American film and television and distribution company
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The
Culver Studios , Amazon MGM Studios' headquarters in Culver City, California
Formerly Amazon Studios (2010–2023) Company type Subsidiary Industry Entertainment Predecessor MGM Holdings Founded November 16, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-11-16 ) Headquarters , United States
Area served
Worldwide Key people
Mike Hopkins (head of Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios) Courtenay Valenti (head of film) Vernon Sanders (head of TV) Products Television production Television distribution Film production Film distribution Parent Amazon Divisions Prime Movies Amazon Content Services Amazon MGM Studios Distribution Subsidiaries Website mgm.com amazonmgmstudios.com (press releases)Footnotes / references [ 1] [ 2]
Amazon MGM Studios is an American film and television production and distribution company owned by Amazon , and headquartered at the Culver Studios complex in Culver City, California . Launched in November 2010 as Amazon Studios, the company took its current name in October 2023 after its merger with MGM Holdings , which Amazon had acquired the year prior.[ 3]
Productions from this company, as of September 2023, are primarily distributed through movie theaters under Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and Amazon's own streaming media service, Amazon Prime Video .[ 4]
Alongside Amazon Prime Video, the company constitutes one half of Amazon's membership in the Motion Picture Association (MPA), which it joined in October 2024.
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