Format Films

Formerly	Format Productions
Industry	Animation
Founded	1959
Founder	Herbert Klynn Jules Engel
Defunct	1970s
Key people	Herbert Klynn Jules Engel Rudy Larriva

Format Films was ananimation studio which was founded byHerbert Klynn in 1959 withJules Engel as vice president,^[1] Bob McIntosh andJoseph Mugnaini, all of whom were animators.

It was most active during the 1960s, producing episodes ofThe Alvin Show andPopeye the Sailor. Klynn shut his studio in 1963 but reopened it by 1965 as Format Productions when Engels left for Europe. The studio made eleven sub-contracted shorts inWarner Bros.' theatricalRoad Runner series as well as threeDaffy Duck andSpeedy Gonzales shorts, and producedThe Lone Ranger animated series forCBS in 1966.

Format Productions also createdtitle sequences for several TV series, includingI Spy,Honey West, the animated characters on the television variety showHee Haw, animated various TV commercials, and createdfilm title designs forThe Glory Guys andClambake.

• Popeye the Sailor (King Features Syndicate,Jack Kinney Productions/1960)
• The Alvin Show (Bagdasarian Film Corporation/1961–1962)
• The Lone Ranger (Jack Wrather Corporation, Lone Ranger Productions/1966–1969) (as Format Productions)

• The Shrimp (1961)^[2]

• Tale of Old Wiff (1960)
• Icarus Montgolfier Wright (1962) (Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film nominee)^[3][4][5]
• Looney Tunes andMerrie Melodies (Warner Bros.,DePatie–Freleng Enterprises/1965–1967) (as Format Productions)
  • Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner (1965) (subcontracted-DFE)
  • Tired and Feathered (1965) (subcontracted-DFE)
  • Boulder Wham! (1965) (subcontracted-DFE)
  • Just Plane Beep (1965) (subcontracted-DFE)
  • Hairied and Hurried (1965) (subcontracted-DFE)
  • Highway Runnery (1965) (subcontracted-DFE)
  • Chaser on the Rocks (1965) (subcontracted-DFE)
  • Shot and Bothered (1966) (subcontracted-DFE)
  • Out and Out Rout (1966) (subcontracted-DFE)
  • The Solid Tin Coyote (1966) (subcontracted-DFE)
  • Clippety Clobbered (1966) (subcontracted-DFE)
  • Quacker Tracker (1967) (subcontracted-WB)
  • The Music Mice-Tro (1967) (subcontracted-WB)
  • The Spy Swatter (1967) (subcontracted-WB)

• Outlaws (1960–1962) (TV) (as Format Films)
• I Spy (1965–1968) (TV)
• The Glory Guys (1965)
• Honey West (1965–1966) (TV)
• Clambake (1967)
• The Mothers-in-Law (1967–1969) (TV)
• Hee Haw (1969) (TV)
• Curiosity Shop (1971–1973) (TV)

• Arnold, Mark (2019).Aaaaalllvvviiinnn!!!: The Story of Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., Liberty Records, Format Films and The Alvin Show. BearManor Media.ISBN 9781629334325.

• Format Films
• American animation studios
• Film and television title designers
• Entertainment companies based in California
• Mass media companies established in 1959
• Mass media companies established in 1965
• Re-established companies

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