Screen Gems

This article is about the television/feature film production company owned by Sony. For the animation studio, see Screen Gems (animation studio). For the New York company, see EUE/Screen Gems. For the album by Elkie Brooks, see Screen Gems (album).

Screen Gems, Inc.
Product typeTelevision (1948–1974)
Film (1998–present)
OwnerColumbia Pictures (1948–1974)
Sony Pictures Entertainment (1998–present)
CountryUnited States
IntroducedNovember 1948 (1948-11) (television division)
December 8, 1998 (1998-12-08) (film subsidiary)
DiscontinuedMay 6, 1974 (1974-05-06) (television division)

Screen Gems is an American film production label of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate, Sony Group Corporation. Screen Gems has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation, initially as a television studio that was active from November 1948 to May 6, 1974, and later on as a film studio that was founded on December 8, 1998. Screen Gems serves as a film production division of Sony that specializes in genre films, mainly horror.

Screen Gems is one of the five live-action labels of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, alongside Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, and 3000 Pictures.

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