Gracie Films

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Gracie Films is an American film and television production company founded by James L. Brooks on January 4, 1986. The company is primarily known for producing its long-running flagship animated series The Simpsons.

The company's headquarters is located on the Fox Studios lot at 10201 West Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles.

Overview

James L. Brooks, who had previously founded John Charles Walters Company, founded Gracie Films at 20th Century Fox in January 4, 1986, with Polly Platt as executive vice president. Named for comedian Gracie Allen, the company was established to "provide real writers with a vehicle to get their movies made".[1] Its primary distributor is currently Sony Pictures Entertainment, though it continues to produce The Simpsons at Fox's studio in Century City, Los Angeles.

According to Simpsons Confidential, Brooks gave The Simpsons' writing staff free rein, as he firmly believed they were the most important part of the process,[2] and "in the legal battles over The Simpsons, it was Fox that was being sued, not Gracie Films".[3] The company also coordinates international distribution and dubbing for The Simpsons,[4] "[finding] voices for dubbing that would match those of the original American actors as closely as possible."[5] Gracie Films’ main production office is at the Sidney Poitier building on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City, California. In 1989, Gracie Films had struck a deal with ABC.[6]

Gracie Films' production logo depicts noisy patrons in a movie theatre being shushed by a woman in the back row. This is occasionally changed or parodied in episodes of The Simpsons,[7] particularly in the annual Treehouse of Horror Halloween episodes.[8]Template:Better source needed

Filmography

Television series

Years active Title Creator(s) Co-production company(s) Network(s)
1987–1990 The Tracey Ullman Show James L. Brooks
Jerry Belson
Ken Estin
Heide Perlman 		Klasky Csupo (animation production)
20th Television 		Fox
1989–present The Simpsons Matt Groening 20th Television (1989–2021)
20th Television Animation (2021–present)[9]
1991–1992 Sibs Heide Perlman Columbia Pictures Television ABC
1993–1994 Phenom Sam Simon
Dick Blasucci
Marc Flanagan 		Columbia Pictures Television
ELP Communications
1994–1995
2000–2001 (revival)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		The Critic Al Jean
Mike Reiss 		Columbia Pictures Television ABC (1994)
Fox (1995)
AtomFilms/Shockwave.com (revival)
2001 What About Joan? Ed. Weinberger Columbia TriStar Television ABC
2014 "The Simpsons Guy" Seth MacFarlane Fuzzy Door Productions Fox

Feature films

Year Title Director Co-production company(s) Distributor(s) Box office Ref.
1987 Broadcast News James L. Brooks 20th Century Fox $67.3 million [10]
1988 Big Penny Marshall $151.7 million [11]
1989 Say Anything... Cameron Crowe $20.7 million [12]
The War of the Roses Danny DeVito $160.2 million [13]
1994 I'll Do Anything James L. Brooks Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Releasing $10 million [14]
1996 Bottle Rocket Wes Anderson $560,069 [15]
Jerry Maguire Cameron Crowe TriStar Pictures
Vinyl Films 		$273.6 million [16]
1997 As Good as It Gets James L. Brooks TriStar Pictures $314.1 million [17]
2001 Riding in Cars with Boys Penny Marshall Columbia Pictures $35.7 million [18]
2004 Spanglish James L. Brooks $55 million [19]
2007 The Simpsons Movie David Silverman 20th Century Fox Animation 20th Century Fox $536.4 million [20]
2010 How Do You Know James L. Brooks Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Releasing $48.7 million [21]
2016 The Edge of Seventeen Kelly Fremon Craig H. Brothers
Tang Media Productions
Virgin Produced 		STX Entertainment $19.4 million [22]
2018 Icebox Daniel Sawka Endeavor Content
HBO Films 		HBO TBA [23]
2023 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Kelly Fremon Craig Lionsgate $21.5 million [24]
2025 Ella McCay James L. Brooks 20th Century Studios TBA [25]

Theme parks

Year Title Director Co-production company(s) Distributor(s) Notes
2008 The Simpsons Ride Mike B. Anderson
and John Rice 		Blur Studio
Film Roman
Reel FX Creative Studios 		Universal Creative Located in Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood.

Shorts

Year Title Director Co-production company(s) Distributor(s) Notes
2012 The Longest Daycare David Silverman 20th Century Fox Animation
AKOM
Film Roman 		20th Century Fox Shown with Ice Age: Continental Drift.
2020 Playdate with Destiny 20th Century Animation
AKOM 		Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Shown with Onward.
2021 The Force Awakens from Its Nap 20th Television Disney+ Exclusive Disney+ short film.
The Good, the Bart, and the Loki 20th Television Animation
AKOM
Plusaversary
2022 When Billie Met Lisa 20th Television Animation
Welcome to the Club
The Simpsons Meet the Bocellis in "Feliz Navidad"
2023 Rogue Not Quite One Walt Disney Pictures (logo only) / 20th Television Animation
2024 May the 12th Be with You 20th Television Animation
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

References

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  1. ↑ Alisa Perren, Template:Trim&pg=PA159 Indie, Inc.: Miramax and the Transformation of Hollywood in the 1990s, p. 159, at Google Books
  2. ↑ John Ortved, Template:Trim&pg=PA30 Simpsons Confidential, p. 30, at Google Books
  3. ↑ John Ortved, Template:Trim&pg=PA126 Simpsons Confidential: The uncensored, totally unauthorised history of the world's greatest TV show by the people that made it, p. 126, at Google Books
  4. ↑ Michela Ardizzoni, Chiara Ferrari (eds.), Template:Trim&pg=PA101 Beyond Monopoly: Globalization and Contemporary Italian Media, p. 101, at Google Books
  5. ↑ Chiara Francesca Ferrari, Template:Trim&pg=PA73 Since When Is Fran Drescher Jewish?: Dubbing Stereotypes in The Nanny, The Simpsons, and The Sopranos, p. 73, at Google Books
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