October Films
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| Industry | Independent film |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1991 |
| Founder | Bingham Ray Jeff Lipsky |
| Defunct | April 7, 1999 |
| Fate | Sold to USA Networks and merged with Gramercy Pictures and Interscope Communications to form USA Films |
| Successor | Focus Features |
| Headquarters | , United States |
| Parent | Universal Studios (1997–1999) USA Networks (1999) |
| Subsidiaries | Rogue Pictures |
October Films, Inc. was an American independent film production company[1] and distributor founded in 1991 by Bingham Ray and Jeff Lipsky as a means of distributing the 1990 film Life Is Sweet in the United States.
A series of mergers and acquisitions began when Universal Studios (then a division of the Seagram Company) bought a majority stake in October Films in 1997.[2] In 1999, Universal sold October, Interscope Communications, and Gramercy Pictures to Barry Diller, who merged the three companies to form USA Films.[3] Vivendi then acquired USA Films, which acquired Good Machine in 2002 and merged it with USA Films and Universal Focus, forming Focus Features.
