Flying Bark Productions

Flying Bark Productions Pty. Ltd. is an Australian entertainment and animation studio that is a subsidiary of Belgian children's production company Studio 100. The studio acts as a full-service production facility across feature films, television and an assorted range of digital content. The studio was established by Yoram and Sandra Gross in 1967 as Yoram Gross Film Studios.

Flying Bark Productions Pty. Ltd.

Logo used since 2021
Trade name	Flying Bark Productions
Formerly	Yoram Gross Film Studios (1967–1996) Yoram Gross-Village Roadshow (1996–1999) Yoram Gross-EM.TV (1999–2007)
Industry	Entertainment Animation
Founded	1967; 58 years ago (1967)
Founder	Yoram Gross Sandra Gross
Headquarters	Sydney , Australia
Products	Motion pictures Television programs
Parent	Village Roadshow Pictures (1996–1999) EM.TV & Merchandising AG (1999–2008) Studio 100 (2008–present)
Website	www.flyingbark.com.au

In January 1996, Yoram Gross Film Studios announced that they've established a partnership with Australian media group Village Roadshow with the interest of Yoram Gross Film Studios being sold to them under their motion picture production division Village Roadshow Pictures, who renamed the company to Yoram Gross-Village Roadshow with American producer & founder of Village Roadshow's American division Village Roadshow Pictures Greg Coote and Village Roadshow's president & CEO Graham Burke joined the renamed Australian animation studio's board with their rebranded Yoram Gross studio agreed to produce ten animated series with Village Roadshow's television division.^[1] One year later in October 1997, Yoram Gross Village Roadshow made a co-production pact with Europe-based German production and distribution company based in Munich named EM.TV & Merchandising AG, who handled a joint pact.^[2] EM.TV bought out Village Roadshow's interest in 1999 when Village Roadshow was seeking a exit from television production, which was renamed to Yoram Gross-EM.TV.^[3] By December 1999, Yoram Gross-EM.TV launched their own in-house licensing division named YG-EM Licensing to handle their own productions including EM.TV's co-production alongside their Junior programming catalogue.^[4]

In January 2006 seven years after German media and entertainment company EM.TV & Merchandising's acquisition of 50% of Australian animation studio Yoram Gross EM.TV along with their successful partnership with Australian producer Yoram Gross through EM.'s division EM.Entertainment, EM.TV & Merchandising under their entertainment division EM. Entertainment announced their full acquisition of the remaining 50% stake of Australian entertainment and animation studio joint venture Yoram Gross EM.TV from its founders Yoram Gross and his wife Sandra Gross giving EM.Entertainment full control of the Australian animation and production group.^[5] By October 2006 following their acquisition of the remaining 50% stake ten months prior, Yoram Gross EM.TV announced their restructed and re-branded the company under its current name to Flying Bark Productions with the rebranded company plans to expanded their portfolio into the adult-animated and children's genre alongside their distribution division Yoram Gross Distribution which was also renamed to Flying Bark Distribution like their renamed company under EM.Entertainment.^[6][7][8]

One year later May 2007, Flying Bark Productions' then-parent company EM.TV announced that they're planning to exit the children's entertainment business and to sell their children's division including their Australian entertainment & animation production studio Flying Bark Productions, its distribution library including Yoram Gross' animated productions such as Blinky Bill, the library of Japanese animation studio Zuiyo and its classic catalogue such as Maya the Bee and Vic the Viking and their German television channel Junior.^[9]

In late-May 2008, EM.Sport Media AG announced that they've exited the animation and children's entertainment production business and sold their Australian animation and production studio Flying Bark Productions alongside its entertainment division EM. Entertainment including its German television channel Junior to Belgian production group Studio 100, giving the latter their own in-house Australia entertainment & animation production studio and the EM. Entertainment library including the Yoram Gross production library as EM.Sport Media AG will focus on their sport activities.^[10]

In late-March 2022, Flying Bark Productions announced the establishment of its new production arm outside of its kids and family portfolio dedicated to adult animated programmes along with scripted and unscripted projects for mature audiences named After Bark with Amy Noble and Kate Andrew becoming CCO and head of leagal & business affairs of the new production subsidiary.^[11]

