6 Point Harness

Six Point Harness (6PH) is a Los Angeles-based animation studio that develops and produces animated television programming, feature films, commercial, music videos and web based content. In business for eighteen years, some of their most notable productions have included Tom Hanks' Electric City,[2] Fox's Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, MTV's Good Vibes, Nick Jr.'s Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, Nickelodeon's El Tigre, the animated feature The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!, and the web series Dick Figures for the YouTube channel Mondo Media.[2][3] 6PH also released Dick Figures: The Movie, an in-house production developed from the company's web series.[4]

Six Point Harness
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryAnimation
Founded2003
FounderBrendan Burch
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
ParentMondo Media[1]
Divisions6 Point Media
6 Point 2
Websitesixpointharness.com

6 Point Harness uses employees and collaborators nationwide.[5] 6PH's founder, Brendan Burch, has noted in an online interview that "Six Point's focus is top quality cartoons... We take pride in the bar of quality we set on every project".[6] As a vital animation production resource to most of the major studios and networks in LA, Six Point Harness studio's team animates series, pilots, promos, TV and features, along with many other animation projects.

History
  • Founder Brendan Burch formed the studio in June 2003 based out of Hollywood, CA. 6PH describes how they got started in their own words, noting that "we were producing an early Flash animated feature and realized that the production pipeline we were developing was more efficient than many larger studios had at the time. We took the crew we were using, put together a reel, started a corporation, and got into as many meetings as possible to get the ball rolling".[7]
  • In 2011 John Andrews came on board with the company to form 6 Point Media, the commercial branch of the studio.[8][9]
  • In 2013 the studio had two nominations for "Best Animated Web Series" for Dick Figures and Electric City at the Streamy Awards, with Electric City bringing the studio its first Streamy Award.[10] That same year Dick Figures received an Annie Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated Television or other Broadcast Venue Production.[11]
  • Through Kickstarter, Six Point Harness and Ed Skudder/Zack Keller raised $313,411 to produce a feature-length episode of Dick Figures.[12][13]
  • In 2012, Six Point Harness has teamed up with Titmouse, Inc. to develop and distribute original animated content on the YouTube channel Rug Burn.[14]
  • In 2014, Wendy Willis joined the 6PH team to run development.
  • In 2018, animation industry veteran Barb Cimity joined the 6PH team as Head of Production
  • Six Point Harness did the animation on the 2020 Oscar winning animated short Hair Love [15][16]
  • In 2020, Six Point Harness appointed Musa Brooker as Creative Director of the studio.[17]

Productions

Television
Title Year(s) Notes Client
Drew Carey's Green Screen Show 2004 animated sequences Warner Bros. Television
My Wife and Kids 2005 "Jr's Cartoon" (animated sequence) Touchstone Television
Sunday Pants "Weighty Decisions" shorts Cartoon Network
Twinkle TV pilot Klasky Csupo
Where My Dogs At? 2006 MTV
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! 2006–2010 Starz Media
Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! 2006 main titles Warner Bros. Television
Medium "Four Dreams" (animation) CBS Paramount Television
Random! Cartoons "Ratzafratz!" Nickelodeon
Slacker Cats 2007 ABC Family
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera Nickelodeon
Mask of Santo 2008 TV pilot Cartoon Network
Bumble Braynes
Drop Dead Diva 2009 "What If?" (animation) Sony Pictures Television
'Til Death 2010 "The Wedding" (animation)
Kirstie Alley's Big Life main titles FremantleMedia
The Benson Interruption Comedy Central
Gypsy Cab TV pilot
Wyatt Cenac: Comedy Person 2011 TV special (animation)
Good Vibes MTV
The Looney Tunes Show 2012 "The Shelf" ("Chintzy" segment) Warner Bros. Television
Fringe "Black Blotter" (animated sequence)
Holliston 2013 "Blobby" (animation) Fearnet
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee 2014 "Comedy, Sex and the Blue Numbers" (animation) Sony Pictures Television
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey [18] Cosmos Studios
Garfunkel and Oates "Eggs" (animation) IFC
Like, Share, Die 2015 Mondo Media
Fresh Beat Band of Spies 2015–2016 Nickelodeon
Everstar 2015 pilot Amazon Studios
Black-ish 2015–present animated sequences ABC Studios
The Greeks 2016 2D animation National Geographic Society
Rad Lands 2017 animation Chipotle Mexican Grill
Apollo Gauntlet Adult Swim
Hawaii Five-0 "A'ole e 'olelo mai ana ke ahi ua ana ia" (animation) CBS Television Studios
Tender Touches Adult Swim
30 for 30 "Nature Boy" (2D animation) ESPN Films
Life in Pieces 2018 "Reading Egg Nurse Neighbor" (animated sequence) 20th Century Fox Television
Dietland main titles AMC
Legend of the Three Caballeros Disney Digital Network
Lazor Wulf 2020 season 2[19] Adult Swim
Smiling Friends pilot
Marvel 616 Brute Force animation segment Disney+
City of Ghosts 2021 Post-production Netflix

