Flying Bark Productions Pty. Ltd.

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Trade name	Flying Bark Productions
Formerly	Yoram Gross Film Studios (1967–1996) Yoram Gross-Village Roadshow (1996–1999) Yoram Gross-EM.TV (1999–2006)
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

Flying Bark Productions Pty. Ltd. (formerly known as Yoram Gross Film Studios, Yoram Gross-Village Roadshow and Yoram Gross-EM.TV) 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, and its stake was acquired by Australian media group Village Roadshow in 1996 before their stake was sold to German media & entertainment company EM.TV & Merchandising.

In January 1996, Yoram Gross Film Studios announced they had 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. The company was later renamed to Yoram Gross-Village Roadshow, with Greg Coote, producer and founder of Village Roadshow's American division Village Roadshow Pictures, and Graham Burke, Village Roadshow's president & CEO, joining the renamed Australian animation studio's board. The 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 EM.TV & Merchandising AG, with whom they jointly handled television productions.^[2] Following this successful partnership, and with Village Roadshow seeking an exit from television production, EM.TV & Merchandising bought out Village Roadshow's interest in Yoram Gross-Village Roadshow in 1999, renaming the company to Yoram Gross-EM.TV. EM.TV was also now distributing the animation studio's programmes worldwide.^[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 their acquisition of 50% of Yoram Gross EM.TV, EM.TV & Merchandising announced their full acquisition of the remaining 50% stake of Yoram Gross EM.TV from its founders Yoram and Sandra Gross under their entertainment division EM. Entertainment, giving EM.Entertainment full control of the Australian animation and production group.^[5] By October 2006, Yoram Gross EM.TV announced a restructuring and rebranding of the company as Flying Bark Productions, alongside its distribution division Yoram Gross Distribution, which was renamed to Flying Bark Distribution.^[6][7][8]

In May 2007, Flying Bark Productions' then-parent company EM.TV announced their plans to exit the children's entertainment business through the sale of their children's division, including Flying Bark Productions, its distribution library including Yoram Gross' animated productions such as Blinky Bill, the library of Japanese animation studio Zuiyo, 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 had exited the animation and children's entertainment production business and sold Flying Bark Productions, alongside its entertainment division EM.Entertainment (including its German television channel Junior) to Belgian production group Studio 100 through their Munich-based German international distribution division Studio 100 Media.^[10]

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

In June 2024, Flying Bark Productions announced they had opened a Madrid-based animation studio, partnering with Spanish animation studio supervisor Ramon Giráldez to head the new Spanish animation studio.^[12]

• The Eggsperts (2014)

• 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)

• Bright Sparks (1989; with Beyond International Group)
• Samuel and Nina (1996–1997; with Children's Television Workshop and Cartoon Network Productions)
• Art Alive (2003–2005)
• Seaside Hotel (2003–2005; with Télé Images Kids)

• The Adventures of Candy Claus (1987)^[46]

• Atmosfear (2004)

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

• Official website
• Flying Bark Productions at IMDb
• Yoram Gross Films at IMDb
• Yoram Gross-EM.TV at IMDb