The Geffen Film Company

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The Geffen Film Company (also known as The Geffen Company and later Geffen Pictures) was a film distributor and production company founded by David Geffen, the founder of Geffen Records, and future co-founder of DreamWorks. Geffen founded the company in 1980, having recruited Eric Eisner as president, and distributed its films through Warner Bros. Geffen later sold it to Universal Studios, but Warner owns the rights to most of GFC's films. The on... more
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David Geffen

David Geffen (born February 21, 1943) is an American record executive, film producer, theatrical producer and philanthropist. Geffen is noted for creating Asylum Records in 1970 (which was sold out to the Warner Music Group who merged it with Elektra Records in 1972 to form Elektra/Asylum Records),...

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