1. By Yasmin Ahmed
http://www.dreamworksstudios.com/

2. An overview of DreamWorks
• DreamWorks Studios is a motion picture company formed by
partners Steven Spielberg, Stacey Snider and The Reliance Anil
Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The studio currently has a worldwide
distribution deal with The Walt Disney Studios, who will market and
distribute their films.
• DreamWorks Studios was originally founded in 1994 by
Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen. One of the
studio’s first forays into the entertainment marketplace was the long-
running sitcom “Spin City.” DreamWorks released its first feature film
in September 1997—the action thriller "The Peacemaker," starring
George Clooney and Nicole Kidman.

3. First movie by DreamWorks
• Spielberg's first film for the
studio, "Amistad," which was nominated
for four Academy Awards™, including
Anthony Hopkins for Best Supporting
Actor. Spielberg also received his eighth
Directors Guild of America (DGA)
nomination for “Amistad.”

4. Blockbuster
Transformers: Revenge of the fallen
• Released date June 19, 2009 (UK), June 24, 2009 (USA, Canada).
• Budget:$200 million, Gross:$836,303,693.
• Awards and nominations: Best Visual Effects at the 82nd Academy
Awards
• Best Sound Mixing
• Teen Choice Awards
• Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
• MTV Movie Awards for Best WTF Moment
• LaBouf was nominated for a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards

5. 2009 and Beyond
• August 2009, the new DreamWorks Studios began the process of
ramping up their slate. Their first release will be “Dinner for
Schmucks,” a co-production with Paramount and Spyglass
Entertainment, starring Paul Rudd and Steve Carell, and directed by
Jay Roach.
• In 2010, Spielberg and Tom Hanks re-teamed for DreamWorks’ next
television project, “The Pacific.” An unofficial companion piece to
their “Band of Brothers,” “The Pacific” follows the United States
Marine Corps' actions in the Pacific Theater of Operations during
World War II. The 10-part DreamWorks Television and Playtone
series debuted on HBO on March 14, 2010 and concluded on May
16, 2010.