Sony Pictures Classics
| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | January 1992, in New York, New York, U.S. |
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| Headquarters | New York City, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Products | Motion pictures |
Number of employees | 25 |
| Parent | Sony Pictures Entertainment |
| Website | sonyclassics.com |
Sony Pictures Classics Inc. is an American arthouse film production and distribution company that is an autonomous division of Sony Pictures Entertainment and part of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group. It was founded in January 1992 by former Orion Classics heads Michael Barker, Tom Bernard and Marcie Bloom. It distributes, produces and acquires specialty films such as documentaries, independent and arthouse films. As of 2015, Barker and Bernard are co-presidents of the division.