Colossal Pictures (also styled as (Colossal) Pictures or (C)P) was an American entertainment company that developed and produced television programming, advertising, network branding, and visual effects. Colossal's work has won every major industry award, from the

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, and

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to the Cannes Gold Lion and

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Top Honor.

History

In the mid-1970s, Drew Takahashi and Gary Gutierrez were working with

John Korty John Korty (June 22, 1936 – March 9, 2022), was an American film director and animator, best known for the television film '' The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman'' and the documentary '' Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen K ...

on animated shorts for children's programs such as ''

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''. When ''Vegetable Soup'' was renewed for a second season, Korty began working on a movie, and suggested to Drew and Gary that they start their own production company. The two founded Colossal Pictures in 1976 and worked on projects such as shorts for ''Vegetable Soup'', the opening sequence of ''

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'' and commercials for

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, KQED, KSAN-FM, and

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The Boise Cascade commercial received national attention and attracted many businesses to Colossal. In 1981, Colossal began producing dozens of network IDs for

MTV MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on ...

, which led to the company receiving more high-profile clients including

Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (nicknamed Nick) is an American pay television channel and the flagship property of the Nickelodeon Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first ca ...

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, and

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. The following year, Gary Gutierrez launched USFX, a new division of Colossal, while he was working on '' The Right Stuff''. Colossal started producing computer animation in 1983, when they collaborated with Pacific Data Images to produce a commercial for the

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game ''

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'' and a network ID for MTV. In 1986, Colossal began working with Western Images using a

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Harry unit, resulting in Colossal being able to create state-of-the-art computer graphics. Colossal also launched a new division, BIG Pictures, which produced television programs. In January 1989,

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production company Noyes & Laybourne became Colossal's East Coast division. In September, Colossal began representing

Pixar Pixar (), doing business as Pixar Animation Studios, is an American animation studio based in Emeryville, California, known for its critically and commercially successful computer-animated feature films. Pixar is a subsidiary of Walt Disney ...

to produce CGI-animated commercials. As part of the deal, Colossal would receive a project and develop the storyboards, while Pixar animated the project. Colossal terminated its relationship with Pixar in 1992 when they started production on ''

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'' for

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. During the early 1990s, well-known artists like Caroline Leaf and

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were hired to direct commercials at Colossal. In 1991, Colossal began representing Sculptoons and the

Brothers Quay Stephen and Timothy Quay ( ; born June 17, 1947) are American identical twin brothers and stop-motion animators who are better known as the Brothers Quay or Quay Brothers. They received the 1998 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design for t ...

, but their relationships with Colossal did not last very long. That same year, after Colossal's relationship with Pixar ended in 1992, Stuart Cudlitz and Brad DeGraf launched a new digital media division, which produced projects such as '' The Moxy Show'', '' RoboCop: The Ride'', and a ''

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'' game. Colossal closed BIG Pictures in 1994; that October, Colossal employees John Hays, Phil Robinson, and Jeff Fino left the company and launched a new animation studio, Wild Brain. Earlier in 1994, Colossal created exhibits for the

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. Due to cost overruns, production delays and other problems, the museum refused to pay all of Colossal's bills. In April 1996, Colossal laid off a third of its staff, including co-founder Gary Gutierrez, and on May 30, the company filed for

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. Colossal sued the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for $1,200,000 in damages plus $10,000,000 in punitive damages. That year, Colossal signed a development deal with the

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to produce content for the network. Colossal produced the interstitial series ''Frankenguy and the Professor'' and ''The Mix-Ups'' plus the Zoog Disney block for the Disney Channel. After Colossal decided to restructure itself into a smaller company, consolidating all of its activities into one building in the process, they emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy on December 1, 1997.

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, manager of Colossal's model shop, took over the facility and turned it into M5 Industries. Although Colossal was able to sustain itself the following year with a lean work force, the company experienced a downturn in revenue at the beginning of 1999. On August 31, Colossal closed after 23 years in business. The decision was made in order to liquidate property and honor outstanding debts. Many of Colossal's employees, such as Ed Bell, Charlie Canfield, and George Evelyn moved to Wild Brain as a result.

