Atlas Media Corp.
| Company type | Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Television industry |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Founder | Bruce David Klein |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Dr. G: Medical Examiner, Gotta Get It, It Could Happen Tomorrow, Breaking Vegas, History Rocks... |
| Website | http://www.atlasmediacorp.com/ |
Atlas Media Corp. is a New York-based independent producer of non-fiction entertainment. The company, founded in 1989 by filmmaker Bruce David Klein produces television series and specials, theatrical documentaries, and digital webisodes and has been selected as one of the the RealScreen Global 100 – a list of of the world’s “most exciting and influential production companies working in non-fiction film & television.”1
Atlas has produced award-winning productions2 for distribution channels such as The History Channel, A&E, PBS, RTL, National Geographic Channel, TLC, Discovery Health, Fearnet, GSN, The Travel Channel, Fuse, The Disney Channel, USA Network, Food Network, Warner Bros./Telepictures and WE: Women's Entertainment among others.
In 2007, Atlas Media launched a theatrical documentary division3 that produced the feature films Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise and Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead. They also launched a new digital & emerging media division in 20074 that produced webisode series, including RT 666: America’s Scariest Home Haunts (for Comcast’s Fearnet), History Rocks (for history.com) and Breaking Down (for Fuse.tv)
TV Shows:
- Gotta Get It (2007)
- History Rocks (2007)
- Dr. G: Medical Examiner (2006, 2007)
- American Eats (2006, 2007)
- Super Tools (2006)
- It Could Happen Tomorrow (2006)
- Katrina: The Lost Episode (TV special) (2006)
- Skeleton Stories (2005)
- Breaking Vegas (2005)
- Behind the Bash with Giada DeLaurentiis (2005)
- Biography (TV series) (2004-2005)
- How They Won with Mo Rocca (2005)
- Tool Box (2004)
- Young, Sexy &... (2004)
- Ultimate Holidaytown USA (2003)
- All Year Round with Katie Brown (2003)
- Beach Ambush (2003)
- Bragging Rights (2003)
- Forecast Earth (2003)
- Top 5 (2003)
- TV's Greatest Food Moments (2003)
- Big Deals: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly (2002)
- Caught (2002)
- What Happened After...? (2001)
- American Drinks: History in a Glass (1999)
- Mysterious Places with Stacy Keach (1994)
Films:
- Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead (Scheduled for release in 2008)
- Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise (2007)
Webisodes:
- Rt. 666: America's Scariest Home Haunts (2007)
- Breaking Down (2007)
- American Eats (2007)
- History Rocks (2007)
References:
- RealScreen Global 100 website
- NATPE news article: "Atlas Media Corp. has also won multiple awards for its programming, including Cine Gold Eagles, New York Festival Gold Medals, a Genesis Award for Best TV Kids Program and the prestigious James Beard Foundation Award for Best TV Food Journalism."
- WorldScreen.com: "Non-fiction TV content producer Atlas Media Corp. is launching a new division devoted to the development and production of feature-length theatrical documentary films, with a deal already in place with VOOM HD networks for a film about the singer Meat Loaf."
- The Hollywood Reporter: "Atlas Carries Content to YouTube, Others..."