It was founded on 5 January 2016, as a successor to GMM Tai Hub (GTH) — Thailand's most successful film studio of the prior 11 years — which had been dissolved in December 2015 due to internal conflicts between the company's three major shareholders — GMM Grammy, Tai Entertainment [th] and Hub Ho Hin.

With the departure of GTH's former president Visute Poolvoralaks, GMM Grammy and Hub Ho Hin rejoined to create GDH 559, which inherited almost all of GTH's creative personnel and resources.

Despite the management changes, GDH retains its same Bangkok headquarters as Hub Ho Hin Film and GTH and has since expanded to more companies around its neighbourhood.

The company used the placeholder trade name GDH Five Five Nine until an official logo was issued.

[5] GDH 559's subsidiary companies are:[5] Alongside its current slate of films, GDH 559 also owns the distribution rights to all of the film libraries produced and distributed by its predecessor companies GTH, GMM Pictures, Tai Entertainment and Hub Ho Hin Bangkok.