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Rembrandt Films was founded by William L. Snyder in 1949 as an importer of films from Europe. In 1951 the company brought to the United States The Emperor's Nightingale, a puppet animation feature by the Czech master, Jiri Trnka. With a new English narration by Boris Karloff, it was released in U.S. theaters to critical acclaim. Other classic films followed, including White Mane and The Red Balloon.
In the 1960s, Rembrandt Films began producing cartoons in Prague, including Tom and Jerrys for MGM/UA and Popeyes for King Features. All the films were directed by the American animation director Gene Deitch, the former head of the UPA studio in New York and the creator of such classic characters as Tom Terrific.
Rembrandt Films and Deitch also produced their own cartoons in Prague, and between 1960 and 1964 they received five Academy Award nominations and an Oscar for Munro, written by Jules Feiffer. The company also pioneered the animation of classic children's books, including Ludwig Bemelmans' Madeline series, James Thurber's Many Moons, and Eve Titus' Anatole.
Rembrandt Films is the exclusive worldwide distributor of several important animation libraries, including all the films from Zagreb Film. Its latest project was the unique Animated Century, a 92-minute history of animation worldwide. |
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