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.
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]
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^Lyons, Charles (2000-02-08). "PorchLight takes 'Heart' in Swank pic". Variety. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
^Fitzpatrick, Eileen (2001-04-21). "Picture This: Columbia Picks Up 'Jay Jay The Jet Plane' But Delays Series' Takeoff Until Next Year" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
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porchlight, entertainment, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, artic. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources PorchLight Entertainment news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message This article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view October 2017 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message 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 amp production of television series in both live action and animation It specializes in producing animation for television film and home video PorchLight Entertainment Inc IndustryFilm productionAnimationTelevision productionLive actionFoundedFebruary 20 1995 29 years ago 1995 02 20 FoundersBruce D JohnsonWilliam T BaumannDefunct2011 13 years ago 2011 FateAcquired by Trilogy Animation GroupSuccessorFoxfield EntertainmentHeadquarters578 Washington Blvd Suite 214 Marina del Rey Ca 90292Area servedWorldwideNumber of employees10ParentPorchLight Worldwide Inc DivisionsPorchLight PicturesPorchLight Home Entertainment Contents 1 History 2 Filmography 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistoryOn 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 FilmographyAnimation 64 Zoo Lane A Martian Christmas Adventures from the Book of Virtues Animalia Cedric The Eggs 10 Four Eyes Gofrette Jay Jay the Jet Plane CGI JetCat Kid Paddle LeapFrog Mr Frog amp Mrs Frog s Big Day Out The Haunted Pumpkin of Sleepy Hollow The Secret Saturdays Tutenstein Live action Night of the Twisters Born Champion Pope Dreams I Downloaded a Ghost RainSee alsoLeapFrogReferences Coe Steve 1995 02 20 Johnson turns on PorchLight PDF Broadcasting Retrieved 2021 11 14 Virtuous programming PDF Broadcasting 1996 06 03 Retrieved 2021 11 14 Littleton Cynthia 1997 08 18 Porchlight set to expand Variety Retrieved 2021 11 14 Carver Benedict 1998 02 10 Porchlight on for pix Variety Retrieved 2021 11 14 Lyons Charles 2000 02 08 PorchLight takes Heart in Swank pic Variety Retrieved 2021 11 15 Fitzpatrick Eileen 2001 04 21 Picture This Columbia Picks Up Jay Jay The Jet Plane But Delays Series Takeoff Until Next Year PDF Billboard Retrieved 2021 11 15 PorchLight Ent Acquired by Senior Management and Beringea Animation World Network Retrieved 2021 11 15 Bruce D Johnson IMDb Retrieved 2021 11 15 Meet the Team Trilogy Animation Archived from the original on 2022 08 25 Retrieved 2022 08 25 PorchLight Entertainment Archived from the original on 2008 09 12 Retrieved 24 August 2023 nbsp This article related to an animation studio is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title PorchLight Entertainment amp oldid 1217241935, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
