Warner Bros. Animation


Warner Bros. Animation
Type	Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery
Founded	June 1932 (Leon Schlesinger Productions) July 1, 1944 (Warner Bros. Cartoons) 1967 (Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation) March 15, 1980 (Warner Bros. Animation)
Headquarters	Burbank, California, U.S.A.
Key people	Leon Schlesinger, founder
Industry	Films
Products	Films
Number of people	Not disclosed
Website	https://www.warnerbros.com/company/divisions/animation/

Warner Bros. Animation is a motion picture distribution company.

It is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.

Leon Schlesinger Productions

Prior to the formation of a dedicated studio, the Looney Tunes cartoons were produced by a studio owned by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising for Leon Schlesinger.

The shorts were developed in-house when Leon Schlesinger Productions was in June 1932.

Warner Bros. Cartoons

Leon Shlesinger sold the studio to Warner Bros. for $700,000 USD on July 1, 1944, after which the studio became known as Warner Bros. Cartoons.

Closure of Warner Bros. Cartoons

Warner Bros. Cartoons closed in 1964. The Looney Tunes cartoons were then animated by a studio run by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng from the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio.

Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation

In 1967, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation was formed to once again create the Looney Tunes shorts in-house. The company closed in 1969.