First Artists

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First Artists was an American film production company formed in the late 1960s by prominent actors seeking greater creative control over their projects.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
First Artists canonical 6

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American company ⓘ
film production company ⓘ
basedOn concept of United Artists ⓘ
businessModel star-driven production deals ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved early 1980s ⓘ
distributedBy National General Pictures ⓘ
Warner Bros. ⓘ
era New Hollywood ⓘ
field motion picture production ⓘ
foundedBy Barbra Streisand ⓘ
Dustin Hoffman ⓘ
Paul Newman ⓘ
Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Steve McQueen ⓘ
agent David Begelman ⓘ
agent Freddie Fields ⓘ
hasAlternativeName First Artists Production Company ⓘ
First Artists, Inc. ⓘ
hasKeyPerson Barbra Streisand ⓘ
David Begelman ⓘ
Dustin Hoffman ⓘ
Freddie Fields ⓘ
Paul Newman ⓘ
Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Steve McQueen ⓘ
headquartersLocation California ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
United States ⓘ
inception 1969 ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ
industry film industry ⓘ
notableFeature actor-ownership of film negatives in some deals ⓘ
profit participation for founding stars ⓘ
produced The Getaway (1972 film) ⓘ
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean ⓘ
The Sting (development participation, not sole production) ⓘ
Up the Sandbox ⓘ
purpose to give major actors greater creative control over their films ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Drowning Pool → productionCompany → First Artists ⓘ
The Getaway → productionCompany → First Artists ⓘ
Let's Do It Again → productionCompany → First Artists ⓘ
Tom Horn (film) → productionCompany → First Artists ⓘ
subject linked to: Tom Horn