Production and Distribution Companies

Production and Distribution Companies

A Production Company is generally involved in producing either recorded or live entertainment or its the type of company thats involved in funding, helping to facilitate the making of films or Tv shows. It most often provides the money for the making and distributing. The production company may be directly responsible for fundraising for the production or may accomplish this through a parent company, partner, or private investor. They handle budgeting, scheduling, scripting, the supply with talent and resources, the organization of staff, the production itself, post-production, distribution, and marketing.
Production companies are often either owned or under contract with a media conglomerate, film studio, entertainment company, or Motion Picture Company, who act as the production company's partner or parent company. This has become known as the "studio system". Production companies can work together in co-productions.


Well known Gangster Film Porduction Companies:

Warner Bros. - Goodfellas, Bonnie and Clyde
Dark Castle/Studio Canal - Rock n Rolla
Paramount Pictures - The Godfather Triology
Working Title/Universal - American Gangster



Universal is an American motion picture studio, owned by Comcast. We decided to use Universal as our Production company logo, as it has produced and distributed lots of gangster films like ours.






A Film Distribution Company is a company or individual responsible for the marketing of a film. The distributor may set the release date of a film and the method by which a film is to be exhibited or made available for viewing: for example, directly to the public either theatrically or for home viewing A distributor may do this directly, if the distributor owns the theaters or film distribution networks, or through theatrical exhibitors and other sub-distributors. A limited distributor may deal only with particular products, such as DVDs or Blu-ray, or may act in a particular country or market.


Well known Gangster Film Distributors:

Warner Bros. - Goodfellas, The Departed, Once Apon A Time In America
Paramount Pictures - The Godfather I, II and III
Universal - Scarface, Carlito's Way, Casino
Tri Star - Donnie Brasco

Paramount Pictures Corporation is a film and television production/distribution studio, consistently ranked as one of the largest (top-grossing) movie studios. It also owns Paramount Pictures which is one of the leading independent motion pictures distributors. Its most successful films were Kung Fu Panda, Iron Man and Titanic.