Gamma Productions Explained

Gamma Productions
Former Name:Val-Mar Productions
Native Name:Producciones Animades Gamma SA
Native Name Lang:es
Founders:
  • Gustavo Valdez
  • Jesus Martinez Gracia
Location:Mexico City, Mexico
Industry:Animation studio and production enterprise

Gamma Productions, or officially Producciones Animades Gamma SA, was a Mexican animation studio founded in 1957 as Val-Mar Productions by Gustavo Valdez and Jesus Martinez Gracia. It is notable as being one of the first animation studios in Mexico to accept work from American production companies.[1]

Output

The studio would not begin production work until March 1959, when it entered into a contract with Producers Associates of TV (also known as PAT). As a part of this contract, Gamma Productions would begin work on Rocky and His Friends, as well as many other Jay Ward Productions titles. This was also when the studio changed its name from Val-Mar Productions to Gamma Productions.[2]

While Ward and his associates complained regularly about the quality of work produced by Gamma Productions,[3] [4] the studio continued to produce animated series from not only Jay Ward Productions, but also Total Television. This work would continue until the studio's unexpected closure in 1967.

Animated programs

Gamma Productions worked on many notable series for both Jay Ward Productions and Total Television; their portfolio includes:

Notes and References

  1. Vargas Martínez . María Celeste . Sánchez . Daniel Lara . Un cuento de hadas fracturado: historia de la "maquila" animada en México . Cinémas d'Amérique latine . 1 December 2011 . 19 . 53–58 . 10.4000/cinelatino.1004. free .
  2. Book: Arnold . Mark . Created and Produced by Total Television Productions . 11 June 2009 . BearManor Media . 9781593933456 . 1st .
  3. Book: Scott . Keith . The Moose That Roared: The Story of Jay Ward, Bill Scott, a Flying Squirrel, and a Talking Moose . 20 November 2001 . St. Martin's Griffin . 9780312283834 . 1st .
  4. Web site: Cawley . John . Korkis . Jim . Rocky & Bullwinkle . cataroo.com . 28 May 2023.