Work

Filmography

Noyes and Laybourne Formerly known as Cyclops Films (1969–1978) and Eliott Noyes Productions (1978–1983).

Music videos

* "

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" ( Hilly Michaels, 1980) * " Get It On (Bang a Gong)" ( The Power Station, 1985) * "

Raspberry Beret "Raspberry Beret" is a song written by American musician Prince and the lead single from Prince & the Revolution's 1985 album '' Around the World in a Day''. Background The sound of the song expanded upon previous Prince arrangements, incorporat ...

" (

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, 1985) * " All Around the World" ( Robert Palmer, 1985) * " Color of Success" (

Morris Day Morris E. Day (born December 13, 1957) is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer of The Time. Music career Morris Day is best known as the lead singer of The Time, a group associated with Prince. Day and Pr ...

, 1985) * "Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)" ( Bourgeois Tagg, 1986) * " Partners, Brothers and Friends" (

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, 1986) * " Touch of Grey" (

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, 1987) * "

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" (

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, 1988) * "

Don't Worry, Be Happy "Don't Worry, Be Happy" is a 1988 song by Bobby McFerrin, released as the first single from his album '' Simple Pleasures'' (1988). It was the first '' a cappella'' song to reach number-one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, a position it held ...

" (

Bobby McFerrin Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. (born March 11, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter, and conductor (music), conductor. His Vocal pedagogy, vocal techniques include singing fluidly but with quick and considerable jumps in Pitch (music), pitch—fo ...

, 1988) * "

Good Lovin' "Good Lovin" is a song written by Rudy Clark and Arthur Resnick that was a #1 hit single for the Young Rascals in 1966. Original version The song was first recorded by Lemme B. Good (stage name of singer Limmie Snell) in March 1965 and writ ...

" (Bobby McFerrin, 1988) * "

Istanbul (Not Constantinople) "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" is a 1953 novelty song, with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy and music by Nat Simon. It was written on the 500th anniversary of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire, Ottomans. The lyrics humorously refer to th ...

" (

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, 1990) * " Living in the Promiseland" (

Joe Cocker John Robert "Joe" Cocker (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances featuring expressive body movements. Most of his best-known singles, such as "Feelin' Alright ...

, 1990) * " The Garden" (Bobby McFerrin, 1990) * '' Kevin Volans: Hunting:Gathering'' (

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, 1991) * "

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" (

Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and human rights activist. He came to prominence as the original frontman of the rock band Genesis. He left the band in 1975 and launched a solo career wit ...

, 1993) * " Get a Haircut" (

George Thorogood George Lawrence Thorogood (born February 24, 1950) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. His "high-energy boogie-blues" sound became a staple of 1980s US rock radio, with hits like his original songs "Bad to the Bone" and "I Drink Al ...

, 1993) * "

George of the Jungle ''George of the Jungle'' is an American animated television series produced and created by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, who also created '' The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends''. The character George was inspired by the story of ...

" ( Presidents of the United States of America, 1997)

Commercials

* 1-800-MUSIC-NOW (1995) * 7Up (1985, 1995) * ABC (1985) *'' Adventure Island'' (1987) *

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(1990–95) * Americast *

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(1991) * Ascriptin *

(1983) *

AT&T AT&T Inc., an abbreviation for its predecessor's former name, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the w ...

(1991) *

Bankers Trust Bankers Trust was a historic American banking organization. The bank merged with Alex. Brown & Sons in 1997 before being acquired by Deutsche Bank in 1999. Deutsche Bank sold the Trust and Custody division of Bankers Trust to State Street Corp ...

(1993) *

BellSouth BellSouth, LLC (stylized as ''BELLSOUTH'' and formerly known as BellSouth Corporation) was an American telecommunications holding company based in Atlanta, Georgia. BellSouth was one of the seven original Regional Bell Operating Companies after ...

Best Buy Best Buy Co., Inc. is an American multinational consumer electronics retailer headquartered in Richfield, Minnesota. Originally founded by Richard M. Schulze and James Wheeler in 1966 as an audio specialty store called Sound of Music, it was r ...

