Prana Studios, Inc. was an American computer animation and visual effects company, founded in 2005 in
Los Angeles
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,
United States
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, with a wholly owned subsidiary in
Mumbai
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,
India
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.
Prana Studios' investors include
Reliance Industries and
Mahindra Group.
History
Prana Studios was founded in April 2005 by Arish Fyzee, Kristin Dornig and Pankaj Gunsagar.
In 2005, Prana opened its Mumbai office.
In 2008, The Weinstein Company launched a series of direct-to-video CG feature-length films called ''
Unstable Fables'' - they were produced amongst others, by
The Jim Henson Company
The Jim Henson Company (formerly known as Muppets, Inc., Henson Associates, Inc., and Jim Henson Productions, Inc.; commonly referred to as Henson) is an American entertainment company located in Los Angeles, California. The company is known for ...
and Prana Studios.
[ The first released was ''3 Pigs and a Baby'', the second released was ''Tortoise vs. Hare'' and third and final released was ''The Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Show''.
Prana produces stories and CG imagery for US domestic, international and Indian domestic ]Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...
markets, including '' Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'' for Dharma Productions
Dharma Productions Pvt. Ltd., commonly known and doing business as Dharma Productions, is an Indian film production and distribution company established by Yash Johar in 1979. It was taken over in 2004, after his death, by his son, Karan Joh ...
, as well as the French animated film '' Why I Did (Not) Eat My Father''.
On March 29, 2013, Prana Studios affiliate 34x118 Holdings, LLC won the bidding of Rhythm and Hues Studios
Rhythm & Hues Studios was an American visual effects and animation company, that received the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1995 for '' Babe'', in 2008 for '' The Golden Compass'', and in 2013 for '' Life of Pi''. It also received fou ...
in a bankruptcy auction against other visual effects/CGI animation studios, Prime Focus and Brave Vision. Another contender, Psyop, was eliminated early in the process. The sale was "valued at about $30 million."
Filmography
Feature films
Short films
Television
References
External links
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{{Animation industry in the United States
Indian animation studios
American animation studios
Visual effects companies
Indian companies established in 2005
Mass media companies established in 2005
Mass media companies disestablished in 2019
Indian companies disestablished in 2019
Film production companies based in Mumbai
2005 establishments in California
2019 disestablishments in California