In June 2024, Flying Bark Productions announced that they've opened an Madrid-based animation studio based in Spain and had partnered with Spanish animation studio supervisor Ramon Giráldez heading the new Spanish animation studio.^[12]

Filmography

Flying Bark Productions feature films

Title	Release date	Distributor	Notes
Gumnutz: A Juicy Tale	December 24, 2007	FFC Australia	co-production with Bix Pix Productions and ABC Studios)
Santa's Apprentice	November 24, 2010	Gaumont	co-production with Gaumont Alphanim, Cartoon Saloon and Arvill Stark Entertainment
The Woodlies Movie[13]	February 23, 2013	Seven Network Universum Film (Germany)	co-production with Studio 100 Media, Seven Network, ZDF and Telegael
Maya the Bee[14][15]	2014	StudioCanal Universum Film (Germany)[16]	also known as Maya the Bee Movie co-production with Studio 100 Film, Screen Australia, ZDF and Buzz Studios
Blinky Bill the Movie	September 17, 2015	StudioCanal	co-production with Telegael, Screen Australia, Screen NSW and Assemblage Entertainment
Maya the Bee: The Honey Games	April 1, 2018 (Germany) July 26, 2018 (Australia)	StudioCanal Universum Film (Germany)	Sequel to Maya the Bee Movie co-production with Studio 100 Film, Screen Australia, Buzz Studios and Fish Blowing Bubbles
100% Wolf[17]	2020	Studio 100 Film	co-production with Studio 100 Film, Screen Australia, Screenwest, Lotterywest, Create NSW, Siamese and De-Fi Media
Maya the Bee: The Golden Orb[18][19]	January 7, 2021	StudioCanal	co-production with Studio 100 Film, Studio 100 Media, Studio Isar Animation and Studio B Animation
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie	August 5, 2022	Netflix	Animations services only produced by Nickelodeon Movies
Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia[20][21]	May 26, 2022 (Germany) October 27, 2022 (Australia)	Icon Film Distribution Constantin Film (Germany)	co-production with Studio 100 Film, Studio 100 Media, Studio Isar Animation, Constantin Film, Studio B Animation and Hahn Film AG
200% Wolf[22][23]	August 8, 2024	StudioCanal Atlantika Films (Spain)	Sequel to 100% Wolf co-production with Studio 100 Film, Screen Australia, Screenwest, Lotterywest, Siamese and Atlantika Films
The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender	2026	Paramount Pictures	Animation services only[24] produced by Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies and Avatar Studios

