6 Point Harness

Six Point Harness (6PH) is an American 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 Tom Hanks' Electric City,[1] Fox's Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, MTV's Good Vibes, Nick Jr.'s Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, Nickelodeon's El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Adult Swim's Apollo Gauntlet and Lazor Wulf, the animated feature The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!, and the web series Dick Figures for the YouTube channel Mondo Media.[2] 6PH also released Dick Figures: The Movie, an in-house production developed from the company's web series.[3]

Six Point Harness
TypePrivate
IndustryAnimation
FoundedJune 2003 (2003-06)
FounderBrendan Burch
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
ParentRooster Teeth
Divisions6 Point Media
6 Point 2
Websitesixpointharness.com

6 Point Harness uses employees and collaborators nationwide.[4]

History

Brendan Burch founded the studio in June 2003. In 2010, 6 Point Harness approached Mondo Media 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.[5]

In 2011, John Andrews came on board with the company to form 6 Point Media, the commercial branch of the studio.[6][7] Six Point Harness and Titmouse, Inc. launched Rug Burn, a YouTube channel for animation, in 2012.[8] Six Point Harness raised $313,411 through KickStarter to produce a feature-length episode of Dick Figures in 2012.[9][10]

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.[11] That same year Dick Figures received an Annie Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated Television or other Broadcast Venue Production.[12]

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.[13]

Six Point Harness provided the animation for the 2020 Oscar winning animated short Hair Love and produced an animated music video for the 2020 "Election Special" episodes of Black-ish.[14][15]

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 [16] 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 2015–2022 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[17] Adult Swim
Smiling Friends pilot
Marvel 616 Brute Force animation segment Disney+
The Boys 2022 "Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed" and "The Instant White-Hot Wild" (animation sequences) Amazon Studios

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 and End Credits Paramount Pictures
Call Me Lucky animation MPI Films
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
The Great Wolf Pack: A Call to Adventure 2022 Great Wolf Entertainment

Video games

Web

References
  1. Arrant, Chris (July 17, 2012). "Joel Trussell On Directing Tom Hanks' New Webseries "Electric City"". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  2. "Six Point Harness". IMDB. December 7, 2012.
  3. "Dick Figures: The Movie". IMDB. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  4. Burton, Michelle (August 26, 2011). "Six Point Harness – Career Profile". Animation Career Review. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  5. Ricker, Ko (August 17, 2018). "How The Studio Six Point Harness is Blazing a Trail for Studio IP Ownership and Control". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  6. McLean, Tom (April 27, 2011). "Exec John Andrews to Head Up Six Point Media". Animation Magazine. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  7. DeMott, Rick. "John Andrews Partners With Six Point Harness To Launch 6 Point Media". Animation World Network. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  8. "Six Point Harness and Titmouse launch Rug Burn channel". Animation Magazine. December 7, 2012.
  9. "KickStarter". July 16, 2012.
  10. Aubin, Jillian. "YouTube Series 'Dick Figures' to Release Kickstarter-Financed Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  11. "THE OFFICIAL 3RD ANNUAL STREAMY AWARD NOMINEES". Streamy.org. February 17, 2013.
  12. "Annie Award Nomination 2012". Cartoon Brew. December 3, 2012.
  13. "Mondo Media, Six Point Harness Finalize Merger". Animation Magazine. September 15, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  14. Wolfe, Jennifer. "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.
  15. "Untangling black representation with Hair Love's Matthew A. Cherry". animationfromeveryangle.com. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  16. "Learn More About the Awesome Animation Sequences in Cosmos From Producer Kara Vallow". geekosystem.com. 6 March 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  17. "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.
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