Focus Features (formerly
USA Films,
Universal Focus and
Good Machine) is the
art house films division of
NBC Universal's
Universal Pictures, and acts as both a producer and
distributor for its own films and a distributor for
foreign films.
Focus was formed from the
2002 divisional merger of USA Films, Universal Focus and
Good Machine. USA Films was created by
Barry Diller in
1999 by combining
October Films and
Gramercy Pictures.
Vivendi sold the studio, among other entertainment assets, to GE in 2004 to form NBC Universal.
