Six Point Harness (6PH) is an animation studio based in Los Angeles that develops and produces animated television programming, feature films, commercial, music videos and web-based content. Founded by Brendan Burch in 2003, some of the studio's most notable productions include

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' '' Electric City'', Fox's '' Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey'', MTV's '' Good Vibes'', Nick Jr.'s ''

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'', Nickelodeon's ''

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'', the animated feature '' The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!'', and the web series ''

Dick Figures ''Dick Figures'' is an American adult animated web-series created by Ed Skudder and written, directed, and produced by Skudder and Zack Keller. The series, featuring two humanlike stick figures named Red and Blue who are best friends, aired for ...

'' for the YouTube channel

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. 6PH also released '' Dick Figures: The Movie'', an in-house production developed from the company's web series. 6 Point Harness uses employees and collaborators nationwide.

History

Brendan Burch founded the studio in June 2003. Six Point Harness worked on ''The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!'' and ''Apollo Gauntlet''. In 2010, 6 Point Harness approached

with a pitch for ''Dick Figures'' and arranged a partnership for the series; 6 Point Harness provided the financing and production while distribution was provided by Mondo Media. In 2011 John Andrews came on board with the company to form 6 Point Media, the commercial branch of the studio. Six Point Harness and Titmouse, Inc. launched Rug Burn, a YouTube channel for animation, in 2012. Six Point Harness raised $313,411 through KickStarter to produce a feature-length episode of ''Dick Figures'' in 2012. In 2013 the studio had two nominations for "Best Animated Web Series" for ''

'' and ''Electric City'' at the

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, with ''Electric City'' bringing the studio its first Streamy Award. That same year ''Dick Figures'' received an Annie Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated Television or other Broadcast Venue Production. Mondo Media and 6 Point Harness finalized a merger of their two companies in 2016. The company uses the Six Point Harness name for studio and production services, and Mondo Media branding for consumer-facing activities. Six Point Harness provided the animation for the 2020 Oscar winning animated short

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and produced an animated music video for the 2020 "Election Special" episodes of ''

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''.

Productions

Television

Films

Video games

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'' (cutscenes) (2009) * ''

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'' (animated trailer) (2015)

Web

* ''Tire Fire Films'' (2006) * '' Revisioned: Tomb Raider Animated Series'' ("Pre-Teen Raider") (2007) * ''Larry Craig's Sexy Stall Tactics'' (2007) * '' Read A Book'' (2008) * ''

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'' by

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(music video) (2009) * ''

'' (2010–2015) * ''

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'' ("Realistic Superhero Funeral" and "Pizza Quest!") (2010–2011) * '' The First Time I Ran Away'' by

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(music video) (2012) * '' Electric City'' (2012) * '' Listing'' by

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(music video) (2012) * ''

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'' ("Austin Oliver", "Cabrito and Chewy", "Carrot and Stick" and "Bear Wrestler") (2012–2013) * ''Rug Burn'' (2012–2016) * ''We The Economy'' ("GDP Smackdown", "Taxation Nation" and "The Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas") (2014) * ''

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: Rhinoceratops vs. Superpuma'' (2014) * '' SpindoTV'' (2015–2016) * '' DreamWorksTV'' ("Lizzie") (2016) * '' As Told By Emoji'' (2016–present) * '' Minions'' (2017) * '' HBO Backstories'' ("Insecure") (2019) * ''The Birds & The Bees'' (2019)

References

External links

* {{Animation industry in the United States American animation studios Mass media companies established in 2003 2003 establishments in California