OuiDo! Productions
entertainment production company
OuiDo! Productions (formerly known as Timoon Animation, Genao Productions and Technicolor Animation Productions) is a French-based entertainment production company that served as a production arm part of the French visual effects and animation company Technicolor Creative Studios (now Technicolor Group). The company was founded on May 28, 2003, as Timoon Animation by Philippe Mounier (the founder of PMMP) and Bridget Gauthier-Darcet (of Largardère Images), and they were responsible for co-producing animated shows and reboots for the Alvin and the Chipmunks and Sonic the Hedgehog franchises.
History
Technicolor Animation Productions was first founded in Paris, France on May 28, 2003, in which it was originally known as Timoon Animation when the then vice-president of Lagardère Images, Brigett Gautheir-Darcet and founder of another animation studio in France PMMP, Philippe Mounier teamed up to create this company in order to boost Lagardère Images and produced its first animated series The Odd Family which they co-produced with SAMG Animation (now SAMG Entertainment).
In 2007, Sandrine Nguyen and Boris Hertzog launched their audiovisuel production company named OuiDo! Entertainment but on October 3, 2008, Sandrine Nguyen and Boris Hertzog the directors of OuiDo! Entertainment which they founded in 2007 joined Timoon Animation under Christophe Thoral with the two being both named Managing Producer and Executive Producer including their projects which were being developed under Timoon Animation as OuiDo! Entertainment's division was merged into Timoon Animation.
On March 5, 2012, after Lagardére Entertainment was founded in 2008 taking Timoon Animation with it, it was announced that the company had been rebranded to Genao Productions in order to expand its focus towards fiction and unscripted entertainment programs for young people.
In October of that same year Genao Productions announced that they had partnered with American-based company and owner of the legendary Alvin and the Chipmunks band Bagdasarian Productions to produce a new CGI animated series revival named ALVINNN!!!
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