Phoenix Animation Studios

Phoenix Animation Studios
IndustryAnimation
Founded1987; 39 years ago (1987)
Defunct1998; 28 years ago (1998)
Headquarters
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Phoenix Animation Studios was an animation studio headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1987 and closed in 1998.

History

Phoenix Animation was founded in 1987 by Michael Hefferon, who served as its president. By 1996, Phoenix had become an associate company of Catalyst Entertainment, with Hefferon moving to Catalyst. Hefferon was later vice-president of production and development at Berliner Film Companie in Germany, managing director of Flying Bark Productions in Australia, and president and executive producer of Vancouver-based Rainmaker Entertainment.

Among Phoenix's last projects was Sitting Ducks which was handed off to Elliott Animation.

Filmography

Films

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Co-produced with Blye Migicovsky Productions

Television

Animation services

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Ng See Quan, Danielle (November 15, 2012). "Rainmaker Entertainment names Michael Hefferon as president". Playback. Toronto: Brunico Communications.
  2. 1 2 Maddever, Mary (January 15, 1996). "Special Reprot: NATPE '96: Our kids' series big game in the U.S." Playback. Toronto: Brunico Communications.
  3. ↑ "Journal". Playback. Toronto: Brunico Communications. December 1, 1997.
  4. ↑ Dillon, Mark (December 19, 2000). "Sitting Ducks takes flight at Krislin Elliott". Playback. Toronto: Brunico Communications.
  5. ↑ Mathur, Meg (July 13, 1998). "Programming". Playback. Toronto: Brunico Communications.