Films
Title Year Notes Client
EuroTrip 2004 title sequence DreamWorks
Black Dynamite 2009 ARS Nova
Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo 2010 title sequence Warner Bros.
Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
Carbon Nation animation Earth School Education Foundation
The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie! Comedy Central
Priest 2011 prologue Screen Gems
Dick Figures: The Movie 2013 Mondo Media
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 end credits and digital shorts Sony Pictures Animation
The Yes Men Are Revolting 2014 animation The Orchard
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water 2015 Rap Battle Sequence Paramount Pictures
Call Me Lucky animation
Barbie: Star Light Adventure 2016 additional animation Mattel Creations
ForEveryone.Net animation Nonfiction Unlimited
Guava Island 2019 main titles Amazon Studios
Hair Love short film Sony Pictures Animation

Video games

Web

Six Point Harness companies

Rugburn

As described by the show's developers, "launched in 2012, Rug Burn Channel is a joint venture between Six Point Harness and Titmouse, Inc.. The two studios delivered weekly programming to their subscribers. Breakout original properties include the highly popular Axe Cop and Dogsnack, from Dick Figures Co-Creator Ed Skudder. New properties were added to the Rugburn channel regularly."[20][21] The channel hasn't been active since 2015. The Adult Swim animated series, Apollo Gauntlet was based on a series of shorts from 2012 that aired on Rugburn's channel.

6 Point Media

6 Point Media is the commercial branch of 6PH. Some of the commercial projects include a campaign for MetLife Term Life Insurance as well as recent promotions for McDonald's Dollar Meals, Taco Bell's Doritos Locos Tacos, Kool-Aid's partnership with Hasbro's THE HUB and toy projects for Bandai. The 6 Point Media's roster includes Six Point Harness’ strongest in-house directors as well as an array of directing talent from the world of independent animation."[22]

"6 POINT MEDIA has expertise across the production spectrum in all styles of animation as well as in design and live action production. Their signature is unique individual directing talent combined with a high level of technical skill and lots of humor and entertainment value."[23]

6 Point 2

Six Point 2 is the separate corporation created by Six Point Harness as its IATSE union signatory entity. It was formed to provide high-end production for networks that require union production.

References
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  2. Verrier, Richard (April 3, 2012). "'Electric City' to join charge of animated shows onto Internet". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
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  4. "Dick Figures: The Movie". IMDB. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
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  6. Wilding, Robin (November 2, 2011). "Six Point Harness' Brendan Burch Talks Top Quality Animation". Animation Career Review. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  7. "Ratzafratz: Interview with Six Point Harness". Frederator: Cartoon Central on the Internet. Retrieved November 16, 2006.
  8. McLean, Tom (April 27, 2011). "Exec John Andrews to Head Up Six Point Media". Animation Magazine. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  9. DeMott, Rick. "John Andrews Partners With Six Point Harness To Launch 6 Point Media". Animation World Network. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  10. "THE OFFICIAL 3RD ANNUAL STREAMY AWARD NOMINEES". Streamy.org. February 17, 2013.
  11. "Annie Award Nomination 2012". Cartoon Brew. December 3, 2012.
  12. "KickStarter". KickStarter. July 16, 2012.
  13. Aubin, Jillian. "YouTube Series 'Dick Figures' to Release Kickstarter-Financed Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  14. "Six Point Harness and Titmouse launch Rug Burn channel". Animation Magazine. December 7, 2012.
  15. "Focus on My 'Vote:' Six Point Harness Delivers Election-Themed Animated Music Video for ABC's 'Black-ish'". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  16. "Untangling black representation with Hair Love's Matthew A. Cherry". animationfromeveryangle.com. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  17. Wit, Alex Dudok de (2020-09-06). "Six Point Harness Appoints Musa Brooker As Creative Director". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  18. "Learn More About the Awesome Animation Sequences in Cosmos From Producer Kara Vallow". geekosystem.com. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  19. "Adult Swim Greenlights New "Fairy Tales" Series Plus More Seasons of "The Shivering Truth," "Lazor Wulf" and "12 Oz. Mouse"". The Futon Critic. 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  20. "Rugburn". Six Point Harness.
  21. Johnson, Wesley. "RUG BURN YOUTUBE CHANNEL LAUNCHES WITH NEW AXE COP CARTOON". Geek Exchange. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
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  23. "Six Point Harness / 6 Point Media About". Six Point Harness.
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