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Flying Bark Productions Pty. Ltd.
Flying Bark Productions
FormerlyYoram Gross Film Studios (1967–1996)
Yoram Gross-Village Roadshow (1996–1999)
Yoram Gross-EM.TV (1999–2007)
IndustryEntertainment
Animation
Founded1967; 58 years ago (1967)
FounderYoram Gross
Sandra Gross
Headquarters
Sydney
,
Australia
ProductsMotion pictures
Television programs
ParentVillage Roadshow Pictures (1996–1999)
EM.TV & Merchandising AG (1999–2008)
Studio 100 (2008–present)
Websitewww.flyingbark.com.au

Flying Bark Productions Pty. Ltd. is an Australian entertainment and animation studio that is a subsidiary of Belgian children's production company Studio 100. The studio acts as a full-service production facility across feature films, television and an assorted range of digital content. The studio was established by Yoram and Sandra Gross in 1967 as Yoram Gross Film Studios.

In 1996, the company's interest was sold to Village Roadshow Pictures, who renamed the company to Yoram Gross-Village Roadshow.[1] In 1997, it made a pact with Europe-based EM.TV & Merchandising AG, who handled a joint pact.[2] EM.TV bought out Village Roadshow's interest in 1999 when Village Roadshow was seeking a exit from television production, which was renamed to Yoram Gross-EM.TV.[3] By December 1999, Yoram Gross-EM.TV launched their own in-house licensing division named YG-EM Licensing to handle their own productions including EM.TV's co-production alongside their Junior programming catalogue.[4]

In January 2006 seven years after German media and entertainment company EM.TV & Merchandising's acquisition of 50% of Australian animation studio Yoram Gross EM.TV along with their successful partnership with Australian producer Yoram Gross through EM.'s division EM.Entertainment, EM.TV & Merchandising under their entertainment division EM. Entertainment announced their full acquisition of the remaining 50% stake of Australian entertainment and animation studio joint venture Yoram Gross EM.TV from its founders Yoram Gross and his wife Sandra Gross giving EM.Entertainment full control of the Australian animation and production group.[5] By October 2006 following their acquisition of the remaining 50% stake ten months prior, Yoram Gross EM.TV announced their restructed and re-branded the company under its current name to Flying Bark Productions with the rebranded company plans to expanded their portfolio into the adult-animated and children's genre alongside their distribution division Yoram Gross Distribution which was also renamed to Flying Bark Distribution like their renamed company under EM.Entertainment.[6][7][8]

One year later May 2007, Flying Bark Productions' then-parent company EM.TV announced that they're planning to exit the children's entertainment buisness and to sell their children's division including their Australian entertainment & animation production studio Flying Bark Productions, its distribution library including Yoram Gross' animated productions such as Blinky Bill, the library of Japanese animation studio Zuiyo and its classic catalogue such as Maya the Bee and Vic the Viking and their German television channel Junior.[9]

In late-May 2008, EM.Sport Media AG announced that they've exited the animation and children's entertainment production business and sold their Australian animation and production studio Flying Bark Productions alongside its entertainment division EM. Entertainment including its German television channel Junior to Belgian production group Studio 100, giving the latter their own in-house Australia entertainment & animation production studio and the EM. Entertainment library including the Yoram Gross production library as EM.Sport Media AG will focus on their sport activities.[10]

In late-March 2022, Flying Bark Productions announced the establishment of its new production arm outside of its kids and family portfolio dedicated to adult animated programmes along with scripted and unscripted projects for mature audiences named After Bark with Amy Noble and Kate Andrew becoming CCO and head of leagal & business affairs of the new production subsidiary.[11]

In June 2024, Flying Bark Productions announced that they've opened an Madrid-based animation studio based in Spain and had partnered with Spanish animation studio supervisor Ramon Giráldez heading the new Spanish animation studio.[12]

Filmography

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Flying Bark Productions feature films

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Flying Bark Productions TV series

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Web series

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  • The Eggsperts (2014)

Yoram Gross feature films

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Yoram Gross TV series

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TV special

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  • The Adventures of Candy Claus (1987)[17]

Interactive board game

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Muttalib, Bashirah (11 May 2000). "Yoram Gross Studios flips for animated series". Variety. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  2. ^ Guider, Elizabeth (7 October 1997). "Yoram Gross, EM.TV pact". Variety. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  3. ^ Muttalib, Bashirah (11 May 2000). "Yoram Gross Studios flips for animated series". Variety. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  4. ^ Dunfield, Allison (1 December 1999). "Yoram Gross-EM.TV branches out with own licensing arm". Kidscreen.
  5. ^ Ball, Ryan (11 January 2006). "EM. Ent. Acquires Rest of Yoram Gross-EM.TV". Animation Magazine.
  6. ^ "Yoram Gross-EM.TV Takes Off as Flying Bark Prods". Animation World Network. 9 October 2006.
  7. ^ "New ID for Yoram Gross-EM.TV". Worldscreen. 10 October 2006.
  8. ^ Meza, Ed (22 November 2007). "ORF takes 'Staines,' 'F.T.P.D.'". Variety. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  9. ^ Gordon, Bonnie J. (23 May 2007). "EM.TV's kid unit up for adoption". The Hollywood Reporter.
  10. ^ "EM.Entertainment Sold to Studio 100". Aimation Magazine. 30 May 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  11. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (28 March 2022). "Flying Bark Launches Older Audiences Arm: After Bark". Animation Magazine.
  12. ^ Frater, Patrick (10 June 2024). "Flying Bark, Australian Animation Indie, Opening Madrid Studio". Variety.
  13. ^ "Flying Bark Productions' 200% Wolf release date announcement". Facebook. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  14. ^ Slatter, Sean (13 October 2022). "Flying Bark recruiting artists to work on Paramount/Nickelodeon's 2D 'Avatar' film". IF Magazine. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  15. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (10 April 2023). "'Stranger Things' Animated Series Coming to Netflix". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  16. ^ "Flying Bark Boards Netflix & Sony's Animated 'Ghostbusters' Series". Animation Magazine. 14 April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  17. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 4. ISBN 9781476672939.
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