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Amblin Entertainment is an American film and television production company founded by Steven Spielberg , Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall in 1982. Amblin is only a production studio, and has never Distributed its own movies. Its logo features the silhouette of E.T. riding in the basket on Elliot's Bicycle flying in front of the Moon from '' E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial ''.

Amblin is named after Spielberg's first commercially-released film '' Amblin' '' (1968), a Short Film about a man and woman Thumbing through the Desert . The film, which cost $15,000 to produce, was shown for Universal Studios and won Spielberg more Directing roles. Universal distributes many Amblin productions and Amblin operates out of a building on the Universal lot.

In addition to various Spielberg films, Amblin has produced movies by other directors including Joe Dante (the '' Gremlins '' movies, '' Innerspace '', '' Small Soldiers ''), Robert Zemeckis (the '' Back To The Future '' trilogy, '' Who Framed Roger Rabbit ''), Brian Levant (the '' Flintstones '' duology), Penelope Spheeris (the 1994 film remake of '' The Little Rascals ''), Don Bluth ('' An American Tail '', '' The Land Before Time ''), Gil Kenan ('' Monster House ''), Richard Donner ('' The Goonies ''), Jan De Bont ('' Twister ''), Barry Sonnenfeld (the '' Men In Black '' duology) and Martin Scorsese ('' Cape Fear '').

Amblin's most critically acclaimed production is '' Schindler's List '' ( 1993 ). The film was nominated for twelve Academy Awards and won seven, including Best Picture. The movie has also become a teaching tool in High School s. A companion study guide, ''Facing History'', was prepared through a grant from Amblin and Universal.

Amblin's Television Series credits include '' Amazing Stories '', '' SeaQuest DSV '', '' Tiny Toon Adventures '', '' Animaniacs '', '' Pinky And The Brain '', '' Freakazoid '', '' Earth 2 '', '' ER '', and '' Fievel's American Tails ''. ''Fievel's American Tails'' and others were produced by Amblin's animation division Amblimation , which was active from 1991 until 1995 .

Another studio which has distributed many Amblin productions is Warner Bros. Entertainment. DreamWorks (which was co-founded by Spielberg) has distributed a number of Amblin productions since 1994 .


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