Touchstone Pictures
Defunct American film label of Walt Disney Pictures / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Touchstone Pictures was an American film production label of Walt Disney Studios, founded and owned by The Walt Disney Company. Feature films released under the Touchstone label were produced and financed by Walt Disney Studios, and featured more mature themes targeted at adult audiences than typical Walt Disney Pictures films.[3][4] As such, Touchstone was merely a brand label for the studio and did not exist as a distinct business operation.[1]
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| Formerly | Touchstone Films (1984–1986) |
|---|---|
| Type | Label[1] |
| Industry | Film industry |
| Founded | February 15, 1984; 39 years ago (1984-02-15) |
| Founder | Ron W. Miller |
| Defunct | September 2, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-09-02) |
| Fate | Inactive |
| Headquarters | 500 South Buena Vista Street, , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Sean Bailey[2] (2010–2016) |
| Products | Motion pictures |
| Parent | Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company) |
Established on February 15, 1984,[5] by then-Disney CEO Ron W. Miller as Touchstone Films, Touchstone operated as an active film production division of Disney during the 1980s through the early 2010s, releasing a majority of the studio's PG-13 and R-rated films. In 2009, Disney entered into a five-year, thirty-picture distribution deal with DreamWorks Pictures under which DreamWorks' productions would be released through the Touchstone banner; the label then distributed DreamWorks' films from 2011 to 2016.[6][7] Following the release of The Light Between Oceans, the final film of the DreamWorks deal, the Touchstone Pictures label went defunct soon after.