TV series

Title	Years	Network	Notes
The Adventures of Blinky Bill	1993–2004	ABC/Seven Network	co-production with EM.TV & Merchandising, EM.TV Wavery and WDR
Tabaluga	1997–2004	Seven Network ZDF (Germany)	co-production with EM.Entertainment, ZDF Enterprises and Victory Media Group
Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown	1998–1999	Nine Network	co-production with Tele Images Productions
Dumb Bunnies	1998–1999	Seven Network CBS (United States)	co-production with Nelvana and Scholastic
Flipper and Lopaka	1999–2005	Seven Network ZDF (Germany, season 3)	co-production with EM.Entertainment, Animation Filmmakers Corporation and Victory Media Group (season 2)
Old Tom	2002	ABC1	co-production with EM.TV Wavery and Millimages
Bambaloo	2003–2004	Seven Network	co-production with The Jim Henson Company (season 1)
Deadly	2006	Nine Network	Last production under the Yoram Gross-EM.TV name co-production with SLR Productions
Dive, Olly, Dive![25]	2006-2010	Seven Network Animania (United States) KIKA (Germany)	credited as Yoram Gross-EM.TV for the first 16 episodes; first production under the Flying Bark Productions name co-production with Mike Young Productions, Taffy Entertainment (season 1), Moonscoop (season 2), CDG International, Atlantyca Entertainment (season 2) and Telegael
Staines Down Drains	2006–2007	Seven Network	co-production with EM.Entertainment, Flux Animation Studio, Traction and NZ On Air
Zeke's Pad	2008–2010	Seven Network YTV (Canada)	uncredited co-production with Leaping Lizard Productions, Bardel Entertainment and Avrill Stark Entertainment
Master Raindrop	2008–2009	Seven Network	co-production with EM.Entertainment, Big Communications, Flux Animation Studio and Media Development Authority
Legend of Enyo	2009–2010		co-production with Avrill Stark Entertainment and Screen NSW
Zigby[26][27]	2009–2011	ABC Kids Treehouse TV (Canada) ZDF (Germany)[28]	co-production with Avrill Stark Entertainment, Thunderbird Films and Big Animation
The Woodlies	2012	Seven Network ZDF (Germany)	co-production with Studio 100 Media
Vic the Viking[29]	2013–2014	Network Ten/Eleven (Australia) ABC3 (Australia) TF1 (France)	co-production with Studio 100 Animation and ASE Studios
Tashi	2014–2015	7TWO	co-production with Studio 100 Animation
Heidi	2015–2019	Nine Network TF1 (France) Tiji/Piwi+ (France) ZDF (Germany)	season 1 only co-production with Studio 100 Animation and Heidi Productions (season 1) Based on the novel Heidi by Johanna Spyri
The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill[30][31]	2016–2017	7TWO/ABC Me	co-production with Studio 100 Animation, Telegael and Giant Wheel Animation
Oh, Yuck!	2017	Seven Network	co-production with Silhouette Media Group
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	2018–2020	Nickelodeon	Animation services only produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio
Glitch Techs	2020	Netflix
Lego Monkie Kid	2020–present	Peacock	co-prpduction with The Lego Group continued by WildBrain Studios from season 4 onwards
100% Wolf: Legend of the Moonstone	2020–2023	ABC Me	co-production with Studio 100 Animation and Studio 56
FriendZSpace	2021–present		co-production with Studio 100 Animation, Studio 100 Media, Dan Clark Company, Shellnut Entertainment and T&B Media Global
What If...?	2021–2024	Disney+	Animation services only produced by Marvel Studios Animation
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur	2023–2025	Disney Channel	Animation services only produced by Disney Television Animation, Marvel Animation and Cinem Gypsy Productions
Stranger Things: Tales From '85	Coming 2025	Netflix	Animation services only produced by 21 Laps Entertainment, Upside Down Pictures and Netflix)[32]
Untitled Ghostbusters series	Coming TBA		Animation services only produced by Sony Pictures Animation and Ghost Corps[33]

Web series

• The Eggsperts (2014)

Yoram Gross feature films

• Dot and the Kangaroo (1977)
• The Little Convict (1979; also known as Toby and the Koala)
• Around the World with Dot (1981; also known as Dot and Santa Claus)
• Sarah (1982; also known as The Seventh Match and Sarah and the Squirrel)
• Dot and the Bunny (1983)
• The Camel Boy (1984)
• Epic (1984; also known as Epic: Days of the Dinosaur)
• Dot and the Koala (1985)
• Dot and Keeto (1986)
• Dot and the Whale (1986)
• Dot and the Smugglers (1987; also known as Dot and the Bunyip)
• Dot Goes to Hollywood (1987)
• The Magic Riddle (1991)
• Blinky Bill: The Mischievous Koala (1992; also known as Blinky Bill)
• Dot in Space (1994)
• Skippy Saves Bushtown (1999)
• Tabaluga and Leo (2005; with ZDF Enterprises)
• Blinky Bill's White Christmas (2005)
• Flipper and Lopaka: The Feature (2006)

Yoram Gross TV series

• Bright Sparks (1989; with Beyond International Group)
• The Adventures of Blinky Bill (1993–2004)
• Samuel and Nina (1996–1997; with Children's Television Workshop and Cartoon Network Productions)
• Fairy Tale Police Department (2001–2002; with Talit Productions and Victory Media Group)
• Art Alive (2003–2005)
• Seaside Hotel (2003–2005; with Télé Images Kids)

TV special

• The Adventures of Candy Claus (1987)^[34]

Interactive board game

• Atmosfear (2004)

See also

• List of film production companies
• List of television production companies