Phoenix Animation Studios

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

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

History

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Phoenix Animation was founded by Michael Hefferon, who served as its president.[1] By 1996, Phoenix had become an associate company of Catalyst Entertainment,[2][3] with Hefferon moving to Catalyst.[1]

Hefferon later worked as managing director of Flying Bark Productions in Australia, vice-president of production and development at BFC Berliner Film Companie in Germany, and president and executive producer of Vancouver-based Rainmaker Entertainment[1] (better known as Mainframe Studios).

Among Phoenix's last projects was Sitting Ducks which was handed off to Elliott Animation.[4]

Filmography

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Films

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

Television

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Animation services

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References

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