Churchill Films aka Churchill Media was a producer and distributor of direct-to-video/educational films founded by Robert Churchill (1902-1998)[1] and Sy Wexler (1916–2005)[2] in 1948 as Churchill Wexler Film Productions.[3] They have produced The Mouse and the Motorcycle (1986) based on the 1965 book by Beverly Cleary and many other award-winning children's films.[4]
Churchill Films was acquired by American Educational Products in 1994.[3] The Churchill Films catalog is now part of Discovery Education.[5]
In December 2009, The Jungle (1967), a film distributed by Churchill Films in 16mm for the educational film market, was named to the National Film Registry.[6]