PorchLight Entertainment
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| Industry | Film production Animation Television production Live-action |
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| Founded | February 20, 1995 |
| Founders | Bruce D. Johnson William T. Baumann |
| Defunct | 2011 |
| Fate | Acquired by Trilogy Animation Group |
| Successor | Foxfield Entertainment |
| Headquarters | 578 Washington Blvd. Suite 214, Marina del Rey, Ca. 90292 |
Area served | Worldwide |
Number of employees | 10 |
| Parent | PorchLight Worldwide, Inc. |
| Divisions | PorchLight Pictures PorchLight Home Entertainment |
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
- 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 & Mrs. Frog's Big Day Out
- The Haunted Pumpkin of Sleepy Hollow
- The Secret Saturdays
- Tutenstein
- Live-action
See also
References
- ^ 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.
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