Person
- Born
- 1943-02-21
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Production · New York City, New York, USA
David Lawrence Geffen (born February 21, 1943) is an American film producer, record executive, and media proprietor. In music, he co-founded Asylum Records with Elliot Roberts in 1971 before founding Geffen Records in 1980, DGC Records in 1990, and co-founding DreamWorks Records (with Mo Ostin, Michael Ostin and Lenny Waronker) in 1996. In film, he founded the Geffen Film Company in 1986 and…
Known for
- Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill — Self2024
- Commitment to Life — Self (archive footage)2023
- Commitment to Life — Self (archive)2023
- Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue — Self2022
- Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band — Self2020
- Laurel Canyon — Self2020
- Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice — Self2019
- Howard — Self (archive footage)2018
- Spielberg — Self2017
- Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives — Self2017
via TMDB
Key dates
- Born
- 21 February 1943
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Occupation
- art collector
- Educated at
- Brooklyn College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- entrepreneur
Connections
Categories
1943 births20th-century American businesspeople21st-century American businesspeople21st-century American Jews21st-century American LGBTQ peopleActivists from Malibu, CaliforniaAmerican art collectorsAmerican billionairesAmerican chief executivesAmerican film production company foundersAmerican film studio executivesAmerican gay entertainers