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David Geffen

American businessman · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1943 · age 83

David Lawrence Geffen is an American film producer, record executive, and media proprietor. In music, he co-founded Asylum Records with Elliot Roberts in 1971 before founding Geffen Records in 1980, DGC Records in 1990, and co-founding DreamWorks Records in 1996.

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2026LorneFilm2024Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee SillFilm2023Commitment to LifeFilm2020Laurel CanyonSeriesOnce Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the BandFilm, 20202019Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My VoiceFilm2018HowardFilm2017The Defiant OnesSeriesClive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our LivesFilm, 20172013“Our relationship was based almost always on him calling up and asking, 'Is this a good deal?,' I’m not in his business, and I wasn’t trying to be.”In their wordsJuly 2013July 2013 interview with Hollywood Reporter

History of the EaglesSeries, 20132012Inventing David GeffenFilm2010Rock and Roll Hall of FameAwardLennoNYCFilm, 20102003Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and MindFilm1994Interview with the VampireFilm, Producer1990Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated ProgramAward1989BeetlejuiceSeries, Creator1982Personal BestFilm, Producer1972Journey Through the PastFilm, Producer1961The Explosive GenerationFilm, (uncredited extra)1943Born21 February 1943

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  • Spielberg 2017
  • Interview with the Vampire 1994
  • All Things Must Pass 2015
  • Little Shop of Horrors 1986
  • Howard 2018

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Filmography 20

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Television 4

Media & music

Awards

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame2010
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program1990

About this person

In film, he founded the Geffen Film Company in 1982 and co-founded DreamWorks SKG with Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg in 1994.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1943 · age 83

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