Act III Communications

Act III Communications
Company typePrivately held
IndustryMass media
Founded1985 (1985)
FounderNorman Lear
HeadquartersBeverly Hills, California
United States
Key people
Norman Lear (Chairman)
Hal Gaba (CEO)
ProductsFilm
Television
Theater

Act III Communications is an American media and entertainment company owned by the estate of producer and screenwriter Norman Lear. It was founded in 1985 following Lear's sale of Embassy Communications and Tandem Productions to The Coca-Cola Company. In a 1988 interview in The Wall Street Journal, Lear explained the name by noting that in a Shakespeare play, there are always more than three acts and that he expects there to be an Act IV and V. Act III served as Lear's business vehicle, unconnected to his other activities as a political activist and philanthropist.