Format Films was an animation studio which was founded by Herbert Klynn in 1959 with Jules Engel as vice president,[1] Bob McIntosh and Joseph Mugnaini, all of whom were animators.
History
Format Films was founded in October 1959 by former UPA animators Herbert Klynn and vice president Jules Engel. When the studio first launched, it had a staff of 15 people, with its original studios located in Burbank, California.[2] The number of animation staff immediately grew by the following year. On March 11, 1960, Jerry Abbott, a Chicago top-sales representative at UPA, took over as vice president for Format Films.[3]
In July 1960, the studio was relocated to a larger 10,000 square-feet building in the Valley Village area of Los Angeles.[4]