Lacewood Productions was a Canadian animation studio and production company based in

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.Wise, Wyndham (2001), p. 9. ''Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Filmmaking''. .

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Press. Accessed April 14, 2007. Founded in 1988, it was well-known for producing a television series, ''

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'', as well as specials based on ''

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'', and the 1990 feature ''

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''. The company was originally owned by Wiseman & Sons. In 1995,

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acquired the studio for CA $3.2 million. In 1997, Paragon raised the company's stake to 75% and eventually took control of it later that year.Bullock, Kelly (April 2005)
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Ottawa Insight. Retrieved April 17, 2007. Paragon eventually declared bankruptcy in 1998, with most of Lacewood's library and former assets being acquired by Amberwood Entertainment in 2000. Lacewood was the successor to Hinton Animation Studios, a company created by Sheldon Wiseman, which closed down due to debt problems. The first productions made by the studio were '' The Railway Dragon'' and its sequel '' The Birthday Dragon''. Lacewood has also done animation services on the first season of ''

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''. According to Thad Komorowski, the studio had a hostile working environment comparable to that of

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, not paying employees well, and its output was subpar, with

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's high standards demotivating the studio; it backed out after animating six episodes, despite Kricfalusi's approval of their work. Lacewood has also done animation production in partnership with

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on season 2 of '' Problem Child'', ''

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'' and 1995 episodes of ''

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''.

Spinoff company

Amberwood Entertainment Corporation (known by its animation industry name as Amberwood Productions) is a Canadian animation studio founded in 1997 by Sheldon Wiseman. The company bought Lacewood Productions' assets from Paragon Entertainment Corporation in 2000. Amberwood was best known for producing ''

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'' (a follow-up series to Lacewood's The Teddy Bears specials), ''

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'', ''Katie and Orbie'' and ''

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''.

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Defunct Canadian animation studios Companies based in Ottawa Mass media companies established in 1988 Mass media companies disestablished in 1998 Defunct film and television production companies of Canada 1988 establishments in Ontario {{Canada-media-company-stub

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