(1994) *

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(1998) *

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(1985) *

(1980) *

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Burger King Burger King Corporation (BK, stylized in all caps) is an American multinational chain store, chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. Headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida, the company was founded in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacks ...

(1996) *

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* California Federal Bank *

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(1990) * California Milk Advisory Board (1985, 1989) * Cap'n Crunch *

Carl's Jr. Carl's Jr. Restaurants LLC is an American fast-food restaurant chain store, chain owned by CKE Restaurants, CKE Restaurant Holdings, Inc., who also owns Hardee's, with franchisees in North and South America, Asia, Oceania, Europe, and Africa. ...

(1993) *

Cartoon Network Cartoon Network (CN) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the Cartoon Network, Inc., a sub-division of the Warner Bros. Discovery Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery. It launched on ...

(1992, 1998) *

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* C.C. Lemon (1995) * Celestial Seasonings (1995) * Century Theatres *

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(1994) *

Chevrolet Chevrolet ( ) is an American automobile division of the manufacturer General Motors (GM). In North America, Chevrolet produces and sells a wide range of vehicles, from subcompact automobiles to medium-duty commercial trucks. Due to the promi ...

Chili's Chili's Grill & Bar (stylized as chili's) is an American casual dining restaurant chain founded by Larry Lavine in Texas in 1975 and is currently owned and operated by Brinker International. History Chili's first location, a converted postal ...

* Chuck E. Cheese (1979-80) *

Cigna The Cigna Group is an American multinational for-profit managed healthcare and insurance company based in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Its insurance subsidiaries are major providers of medical, dental, disability, life and accident insurance and r ...

(1985) *

Clorox The Clorox Company (formerly Clorox Chemical Company) is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products. As of 2024, the Oakland, California-based company had approximately 8,000 employees worldwide. N ...

(1985) *

(1993–98) * Cocoa Krispies (1987–88) * Converse *

Coors Brewing Company The Coors Brewing Company is an American brewery and beer company based in Golden, Colorado, that was founded in 1873. In 2005, Adolph Coors Company, the holding company that owned Coors Brewing, merged with Molson, Inc. to become Molson Coor ...

Del Monte Foods Del Monte Foods Inc. ( trading as Del Monte Foods) is an American food production and distribution company and subsidiary of NutriAsia, headquartered in Walnut Creek, California. Del Monte Foods is one of the largest producers, distributor ...

(1985) *

Denny's Denny's (also known as Denny's Diner on some locations' signage) is an American table service diner-style restaurant chain. It operates over 1,400 Restaurant, restaurants in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and several other internationa ...

(1997) *

DHL DHL (originally named after founders Dalsey, Hillblom and Lynn) is a multinational Import-Export Expert Company, founded in the United States and headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It provides courier, package delivery, and express mail service, ...

Discovery Channel Discovery Channel, known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery, is an American cable channel that is best known for its ongoing reality television shows and promotion of pseudoscience. It init ...

(1997) *

(1986–90, 1992) *

Dole Food Company Dole plc (previously named Dole Food Company and Standard Fruit Company) is an Irish- American agricultural multinational corporation headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The company is among the world's largest producers of fruit and vegetables ...

(1985) * Dr. Scholl's *

ESPN2 ESPN2 is an American multinational pay television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between the Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%). ESPN2 was initially ...

(1993) *''

Final Fantasy III is a 1990 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Family Computer. The third installment in the ''Final Fantasy'' series, it is the first numbered ''Final Fantasy'' game to feature the job-change system. The story r ...

'' (1994) * Ford * Fox Kids Network (1991) * Franco-American (1996) * Fresca (1993) *

Frito-Lay Frito-Lay, Inc. (; ) is an American food company that manufactures, markets, and sells snack foods. It began in the early 1930s as two companies, Fritos, the Frito Company and Lay's, H.W. Lay & Company, that merged in 1961. Frito-Lay itself merg ...

