Amblimation - an American studio of animated films , operating from 1989 to 1995 ; joint venture of Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment [1] . Located outside the United States, in London . The founder and executive producer of all films is Steven Spielberg [2] . The studio team included artists who took part in the film “ Who Framed Roger Rabbit ” [3] , as well as the French - graduates of the Paris animation school Gobelins [4] .
| Amblimation | |
|---|---|
| Type of | Public company |
| Base | |
| Abolished | |
| Founders | |
| Location | London , UK |
| Key figures | Steven Spielberg (Executive Producer) Steve Hickner (producer) Phil Nibbelink (Director) Simon Wells (Director) |
| Products | Animated films |
During its existence, Amblimation has released only three full-length animated films - “ American Tail 2: Fayvel Sent to the West ” (1991; sequel to Don Blut 's animated film “ American Tail ”), “ We're back! Dinosaur Story (1993) and Balto (1995). For various reasons, none of these films had box office success. Projects were also developed for animated adaptations of the musical The Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber [5] [6] and Kipling 's Fairy Tales [7] , but they were not implemented. After Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen founded DreamWorks SKG , the studio stopped working; most of its employees moved to the animation division of DreamWorks [4] [8] .
The company logo was Fayvel Myshkevich - the main character in the American Tail cartoon series.
Filmography
| No. | Year premiere | Russian name | English name |
|---|---|---|---|
| one | 1991 | American Tail 2: Fayvel sent to the West | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West |
| 2 | 1993 | We returned! Dinosaur story | We're back! A dinosaur's story |
| 3 | 1995 | Balto | Balto |
Notes
- ↑ Jerry Beck. The Animated Movie Guide. 2005 .-- S. 18.
- ↑ Film: The Man Who Would Be Walt
- ↑ Animation Really Keeps Steven Spielberg Moving
- ↑ 1 2 Nicole LaPorte . The Men Who Would Be King: An Almost Epic Tale of Moguls, Movies, and a Company Called DreamWorks. - Boston - New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010 .-- S. 44 - 59.
- ↑ Andrew Lloyd Webber says a Cats movie could happen / The Dissolve
- ↑ Movies - Los Angeles Times, September 23, 1994
- ↑ A look inside Hollywood and the movies. : THE CARTOON'S THE THING: Book by Kipling. Musical by Mackintosh. And Next, Animated Movie by Spielberg - latimes
- ↑ Interview with Kristof Serrand (DreamWorks).