–1999) · Band of Brothers (2001) · Taken (2002) · Into the West (2005) · On the Lot (2007) · United States of Tara (2009) · The Pacific (2010) Games Boom Blox (2008) · Boom Blox Bash Party (2009) Short films Tummy Trouble (1989; played with Honey, I Shrunk the Kids) · Roller Coaster Rabbit (1990; played with Dick Tracy) · Trail Mix-Up (1993; played with A Far Off Place) · I'm Mad (1994; played with Thumbelina) See also Firelight (1964) · Amblin' (1968) · Duel (1971) · Kick The Can (1983) Filmography · Amblin Entertainment · DreamWorks · Shoah Foundation

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