(1981) *General Mills (1986, 1990, 1992–94) *Geo (automobile), Geo (1989) *Good Guys (American company), Good Guys (1993) *GTE *Ha! (TV channel), Ha! (1990) *Haggar Clothing, Haggar *Hanna-Barbera (1989) *Hawaiian Punch (1995) *HBO (1984) *Heineken (1992) *Hershey's Kisses (1989–96) *Hitachi (1993) *Hi-C (1993) *Homebase (1992) *Home Club *Hewlett-Packard (1992) *Honda (1990, 1993, 1995) *JCPenney *Jeep (1994) *Keds (1994) *KGO-TV (1983) *Kibbles 'n Bits (1989) *Kikkoman *KQED (TV), KQED (1979) * KSAN-FM (1979) *L'eggs (1985) *Le Méridien *

(1981, 1983–86, 1991, 1994–95) *Liberty Mutual *Life Savers (1990–91) *Lifetime (TV network), Lifetime (1985) *Listerine (1990–92) *Little Caesars *Locomotion (TV channel), Locomotion (1996) *Löwenbräu Brewery (1989) *Mainstay (1995) *MCI Communications *McDonald's (1986–87, 1989–90) *Anchor Blue Clothing Company, Miller's Outpost (1993) *Mirinda (1985) *Mobilink *Motorola (1994) *Mountain Dew *The Movie Channel (1985) *MSN *MSNBC *

(1981–86, 1990–93) *Bimbo Bakeries USA#Main brands, Mrs. Baird's *Nabisco (1990, 1993) *Nature Valley *National Basketball Association, NBA *NBC (1986–87) *New Visions Pictures (1989) *

(1984–85, 1994–96, 1998) *Nickelodeon Movies (1996, 1998) *Nick at Nite (1989, 1991) *Nike, Inc., Nike (1991–95, 1997) *Nintendo Power (1988) *NYNEX (1992–93) *Ocean Spray (cooperative), Ocean Spray (1984) *The ODP Corporation, Office Depot (1997) *Old Navy (1998–99) *Owens Corning (1996) *Pacific Bell (1985) *Pacific Telesis (1985) *Partnership to End Addiction, Partnership for a Drug-Free America (1992, 1999) *PBS *Pep Boys (1999) *Pepsi (1993, 1996) *Perrier (1995) *Pillsbury (brand), Pillsbury Company (1988, 1990) *Pizza Hut (1985, 1991–97) *Pacific Gas and Electric Company, PG&E *Playskool *Post Holdings (1985, 1991–92, 1999) *Procter & Gamble (1989–90) *Prudential Financial, Prudential *RCA (1985) *Saab Automobile (1995–96) *Samsung (1998) *Schweppes (1995) *Sega (1992–94) *Showtime (TV network), Showtime (1987) *Six Flags (1992) *Sprint Corporation (1998) *Starbucks, Starbucks Coffee (1995) *Straw Hat Pizza (1985) *Southwestern Bell (1986, 1994) *Stroh Brewery Company *Supercuts *Taco Bell *Cimetidine, Tagamet *TBS (American TV channel), TBS *''Tetris & Dr. Mario'' (1994) *TNT (American TV network), TNT (1990) *Tott's *Touchstone Pictures *Toys "R" Us (1991) *Trident (gum), Trident (1985, 1990) *Tropicana Products, Tropicana (1989, 1991) *Turner Classic Movies (1996) *Twizzlers *United Airlines (1996) *Universal Studios Florida (1990) *United States Navy, U.S. Navy (1994) *Vestron Video, Vestron, Inc. *VH1 (1985) *Vlasic Pickles (1989) *Wachovia, Wachovia Bank *MSN TV, WebTV Noyes and Laybourne *Apple Cinnamon Cheerios (1989) *Bubble Yum (1992) *

(1989) *

*Ha! (TV channel), Ha! (1990) *Honeycomb (cereal), Honeycomb (1991; with Colossal Pictures) *IBM *K'NEX (1994) *Kool-Aid *Metro-North Railroad, Metro-North/Long Island Rail Road *

(1984–85, 1987) *Nick at Nite (1987–88) *Nikon (1990) *Ripple Crisp (1994; with Colossal Pictures) *Teddy Grahams, T.G. Bearwich (1992)

References

External links

Archive of Colossal Pictures website

1993 demo reel

1994 demo reel

1996 demo reel

1998 demo reel
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