Universal International

**Universal Pictures** was founded on April 30, 1912 as **The Universal Film Manufacturing Company** or simply **Universal Films**.

### 1914–1915

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**Universal Pictures** was founded on April 30, 1912 as **The Universal Film Manufacturing Company** or simply **Universal Films**.

### 1915–1918

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**Universal Pictures** was founded on April 30, 1912 as **The Universal Film Manufacturing Company** or simply **Universal Films**.

### 1918–1919

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**Universal Pictures** was founded on April 30, 1912 as **The Universal Film Manufacturing Company** or simply **Universal Films**.

## Universal Pictures (first era)

### 1919–1923

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In 1914, they renamed the studio to **Universal Pictures**, which was still **Universal Films**. Also, it was part of **The Trans-Atlantic Film Company Limited**.

### 1923–1931

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In 1923, they made another logo which features a biplane which is flying around the globe.

### 1925–1927

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In 1923, they made another logo which features a biplane which is flying around the globe.

### 1927–1936

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In 1927, they made another logo that features the biplane but this time, instead of reading **Universal Pictures** it reads **A Universal Picture**.

### 1936–1942

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In 1936, they made the logo spin and the spinning words **A Universal Picture** appears.

## Universal International

### 1946–1963

#### 1946–1960

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In 1946, they renamed the studio to **Universal International** until 1963.

#### 1960–1963

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In 1960, they made the globe smaller and the words **Universal International** bigger.

## Universal Pictures (second era)

### 1963–1990

#### 1963–1965

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In 1963, they renamed the studio back to **Universal Pictures**. On the bottom left, it has Edward Muhl's name on it.

#### 1965–1973

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In 1965, they removed Edward Muhl's name on the bottom left.

#### 1973–1990

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In 1973, a byline was added and it was **An MCA Company**.

### 1990–1997

#### 1990 (75th anniversary logo)

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In 1990, The logo was reimagined as a 21-second CG-animated curtain raiser, made by The Chandler Group and Studio Productions (now known as Flip Your Lid Animation) (the same company that made the 1986-2002 Paramount Pictures logo and the 1994-2010 20th Century Fox logo), for the studio's 75th anniversary. The theatrical logo began with clips of the 1927-1936 and 1936-1946 movie logos and the previous logo, respectively before it segued into the 75th anniversary logo complete with a majestic orchestral fanfare by James Horner. It made it's debut on *Back to the Future: Part III* and made its final appearance on *A Kiss Before Dying*.

#### 1991–1997

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In 1991, It's the same logo but they made the **(R)** (registered symbol) bigger. It made it's debut on *Backdraft* and made it's final appearance on *Mchale's Navy (1997 film)*. It later made a surprise appearance in *The Little Engine That Could (2011 film)*, *The Thing (2011 film)* and *F9*, but without the MCA byline.

### 1997–2012

#### 1997–1999

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In 1997, the logo was updated with a more advanced CGI animation, done by Identica. Also, the logo had a new, majestic orchestral fanfare, composed by Jerry Goldsmith. It made its debut in *The Lost World: Jurassic Park*, although trailers and TV spots use the previous logo instead of the 1997 logo.

#### 1998–1999

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In 1998, a URL was added and it reads **www.universalstudios.com**

#### 1999–2005

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In 1999, the Universal City Studios copyright stamp was removed.

#### 2005–2010

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In 2005, the logo was slightly modified, making the colors more vivid, the textures more detailed and the font of the URL changed to Helvetica.

#### 2009–2012

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In 2009, the URL was changed to a byline reading **A Division Of NBC Universal**.

### 2012–present

#### 2012 (100th anniversary logo)

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In 2012, the logo was updated again but this time with an ever more advanced CGI animation designed by Weta Digital and a reorchestrated version of the previous logo's fanfare complete with a choir, composed by Brian Tyler, for the studio's 100th year celebration. Also, the former byline was changed to **A Comcast Company**. It made its debut on *The Lorax*, produced by Illumination Entertainment.

#### 2013–2020

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In 2013, it's just the normal logo and it's still **A Comcast Company**. This logo was showcased in the trailer of *Despicable Me 2*, seen at the end of *Universal's Cinematic Spectacular: 100 Years of Movie Memories* at Universal Studios Florida and debuted in *Identity Thief*.

#### 2020–2021

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In 2020, the byline was changed to **A T-Mobile Company**.

#### 2021–present

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In 2021, the logo was slightly modified by Brian Jackson. It debuted on *Respect*.