Sony Pictures Classics
| Company type | Division |
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| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | 1992, in New York, New York, U.S. |
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| Headquarters | New York City, U.S. |
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| Products | Motion pictures |
Number of employees | 25 |
| Parent | Sony Pictures Entertainment (1992–1998) Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group (1998–present) |
| Website | sonyclassics.com |
Sony Pictures Classics Inc. is an American arthouse film production and distribution company that is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment. It was founded in 1992 by former Orion Classics heads Michael Barker, Tom Bernard and Marcie Bloom. It distributes, produces and acquires specialty films such as documentaries, independent and arthouse films in the United States and internationally. As of 2015, Barker and Bernard are co-presidents of the division, which is currently one of the five live-action labels of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, alongside Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Screen Gems, and 3000 Pictures.