 Geffen stepped down from Asylum in 1975, when he crossed over to film and was named a vice president of Warner Bros. Pictures.He was fired from Warner circa 1978, but still remained locked in a five-year contract, which prevented him from working elsewhere.When that deal expired, he returned to work in 1980 and struck a deal with, ironically, Warner Bros. Records, the sister company to Warner Bros. Pictures, to create Geffen Records.