Artransa Park Film Studios

Artransa Park Film Studios (APFS), was an Australian motion picture production company and film animation studio. Established in 1956,[1] it was based in Sydney, Australia, and founded by Grace Gibson and Alfred Edward Bennett.[2] Artransa was a contraction of the American Radio Transcriptions of Australia (founded 1934).[3][4] The company employed 90 staff in 1967.[5]

Productions and co-productions

Film

Year Title Notes
1959Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
1969Bound from California
1970Strange HolidayTV movie
1970Little Jungle BoyTV movie
1972Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red DragonAnimated film
1975Inn of the Damned
1982The Year of Living Dangerously

Television

Year Title Notes
1959–1960Whiplash
1963Beetle Bailey
1965–1967The BeatlesAnimated TV series
1966–1967Cool McCoolAnimated TV series
1966–The Lone RangerAnimated TV series
1966–1968Arthur! and the Square Knights of the Round TableAnimated TV series
1970–Phoenix Five
Krazy Kat

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References

  1. ↑ Artransa Studios, Frenchs Forest | Northern Beaches Council
  2. ↑ "Artransa Park Studios". www.acmi.net.au. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  3. ↑ 3AW Remember When Legend - Jim Aitchison - 18 Feb, 2024
  4. ↑ Women in radio: Grace Gibson | NFSA
  5. ↑ Thurlow, Michael (14 Feb 2023). A History of Regional Commercial Television in Australia. Springer. p. 77.
  6. ↑ "All titles produced by Artransa Park Film Studios on ASO - Australia's audio and visual heritage online". aso.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  7. ↑ "Artransa Park Film Studios". BFI. Archived from the original on February 20, 2017. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  8. ↑ Cerabona, Ron (2016-04-06). "From the Beatles' Yellow Submarine to Australia's first animation: Cam Ford in Canberra". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  9. ↑ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Octopus (Air Programs International, Artransa Park, Five Arrows Films...)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved 2023-09-12.