Rembrandt Films is a Czech production company founded by American film producer

William L. Snyder William Lawrence Snyder (February 14, 1918 – June 3, 1998) was an American film producer. He won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short in 1960 for the animation ''Munro''. William Snyder created the company Rembrandt Films in Czechoslovakia ...

in 1949. It began as an importer of films from Europe and expanded into

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directed for the company both his own films and cartoons outsourced from American studios such as

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Popeye Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, Elzie Crisler Segar.Krazy Kat ''Krazy Kat'' (also known as ''Krazy & Ignatz'' in some reprints and compilations) is an US, American newspaper comic strip, by cartoonist George Herriman, which ran from 1913 to 1944. It first appeared in the ''New York Journal-American, New Yor ...

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''). Rembrandt Films is now run by the son of William Snyder, Adam Snyder, and his wife Patricia Giniger Snyder. Rembrandt Films is an umbrella company for Rembrandt Communications, Rembrandt Animation and Rembrandt Video Productions. It conducts animation, video production, and business writing.

Notable Works

Animation

* Little Roquefort *

Munro A Munro () is defined as a mountain in Scotland with a height over , and which is on the Scottish Mountaineering Club (SMC) official list of Munros; there is no explicit topographical prominence requirement. The best known Munro is Ben Nevis ...

Popeye Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, Elzie Crisler Segar.Nudnik ''Nudnik'' was a Czechoslovak/Czech animated film series directed by Gene Deitch, produced by William Lawrence Snyder, and distributed by Paramount Studios. Twelve shorts were released during 1965 and 1967. The character's tagline is "Whatever ...

Krazy Kat ''Krazy Kat'' (also known as ''Krazy & Ignatz'' in some reprints and compilations) is an US, American newspaper comic strip, by cartoonist George Herriman, which ran from 1913 to 1944. It first appeared in the ''New York Journal-American, New Yor ...

Alice of Wonderland in Paris ''Alice of Wonderland in Paris'' or ''Alice in a New Wonderland'' is a 1966 Czech-American animated film directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder in extreme limited animation. Plot Young Alice, having become a celebrity for he ...

Documentaries

* Silent Pioneers (Emmy Nominee for Best Program) * Girona, The Mother of Israel: The Jews of Catalonia * Caring for Cambodia * The Children of Oswiecim Remember * The Technion: Turning Tomorrow's Dreams into Today's Realities * CADCA: The Dangers of Underage Drinking * CADCA's Dose of Prevention Award * Finding Security in an Insecure World * Turning Passion into Promise to End Duchenne * Hale House: It's All About the Children * Hale House: The Mother Hale Way * A Torah Returns * The Dreyfus Affair: A Current Affair * The Many Faces of the Sephardim * Come Back to the Lower East Side * In Touch for Life * The Four Energy Gates (Dr. Nan Lu)

References

{{reflist 1949 establishments in Czechoslovakia Companies of Czechoslovakia Czech animation studios Film production companies of the Czech Republic Mass media companies established in 1949