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Endemol Shine Group
Endemol Shine Group: Dutch-headquartered TV production and distribution company formed 1 January 2015 as a 50/50 joint venture of 21st Century Fox and Apollo, merging Endemol, Shine, and CORE Media; acquired by Banijay in 2020.
Eon Productions
Eon Productions (also EON Productions) is a British film and theatre company founded in 1961 by Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, producer of 25 official James Bond films grossing over $7.6 billion.
Eric Fellner
Eric Fellner (born 1959) is an English film producer, co-chairman of Working Title Films with Tim Bevan since 1992, producer of Four Weddings, Bridget Jones, Les Misérables, and CBE recipient.
Eros International
Eros International, founded in India in 1977 by Arjan Lulla, is an Indian film production and distribution company with a 3,000-film library and the Eros Now streaming service; it merged with STX Entertainment in 2020 and delisted from the NYSE in 2023.
Excel Entertainment
Excel Entertainment, founded 1999 by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar in Mumbai, produced Dil Chahta Hai, Mirzapur, Inside Edge, and Gully Boy; UMG's India unit bought 30% in 2026. Distinct from the Utah-based Excel Entertainment Group.
Excellent Cadaver
Excellent Cadaver is Jennifer Lawrence and Justine Ciarrocchi's American production company, founded 2018; credits include Causeway, No Hard Feelings, Bread & Roses, and Zurawski v Texas. Distinct from the 1999 HBO film Excellent Cadavers.
Fantagio (판타지오)
Fantagio (판타지오), styled Fantazio, is a KOSDAQ-listed South Korean entertainment company incorporated in 1991 and renamed from N.O.A Entertainment in 2011; it manages ASTRO, Cha Eun-woo, and LUN8 and produces films and dramas.
Feras Antoon
Feras Antoon (فراس انطون), born 1975 in Damascus, is a Syrian-Canadian executive, co-founder and CEO of Aylo (formerly MindGeek), owner of Pornhub; he built Brazzers, sold his sites to Fabian Thylmann in 2010, and bought Manwin back in 2013.
Film4 Productions
Film4 Productions is Channel 4 Television's feature film division, founded in 1982 as Film on Four. It develops and co-finances about 10-12 British features yearly, distinct from the Film4 TV channel.
Fred Ball
Fred Ball refers to several people: Frederick Henry Ball (1915–2007), Desilu executive and brother of Lucille Ball; Fred S. Ball (1932–2015), Salt Lake Chamber CEO; Norwegian songwriter Fredrik Ball; and actor-magician Fred Ball (1938–2017).
Fremantle (company)
Fremantle (formerly FremantleMedia) is the global television and film production and distribution group owned by RTL Group under Bertelsmann, known for Got Talent, The X Factor, and The Price is Right, operating in 28 countries.
Fullscreen (company)
Fullscreen was an American Los Angeles YouTube multi-channel network founded January 2011 by George Strompolos; at peak 50,000 creators and 4 billion monthly views, sold to Otter Media (Chernin/AT&T) in 2014, dissolved October 31, 2021, succeeded by Elreration.
Fulwell 73
Fulwell 73, also called Fulwell Entertainment, is a London-founded 2005 production company behind Carpool Karaoke, Sunderland 'Til I Die, The Kardashians, and Friends: The Reunion, now merged with SpringHill.
Gavin Smith (film studio executive)
Gavin Smith (1954–2012) was a 20th Century Fox film distribution executive and UCLA's 1975 NCAA championship basketball player, murdered in 2012 by John Creech, convicted of voluntary manslaughter in 2017.
Geetha Arts
Geetha Arts is a Telugu film production and distribution company founded in 1972 by Allu Aravind in Hyderabad. Known for Ghajini, Magadheera, and Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, it runs the GA2 Pictures small-film banner and co-founded the Aha OTT platform, with a 2027 lineup including Allu Arjun's film with Basil Joseph.
GirlsDoPorn
GirlsDoPorn (GDP) was a San Diego-based pornography website operated from 2007 to 2019, whose owners were convicted of sex trafficking hundreds of women through fraud and coercion.
GMMTV (จีเอ็มเอ็มทีวี)
GMMTV (จีเอ็มเอ็มทีวี), also known as Grammy Television, is a Thai entertainment company founded in 1995, now a subsidiary of The One Enterprise, known for BL and GL series like 2gether and its khujin pair-based talent model.
Gracie Films
Gracie Films is James L. Brooks's Los Angeles film and TV production company, founded 1984 or 1986, named after Gracie Allen; producer of The Tracey Ullman Show, The Simpsons, Broadcast News, Big, Jerry Maguire, and As Good as It Gets, distinct from unrelated UK or Brazilian namesakes.
Grant Tinker
Grant Tinker (1925 or 1926–2016), American television executive and producer; co-founder of MTM Enterprises with Mary Tyler Moore and NBC chairman-CEO 1981–1986, reviving the network with Cheers, Hill Street Blues, and The Cosby Show.
Haim Saban (חיים סבן)
Haim Saban (חיים סבן), born 1944 in Alexandria, Egypt, is an Israeli-American media mogul and investor, producer of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, seller of Fox Family Worldwide to Disney for $5.2 billion in 2001, former Univision chairman, and major Democratic and pro-Israel donor.
Hal Roach
Hal Roach, born Harold Eugene Roach, was an American film producer who founded Hal Roach Studios in 1914 and produced Harold Lloyd, Our Gang, and Laurel and Hardy comedies.
Happy Madison Productions
Happy Madison Productions, also known as Happy Madison, is an American production company founded by Adam Sandler in December 1999, named after his hits Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison.
Hardy Son & Baker
Hardy Son & Baker is an independent British production company founded in 2012 by actor Tom Hardy and producer Dean Baker, best known for the drama Taboo.
Harpo Productions
Harpo Productions is Oprah Winfrey's American multimedia production company, founded in Chicago in 1986 (Oprah spelled backwards). It owned The Oprah Winfrey Show from 1988 to 2011, built Harpo Films and O magazine, co-founded OWN with Discovery in 2008, and operates today from West Hollywood as Harpo Entertainment.
Harry Warner
Harry Warner (Hirsz Wonsal, 1881–1958), Polish-born eldest Warner brother and president of Warner Bros. Pictures from 1923; ran the business side, pioneered Vitaphone sound with The Jazz Singer, led the studio's anti-Nazi film campaign, and lost control to Jack in 1956.
Harvey Levin
Harvey Robert Levin, American lawyer turned TV producer and celebrity reporter, born 1950 in Los Angeles; University of Chicago JD 1975; founder and managing editor of TMZ (2005), sold to Fox Entertainment in 2021.
Harvey Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein (born 1952) is the American producer who co-founded Miramax and The Weinstein Company, won Oscars for indie hits like Pulp Fiction and The King's Speech, then became the #MeToo movement's central defendant with New York and California sex-crime convictions.
HBO Films
HBO Films is the film production division of HBO, the Warner Bros. Discovery premium cable network. Known as the 'auteur studio of the nineties,' it co-financed Sophie's Choice, made The Terry Fox Story (1983), and nurtures independent film.
Hello Sunshine (company)
Hello Sunshine is the women-centered media company founded by Reese Witherspoon in 2016, home of Reese's Book Club and producer of Big Little Lies and The Morning Show; valued at $900 million in its 2021 Blackstone-backed deal and bought back by Witherspoon and Mediawan from Candle Media in 2026.
Higher Ground Productions
Higher Ground Productions, the Obamas' 2018 media company (Higher Ground Media), began as an exclusive Netflix deal; American Factory won the 2019 documentary Oscar, and the company moved toward independence in 2026.