Hyperion Pictures

Hyperion Pictures
Industry Filmmaking
Founded August 16, 1978 (1978-08-16)
Headquarters Los Angeles, California
Key people
 Thomas L. Wilhite
Willard Carroll
Chris Young
Subsidiaries Hyperion Animation Company, Inc.
Jambalaya Studios
Website www.hyperionpictures.com/ Edit this on Wikidata

Hyperion Pictures (a.k.a. Hyperion Films or Hyperion Studios) is an American film production company founded by Thomas L. Wilhite, who had previously been the head of motion picture and television produced for and owned by Walt Disney Productions, and writer/director Willard Carroll. The company produces both live-action and animated productions such as The Brave Little Toaster and The Runestone.

A subsidiary of the company is its animation division, Hyperion Animation Company, Inc. which has produced animated feature films and television series, including its three most successful media franchises The Brave Little Toaster, The Itsy Bitsy Spider and The Oz Kids.

The studio has been dormant since 2007.

The company's mascot was Leslie McGroarty from Itsy Bitsy Spider, who appears in its production logo.

List of notable Hyperion features and television productions

Feature films

Short films

  • Chunks of Life (1994, with MTV)
  • The Need (2006)

Television series

List of Hyperion Animation productions

Feature films

(TV) - Television film
(DTV) - Direct-to-video

Short films

Television series

Television specials

  • The Sissy Duckling (1999, with HBO)

References

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