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| Industry | Animation Production Live Action |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1967 (original company) 2013 (current company) |
| Founder | Jimmy T. Murakami Fred Wolf |
| Defunct | 1999 (original company) |
| Headquarters | Burbank, California |
Key people | Chairman & CEO: Fred Wolf |
| Products | television shows feature films |
| Website | http://www.fredwolffilms.com/ |
Fred Wolf Films is an American animation studio founded in 1967 by Fred Wolf and Jimmy T. Murakami.[1] It was founded as MW (Murakami-Wolf). It later became known as Murakami-Wolf-Swenson (MWS) when Charles Swenson became a full partner in 1978. From 1989 to 2000, they also operated a subsidiary, Fred Wolf Films Dublin, located in Dublin, Ireland.[2] It adopted its current name in 2013 following a reorganization.
The studio produced The Point, the first U.S. animated special to air in prime time (on the ABC network in 1971).[3] It was also responsible for Free to Be… You and Me, the Puff the Magic Dragon specials, and television series such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Toxic Crusaders, James Bond Jr., The New Adventures of Speed Racer, and Sarah Ferguson's Budgie the Little Helicopter.
- ^ Dyess, Phil (19 February 2014). "R.I.P. Jimmy Murakami, animator of When The Wind Blows and The Snowman · Newswire · The A.V. Club". Avclub.com. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ "About Us". Fred Wolf Films. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ Slide, Anthony (1991). The Television Industry: A Historical Dictionary. Greenwood Press. p. 181. ISBN 0-313-25634-9. Retrieved 10 September 2010.