Who Founded Paramount?

Adolph Zukor founded Famous Players Film Company in 1912, which ultimately evolved into Paramount Pictures. He was the absolute visionary who realized that the future of cinema was highly produced, full-length feature films starring massive celebrities, completely destroying the era of cheap, short nickelodeons. He ruthlessly integrated production, distribution, and exhibition, creating the modern Hollywood studio system. Adolph Zukor was born in 1873.

Jesse L. Lasky co-founded the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company in 1913. He produced the first feature-length film shot in Hollywood ('The Squaw Man'). His company eventually merged with Zukor's to form the massive Paramount Pictures, where he served as the absolute driving force behind the studio's early creative production. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).

Cecil B. DeMille was the absolute defining director of the early Paramount era. He directed 'The Squaw Man' and went on to pioneer the massive, highly extravagant Hollywood biblical epics (like 'The Ten Commandments'). His massive, highly publicized directorial style absolutely defined the glamorous image of early Hollywood. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).