Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, also known as MGM & Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. Once simply the largest and most glamorous of the film studios, MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures. Its headquarters are in Bever... More
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Date founded:

  • Apr 16, 1924

Also known as:

  • MGM Distribution Co., Inc.,
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.,
  • MGM

Business

Employees and other personnel:

Person Title From To
  • 1941
  • 1945
  • 1941
  • 1951
  • 1959
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Number of employees:

number date
  • 400
  • 2006

Owner(s):

Owner Percentage ownership
  • 29 %
  • 21 %
  • 20 %
  • 20 %
  • 7 %
  • 3 %
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Assets owned:

Owned Asset Percentage ownership
  • 33.3 %
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Film

Films:

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Films distributed:

Film Year
  • 2009
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Awards

Awards Won:

Year Award Award Winner Winning work
  • 1942
  • 1936
  • 1937
  • 1941
  • 1937
  • 1937
  • 1936
  • 1936
  • 1936
  • 1936
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Academy Award for Best Picture Winners

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Award Nominations:

Year Award Award Nominee Nominated work
  • 1950
  • 1950
  • 1949
  • 1946
  • 1945
  • 1944
  • 1943
  • 1943
  • 1942
  • 1942
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Organization

Address

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Headquarters

Century City California
United States of America

Founders:

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Parent:

Parent From To
  • 1924
  • 1959
  • 1959
  • 1981
  • 1992
  • 2005
  • 1981
  • 1986
  • Aug 5, 1986
  • 1986
  • 1986
  • 1990
  • 1990
  • 1992
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Child:

Child From To
  • 1992
  • 2005
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Slogan:

  • "Ars Gratia Artis" ( "Art for art's sake")

Acquired by:

Acquiring organization Date
  • 2006
  • 2006
  • 2006
  • 2006
  • 2006
  • 2006
  • Apr 2005
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Organizations acquired:

Organization acquired Date
  • 1997
  • 1997
  • 1997
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