Bagdasarian Productions

Bagdasarian Productions

Type	Production company
Industry	Animation Live-action
Founded	1961 (as Bagdasarian Film Corporation) 1981 (as Bagdasarian Productions)
Founder(s)	Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.
Headquarters	Santa Barbara, California
Key people	Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. Janice Karman
Products	Television shows Theatrical films Television specials Direct-to-video films
Website	http://www.chipmunks.com

Bagdasarian Productions is an American production company which holds the rights to Alvin and the Chipmunks (with DVD distribution licensed to Paramount Pictures) and related intellectual property assets. It is owned and operated by Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. and Janice Karman. It was founded in 1961 as Bagdasarian Film Corporation, which was owned and founded by the late Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. (also known as David Seville). It adopted its current name in 1981.

Television shows

• The Alvin Show (1961–1962) (co-production with Format Films)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983–1990) (co-production with Ruby-Spears Productions, later with Murakami-Wolf-Swenson, and then with DIC Entertainment)
• The Chipmunks and Chipettes (TBA) (co-production with Genao Productions)

Television specials

• A Chipmunk Christmas (1981)
• I Love the Chipmunks Valentine Special (1984)
• A Chipmunk Reunion (1985)
• Rockin' Through the Decades (1990)
• Trick or Treason (1994)
• A Chipmunk Celebration (1994)
• The Easter Chipmunk (1995) (last Chipmunks production with the company's logo)

Theatrical films

• The Chipmunk Adventure (1987, animated)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007, live-action)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009, live-action)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011, live-action)

Direct-to-video films

• Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999, animated)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman (2000, animated)
• Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks (2004, live-action)

External links

• Official site