American animation and live-action studio
PorchLight Entertainment, Inc.
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Industry
| Film production
Animation
Television production
Live-action
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Founded
| February 20, 1995
; 29 years ago
(
1995-02-20
)
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Founders
| Bruce D. Johnson
William T. Baumann
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Defunct
| 2011
; 13 years ago
(
2011
)
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Fate
| Acquired by Trilogy Animation Group
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Successor
| Foxfield Entertainment
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Headquarters
| 578 Washington Blvd. Suite 214, Marina del Rey, Ca. 90292
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Area served
| Worldwide
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Number of employees
| 10
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Parent
| PorchLight Worldwide, Inc.
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Divisions
| PorchLight Pictures
PorchLight Home Entertainment
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PorchLight Entertainment, Inc.
was an American animation and live-action studio founded in 1995 by Bruce D. Johnson and William T. Baumann. It is focused on development & production of television series in both live action and animation. It specializes in producing animation for television, film and home video.
History
On February 20, 1995, PorchLight Entertainment officially began its operations. It was headed by Bruce D. Johnson, former employee of
Hanna-Barbera
, and former
Taft Broadcasting
employee William T. Baumann. Their first acquisition is to bring
Adventures from the Book of Virtues
to television.
[1]
Their project was then picked up by
PBS
, who ordered it to their series commitment.
[2]
In 1997, while on the virtue of its own successful programming, it would spend $10 million on expanding its own programming activity and planning on to do made-for-TV movies.
[3]
In 1998, it launched a motion picture division, PorchLight Pictures, which specialized on having motion picture distribution.
[4]
In 2000, it bought the international film, TV and distribution rights to the motion picture,
Heartwood
.
[5]
In 2001, it signed a deal with
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
to distribute titles based on
Jay Jay the Jet Plane
.
[6]
In 2004, it was acquired by their senior management and Beringea through Global Rights II, through its parent company, PorchLight Worldwide, Inc.
[7]
In 2011, Bruce D. Johnson, one of PorchLight's co-founders, started Foxfield Entertainment.
[8]
In 2018, PorchLight Entertainment was acquired by Trilogy Animation Group.
[9]
Filmography
- Animation
- Live-action
See also
References