Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.

Company type	Division[1]
Industry	Film
Founded	June 19, 1918; 106 years ago (1918-06-19) (as Cohn-Brandt-Cohn Film Sales Corporation) January 10, 1924; 101 years ago (1924-01-10) (as Columbia Pictures) Los Angeles, California, United States
Founder	Harry Cohn Jack Cohn Joe Brandt
Headquarters	Thalberg Building, 10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Sanford Panitch (president)
Products	Motion pictures
Owner	Sony
Parent	Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group
Divisions	Ghost Corps[2]
Website	sonypictures.net

Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American company that produces movies and at one time, television shows. It is now one of the "Big Five" American movie studios and the oldest, busiest and most well-known member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, which is owned by the Japanese company Sony. Sony Pictures also includes smaller studios like TriStar Pictures, Screen Gems, and Sony Pictures Animation. The studio buildings are located at the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City, California.

1. ↑ "Divisions - Sony Pictures". sonypictures.com. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
2. ↑ "Ghost Corps, Inc., a subsidiary of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc". sonypictures.com. Retrieved January 30, 2020.