Amblin Entertainment

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Amblin Entertainment

Type	Private
Founded	1981
Headquarters	Universal City, 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 director, Steven Spielberg, and film producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall 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, first seen in complete form at the end of The Goonies, 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. (The logo music was composed and conducted by John Williams.)

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 trilogy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit), Brian Levant (the Flintstones duology), Penelope Spheeris (the 1994 film remake of The Little Rascals), Brad Silberling (Casper), Don Bluth (An American Tail, The Land Before Time), Clint Eastwood (The Bridges of Madison County, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima), Gil Kenan (Monster House), Martin Campbell (The Mask of Zorro, The Legend of Zorro), Richard Donner (The Goonies), Jan De Bont (Twister), Barry Sonnenfeld (the Men in Black duology), Martin Scorsese (Cape Fear) and Joe Johnston (Jurassic Park III). The majority of these directors are close friends of Spielberg , who has an executive producer or producer credit on many but not all of Amblin's non-Spielberg films (his name does not appear on the credits of Small Soldiers, The Little Rascals, Cape Fear, or the two Flintstones films - the "Steven Spielrock Presents" credit on the latter notwithstanding).

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. (However, the Amblin logo does not appear on the film itself.) 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, Back to the Future: The Animated Series, ER, Family Dog (TV series), The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper, Fievel's American Tails and The Land Before Time (TV series).

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. The Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group also has collaborated with Amblin in such films as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Arachnophobia, Noises Off and A Far Off Place.

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.
The Goonies	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
The Color Purple	08 12-18-1985	Warner Bros.		The Guber-Peters Company
The Money Pit	09 03-26-1986	Universal Studios		U-Drive Productions
An American Tail	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 (Walt Disney Pictures)		Silver Screen Partners Touchstone Pictures (distributing label)
The Land Before Time	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	Universal Studios	United Artists	U-Drive Productions
Joe Versus the Volcano	20 03-09-1990	Warner Bros.
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
A Brief History of Time*	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
An American Tail: 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
A Far Off Place*	29 03-12-1993	Buena Vista Pictures		Walt Disney Pictures (distributing label) Touchwood Pacific Partners
Jurassic Park	30 06-11-1993	Universal Studios
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story	31 11-24-1993	Universal Studios
A Dangerous Woman*	32 12-03-1993	Universal Studios		Gramercy Pictures (distributing label) Island World Rollercoaster Productions
Schindler's List	33 12-15-1993	Universal Studios
The Flintstones*	34 05-27-1994	Universal Studios		Hanna-Barbera Productions
The Little Rascals*	35 08-05-1994	Universal Studios		King World Productions
Little Giants*	36 10-14-1994	Warner Bros.
Casper	37 05-26-1995	Universal Studios		The Harvey Entertainment Company
The Bridges of Madison County	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	Warner Bros.	Universal Studios	Constant c Productions
The Trigger Effect*	43 08-30-1996	Universal Studios		Gramercy Pictures (distributing label)
The Lost World: 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
The Mask of Zorro	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
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas*	51 04-28-2000	Universal Studios		Hanna-Barbera Productions
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence	52 06-29-2001	Warner Bros.	DreamWorks	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
The Terminal	57 06-18-2004	DreamWorks		Parkes/MacDonald Productions
War of the Worlds	58 06-29-2005	Paramount Pictures	DreamWorks	Cruise/Wagner Productions
The Legend of Zorro	59 10-28-2005	Sony Pictures Entertainment		Spyglass Entertainment Tornado Productions
Memoirs of a Geisha	60 12-09-2005	Sony Pictures Entertainment	DreamWorks	Red Wagon Productions Spyglass Entertainment
Munich	61 12-23-2005	Universal Studios	DreamWorks	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	Warner Bros.	DreamWorks	Malpaso Productions
The Trial of the Chicago 7	65 XX-XX-2009	DreamWorks		Parkes/MacDonald Productions
Lincoln	66 XX-XX-2010	DreamWorks		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
Roger Rabbit 2	70 XX-XX-2012	Buena Vista Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)		Touchstone Pictures (distributing label)

Asterisked films indicate Spielberg is uncredited.

[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 in a volume 1) production with John Wells Productions

[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 (1990-1995, 2009-)
• 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 (2011) · Interstellar (TBA) · The 39 Clues (TBA) · Oldboy (TBA) · Chocky (TBA) · Harvey (TBA) · Pirate Latitudes (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 Lovely Bones (2009) · Hereafter (2010) · 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 · USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education

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