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Film Roman is an American animation studio, which was founded by Phil Roman. Founded in 1984, it took over production of the CBS Garfield television specials from Mendelson-Meléndez. Outside of Garfield, it is best known for animating The Simpsons (from 1992 to 2016) and King of the Hill. It has also produced Bobby's World, Mother Goose and Grimm, Mighty Max, The Critic, The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat, the first two seasons of Family Guy, Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer, Mission Hill, The Oblongs, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, Dan Vs., and the revival of Beavis and Butthead. It has worked on Marvel series X-Men: Evolution, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Superhero Squad Show, and Ultimate Spider-Man.

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  • Film Roman is an American animation studio, which was founded by Phil Roman. Founded in 1984, it took over production of the CBS Garfield television specials from Mendelson-Meléndez. Outside of Garfield, it is best known for animating The Simpsons (from 1992 to 2016) and King of the Hill. It has also produced Bobby's World, Mother Goose and Grimm, Mighty Max, The Critic, The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat, the first two seasons of Family Guy, Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer, Mission Hill, The Oblongs, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, Dan Vs., and the revival of Beavis and Butthead. It has worked on Marvel series X-Men: Evolution, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Superhero Squad Show, and Ultimate Spider-Man.
  • In 2015, Steve Waterman purchased the company from Starz Distribution and now owns rights with his company Waterman Entertainment.
  • Film Roman is an animation studio, best known for producing The Simpsons since 1992, Garfield shorts, and others.
  • Phil Roman, veteran alumnus of Chuck Jones Enterprises and Bill Melendez Productions, originally founded Film Roman in 1984 as a means to continue the production of the Garfield series of animated prime time television specials, since Melendez's own studio was unable to work on both the Garfield and Peanuts series of specials. Peanuts executive producers Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez and their aforementioned studio had produced the first two Garfield specials (Here Comes Garfield (1982) and Garfield on the Town (1983) respectively, both specials directed by Roman), but due to the wishes of both Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz and Garfield creator Jim Davis' concerns about conflicting interests in allocating production priority at Melendez's boutique studio, the production had to be mov
  • Film Roman is an animation studio founded by Phil Roman, best known for producing the animation for The Simpsons, King of the Hill, as well as the Garfield and Peanuts animated TV specials. Film Roman is a division of Starz Media, a division of Liberty Media, and was originally founded by Bill Melendez Productions director Phil Roman in 1984 as a means to produce the series of animated Garfield prime-time TV specials, since Melendez's own studio was unable to work on both the Garfield series and Peanuts specials. Melendez's studio had produced the first two Garfield specials (directed by Roman), but due to the wishes of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz' concerns about conflict of interest in allocating production priority at Melendez's boutique studio, the production had to be moved. Peanuts
  • You can use the box below to create new pages for this mini-wiki. preload=Film Roman/preload editintro=Film Roman/editintro width=25 Film Roman is an animation studio founded by Phil Roman, best known for producing the animation for The Simpsons, King of the Hill for 20th Century Fox, as well as the Garfield and Peanuts animated TV specials.
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  • Phil Roman, founder
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