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Little Airplane Productions

Little Airplane Productions
Company typeTelevision production company
IndustryTelevision production
Animation
Founded1999 (1999)
Founders
DefunctJune 2023 (2023-06)
FateFolded into Studio 100
SuccessorTerribly Terrific! Productions
HeadquartersNew York City, New York
Key people
Josh Selig (former CEO)
Lori Shaer
Jennifer Oxley
Jeffrey Lesser
Sharon Gomes (former COO)
ProductsOobi
Wonder Pets!
3rd & Bird
Small Potatoes
Doctor Space
Super Wings
OwnerStudio 100 (2017–2023)

Little Airplane Productions was an American television production company co-founded by Josh Selig and Lori Shaer (née Sherman)[1] in 1999. The company produced Oobi for Noggin, Wonder Pets! for Nickelodeon, and 3rd & Bird for the BBC. It also released independent short films. In 2017, the company was bought by the European-based Studio 100, which entered a co-production agreement to create the comedy series Doctor Space with Little Airplane.[2][3]

The company's main studio was located in New York City's South Street Seaport.[4] Filming, animation, design, and storyboarding work were completed in a 12,000 square feet (1,100 m2) building. The studio also had a recording facility for voice-over and music. In mid-2007, the company opened new studios in London and Abu Dhabi, following the announcement of 3rd & Bird.

Lori Shaer left Little Airplane in 2002, but she continued to be given a "special thanks" credit on the second and third seasons of Oobi. Josh Selig left the company in 2020.[5]

In June 2023, Studio 100 announced that Little Airplane would be "closing shop" and that its studio space would be replaced by a new company called Terribly Terrific Productions.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Josh Selig: Article about Little Airplane". Kidscreen. August 3, 2010. Archived from the original on September 13, 2019.
  2. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (December 1, 2017). "Studio 100 Takes Over Emmy-Winning Little Airplane Productions". Archived from the original on September 3, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  3. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (October 2, 2019). "Little Airplane, Fantawild & Studio 100 Blast Off with 'Doctor Space'". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  4. ^ "Recently Opened: Little Airplane". Time Out. Time Out Group. April 15, 2008. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  5. ^ "Josh Selig and Sharon Gomes Exit Studio 100's Little Airplane Productions". Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  6. ^ "Announcement..." www.littleairplane.com. Archived from the original on November 26, 2021. Retrieved July 24, 2023.