# Gracie Films

Gracie Films is an American film and television production company founded by James L. Brooks in 1986. The company is primarily responsible for producing its long-running flagship animated series The Simpsons.
The company's headquarters is located on the Fox Studios lot at 10201 West Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles.

## Overview

James L. Brooks, who had previously founded John Charles Walters Company, founded Gracie Films at 20th Century Fox in 1986, with Polly Platt as executive vice president. Named for comedian Gracie Allen, the company was established to "provide real writers with a vehicle to get their movies made". Its primary distributor is currently Sony Pictures Entertainment, though it continues to produce The Simpsons at Fox's studio in Century City, Los Angeles.
According to Simpsons Confidential, Brooks gave The Simpsons' writing staff free rein, as he firmly believed they were the most important part of the process, and "in the legal battles over The Simpsons, it was Fox that was being sued, not Gracie Films". The company also coordinates international distribution and dubbing for The Simpsons, "[finding] voices for dubbing that would match those of the original American actors as closely as possible." Gracie Films’ main production office is at the Sidney Poitier building on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City, California. In 1989, Gracie Films had struck a deal with ABC.

## Logo

Gracie Films' production logo depicts noisy patrons in a movie theatre (which were the voices of then-CEO of Fox Garth Ancier and music composer Jeffrey Townsend double-tracked to sound like there were more people) being shushed by a woman in the back row (with the shush sound being done by Tracey Ullman). The company's name appears on the screen, accompanied by a brief passage played on keyboard. Audio variations exist on The Simpsons, often with dialogue from the episode or characters such as Homer responding to the shush. The most common audio variation is on the Treehouse of Horror episodes (excluding "Treehouse of Horror" which used the original logo audio and "Treehouse of Horror II" and "Treehouse of Horror III" which has the organ theme only), where the shushing sound was replaced by a woman screaming and the logo's music is played in a minor key on a synth-emulated pipe organ. Originally, the Roland D-50 PN-D50-01 Pipe Organ preset was used for that particular variant and was composed by Danny Elfman. The music was composed by Jeffrey Townsend and Alf Clausen on a tiny Korg synth rack using a custom programmed preset. Starting from Treehouse of Horror XXVIII, the music was rearranged by Bleeding Fingers Music.

## Filmography
### Television series

| Years active | Title | Creator(s) | Co-production company(s) | Network(s) |
| 1987–1990 | The Tracey Ullman Show | James L. Brooks Jerry Belson Ken Estin Heide Perlman | Klasky Csupo (animation production) 20th Television | Fox |
| 1989–present | The Simpsons | Matt Groening | 20th Television (1989–2021) 20th Television Animation (2021–present) | Fox |
| 1991–1992 | Sibs | Heide Perlman | Columbia Pictures Television | ABC |
| 1993–1994 | Phenom | Sam Simon Dick Blasucci Marc Flanagan | Columbia Pictures Television ELP Communications | ABC |
| 1994–1995 2000–2001 (revival) | The Critic | Al Jean Mike Reiss | Columbia Pictures Television | ABC (1994) Fox (1995) AtomFilms/Shockwave.com (revival) |
| 2001 | What About Joan? | Ed. Weinberger | Columbia TriStar Television | ABC |
| 2014 | "The Simpsons Guy" | Seth MacFarlane | Fuzzy Door Productions | Fox |

### Feature films

| Year | Title | Director | Co-production company(s) | Distributor(s) | Box office |
| 1987 | Broadcast News | James L. Brooks | 20th Century Fox | 20th Century Fox | $67.3 million |
| 1988 | Big | Penny Marshall | 20th Century Fox | 20th Century Fox | $151.7 million |
| 1989 | Say Anything... | Cameron Crowe | 20th Century Fox | 20th Century Fox | $20.7 million |
| 1989 | The War of the Roses | Danny DeVito | 20th Century Fox | 20th Century Fox | $160.2 million |
| 1994 | I'll Do Anything | James L. Brooks | Columbia Pictures | Sony Pictures Releasing | $10 million |
| 1996 | Bottle Rocket | Wes Anderson | Columbia Pictures | Sony Pictures Releasing | $560,069 |
| 1996 | Jerry Maguire | Cameron Crowe | TriStar Pictures Vinyl Films | Sony Pictures Releasing | $273.6 million |
| 1997 | As Good as It Gets | James L. Brooks | TriStar Pictures | Sony Pictures Releasing | $314.1 million |
| 2001 | Riding in Cars with Boys | Penny Marshall | Columbia Pictures | Sony Pictures Releasing | $35.7 million |
| 2004 | Spanglish | James L. Brooks | Columbia Pictures | Sony Pictures Releasing | $55 million |
| 2007 | The Simpsons Movie | David Silverman | 20th Century Fox Animation | 20th Century Fox | $536.4 million |
| 2010 | How Do You Know | James L. Brooks | Columbia Pictures | Sony Pictures Releasing | $48.7 million |
| 2016 | The Edge of Seventeen | Kelly Fremon Craig | H. Brothers Tang Media Productions Virgin Produced | STX Entertainment | $19.4 million |
| 2018 | Icebox | Daniel Sawka | Endeavor Content HBO Films | HBO | TBA |
| 2023 | Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. | Kelly Fremon Craig | Lionsgate | Lionsgate | $21.5 million |
| 2025 | Ella McCay | James L. Brooks | 20th Century Studios | 20th Century Studios | TBA |
| TBA | TBA | Steve Yuen | Amblin Entertainment / China Film Co. Ltd /Emperor Motion Pictures | Universal Pictures/Focus Features | |

### Theme parks

| Year | Title | Director | Co-production company(s) | Distributor(s) | Notes |
| 2008 | The Simpsons Ride | Mike B. Anderson and John Rice | Blur Studio Film Roman Reel FX Creative Studios | Universal Creative | Located in Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood. |

### Shorts

| Year | Title | Director | Co-production company(s) | Distributor(s) | Notes |
| 2012 | The Longest Daycare | David Silverman | 20th Century Fox Animation AKOM Film Roman | 20th Century Fox | Shown with Ice Age: Continental Drift. |
| 2020 | Playdate with Destiny | David Silverman | 20th Century Animation AKOM | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | Shown with Onward. |
| 2021 | The Force Awakens from Its Nap | David Silverman | 20th Television | Disney+ | Exclusive Disney+ short film. |
| 2021 | The Good, the Bart, and the Loki | David Silverman | 20th Television Animation AKOM | Disney+ | Exclusive Disney+ short film. |
| 2021 | Plusaversary | David Silverman | 20th Television Animation AKOM | Disney+ | Exclusive Disney+ short film. |
| 2022 | When Billie Met Lisa | David Silverman | 20th Television Animation | Disney+ | Exclusive Disney+ short film. |
| 2022 | Welcome to the Club | David Silverman | 20th Television Animation | Disney+ | Exclusive Disney+ short film. |
| 2022 | The Simpsons Meet the Bocellis in "Feliz Navidad" | David Silverman | 20th Television Animation | Disney+ | Exclusive Disney+ short film. |
| 2023 | Rogue Not Quite One | David Silverman | Walt Disney Pictures (logo only) / 20th Television Animation | Disney+ | Exclusive Disney+ short film. |
| 2024 | May the 12th Be with You | David Silverman | 20th Television Animation | Disney+ | Exclusive Disney+ short film. |
| 2024 | The Most Wonderful Time of the Year | David Silverman | 20th Television Animation | Disney+ | Exclusive Disney+ short film. |