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 | 2018 |
| 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 production company founded in 1995 by Bruce D. Johnson and William T. Baumann. It focused on the development & production of television series in both live action and animation formats, as well as content for film and home video.
History
PorchLight Entertainment began operations on February 20, 1995. The company was founded by Bruce D. Johnson, a former employee of Hanna-Barbera, and former Taft Broadcasting employee William T. Baumann. One of its major projects was acquiring the rights to adapt Adventures from the Book of Virtues for television.[1] The project was later picked up by PBS, which ordered it to series.[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 Night Before Christmas: A Mouse Tale[11]
- 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.
- ^ PorchLight Entertainment - Night Before Christmas
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