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Carl Laemmle
Carl Laemmle (Karl Lämmle, 1867–1939), German-born Jewish founder of Universal Pictures, pioneer of the Hollywood star system via Florence Lawrence, builder of Universal City in 1915, and rescuer of hundreds of Jewish refugees through affidavits.
Carolco Pictures
Carolco Pictures was an American independent film studio founded in 1976 by Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna, producer of Rambo, Terminator 2, and Basic Instinct, bankrupt in 1995.
Castle Rock Entertainment
Castle Rock Entertainment: American film and TV production company founded 1987 by Rob Reiner, Alan Horn, Glenn Padnick, Andrew Scheinman and Martin Shafer with Coca-Cola backing; made When Harry Met Sally, Seinfeld, The Shawshank Redemption; now a Warner Bros. Discovery subsidiary.
CBS Studios
CBS Studios is Paramount's American television production company at Radford Avenue, Studio City, formerly CBS Paramount Television and CBS Television Studios; producer of NCIS, CSI, Star Trek, Fire Country, led by David Stapf under George Cheeks.
CCI Entertainment
CCI Entertainment (Cambium Catalyst International) is a Toronto-based Canadian TV and film production and distribution company formed in 2002 by merging Cambium and Catalyst Entertainment; known for Artzooka!, Iron Road, Undercover Grandpa, and the 2013 CCI Kids deal with 9 Story.
Charles Bluhdorn
Charles Bluhdorn (Karl George Bluhdorn), Austrian-born American industrialist (1926–1983), founder-chairman of Gulf and Western Industries and owner of Paramount Pictures, builder of a $5.3 billion conglomerate.
Charles Dolan
Charles Francis Dolan (1926-2024), American cable television pioneer; founder of HBO (1972) and Cablevision (1973), creator of AMC and News 12; family controls Madison Square Garden, Knicks, Rangers, AMC Networks; sold Cablevision to Altice for $17.7 billion in 2016.
Charlie Ebersol
Charlie Ebersol (Charles Duncan Ebersol), American TV and film producer, son of Dick Ebersol and Susan Saint James; co-founder of The Company, director of This Was the XFL, and co-founder of the folded Alliance of American Football.
Chief creative officer
Chief creative officer (CCO): executive leading an organization's creative department and creative strategy in advertising, design, and media; manages creative directors and art directors, sets brand-aligned creative goals, typically after 10-plus years of creative experience.
Chris Meledandri
Chris Meledandri is the American founder and CEO of Illumination, the Universal animation studio behind Despicable Me, Minions, and the Super Mario films with Nintendo, known for a low-cost Paris-based production model and over $11 billion in global box office.
Columbia Pictures Television
Columbia Pictures Television (CPT), the TV production and distribution arm of Columbia Pictures descended from Screen Gems; merged into Columbia TriStar Television in June 1996, later Sony Pictures Television.
Columbia TriStar Television
Columbia TriStar Television (CTT), also called Columbia/Tristar Television, was Sony Pictures Entertainment's American TV production and distribution company from February 21, 1994 until renamed Sony Pictures Television on September 16, 2002.
David Ellison
David Ellison (born 1983) is an American media executive, son of Oracle founder Larry Ellison. He founded Skydance, produced Top Gun: Maverick, acquired Paramount in 2025 and Warner Bros. Discovery in 2026.
David Furnish
David Furnish (born 1962, Toronto) is a Canadian filmmaker and executive, husband of Elton John, CEO of Rocket Entertainment, chairman of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and producer of Rocketman and Billy Elliot the Musical.
David Heyman
David Jonathan Heyman (born 1961, London) is a British film producer and founder of Heyday Films, producer of all eight Harry Potter films and three Fantastic Beasts films, plus Gravity, Barbie, and Paddington, now producing Bond and the HBO Harry Potter series.
David Ladd
David Ladd (David Alan Ladd, born 1947) is an American actor turned producer, son of Alan Ladd and Sue Carol; Golden Globe winner for The Proud Rebel, MGM production executive, producer of Hart's War and A Guy Thing.
David Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood
David Henry George Lascelles, 8th Earl of Harewood (born 1950), British film and television producer of Inspector Morse and Richard III, owner of Harewood House, trustee of Harewood House Trust, and co-founder of Heirs of Slavery.
David Zaslav
David Zaslav (born 1960) is the American media executive who led Discovery Communications from 2007, created Warner Bros. Discovery by merging with WarnerMedia in 2022, ran it through cost cuts, and sold it to Paramount Skydance in 2026 for a roughly $600 million payout.
Dhar Mann
Dhar Mann (born 1984) is an American entrepreneur and founder-CEO of Dhar Mann Studios, a Burbank creator studio making short scripted moral-lesson videos, with 170M+ followers, five episodes weekly, and Disney, Fox, and NFL partnerships.
Dharma Productions
Dharma Productions (धर्मा प्रोडक्शंस), founded by Yash Johar in 1976 and owned by Karan Johar and Adar Poonawalla, is a Mumbai-based Indian film studio behind Dostana, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, and over 60 films, with Dharmatic as its digital arm.
Dick Clark Productions
Dick Clark Productions (DCP) is the American live-event TV producer founded by Dick Clark in 1957, known for New Year's Rockin' Eve, the AMAs, Golden Globes, and Billboard Music Awards, now owned by Penske Media and Eldridge.
Dick Ebersol
Dick Ebersol (born 1947) is an American television executive who co-created Saturday Night Live, led NBC Sports from 1989 to 2011, produced 19 Olympic telecasts, and created Sunday Night Football, distinguishing him from other media executives named Ebersol such as his son Charlie.
Dil Raju
Dil Raju, born Venkataramana Reddy, is an Indian film producer and distributor who heads the Telugu production house Sri Venkateswara Creations and chairs the Telangana State Film Development Corporation.
Domundi TV
Domundi TV, also known as Domundi (ดูมันดิ TV), is a Thai television production company and talent agency founded in 2016 by director and manager Kittipat Jampa, known as Aoftion.
Don Ohlmeyer
Don Ohlmeyer (1945-2017), American TV producer and NBC West Coast president, produced ABC's Monday Night Football in the 1970s, created NBC's Must See TV, and removed Norm Macdonald from SNL's Weekend Update.
Duplass Brothers Productions
Duplass Brothers Productions is the Los Angeles independent production company of filmmakers Mark and Jay Duplass, known for The Puffy Chair, HBO's Togetherness and Room 104, the Emmy-winning Wild Wild Country, Somebody Somewhere, Penelope, and The Creep Tapes.
Eddie Mannix
Eddie Mannix (Joseph Edgar Allen John, 1891-1963), MGM executive, comptroller, general manager, and vice president, was the studio's chief fixer who suppressed Hollywood star scandals alongside Howard Strickling, later fictionalized in Hail, Caesar!.
Elisabeth Murdoch (businesswoman)
Elisabeth Murdoch (born 1968, Sydney), daughter of Rupert Murdoch, ex-wife of Matthew Freud; media executive who founded Shine Group (sold to News Corp 2011), co-founded SISTER, and exited the Murdoch family trust in 2025.
Endeavor (company)
Endeavor Group Holdings is an American sports and entertainment company in Beverly Hills that owns the WME talent agency and, through TKO, the UFC and WWE.
Endemol
Endemol (Endemol B.V.), Dutch TV production company founded 1994 by Joop van den Ende and John de Mol; creator of Big Brother and Deal or No Deal; merged into Endemol Shine Group 2015 and absorbed by Banijay in 2020.