Having long focused on mass appeal films, many of Universal’s most classic films came from collaborations with director Steven Spielberg, and include Jaws, E.T., Jurassic Park, and Schindler’s List.īecause of that focus on mass appeal, perhaps it’s not surprising that it wasn’t until the 1990s that any LGBT content whatsoever began showing up in Universal films. In 2004, Universal Studios merged with NBC becoming NBC Universal, which was itself acquired by Comcast starting in 2009. Of all the major film studios, Universal Pictures is the oldest, having been officially founded in 1912.