Fox Animation Hollywood

Fox Animation Hollywood (formerly David Petermeyer Productions, then Metromedia Animation and MPC Animation) is an American animated production company that was operated from 1971 to 1998, when it was folded into 20th Century Fox Animation.

1971-1978: The beginnings
In 1971, David Petermeyer, who was a CalArts graduate, decided to finish the short film Legend of the Emperors in 1971. He then started up his own production company, with other CalArts graduates and some employees from Terrytoons to join the studio. Petermeyer then signed a deal with 20th Century-Fox to distribute its output.

The first film, The Water Mother was released in 1974, to modest and commercial success, eventually becoming a hit. It went on to do further acclaim.

1979-1986: Metromedia era
In 1978, Metromedia announced its plans to acquire the animation company, and decided to make it a subsidiary of Metromedia Producers Corporation. The acquisition is completed on January 20, 1979. The animation studio is then renamed to Metromedia Animation, and it will start production on the first film under the new name Bluebird, which will be released in 1980.

Metromedia continues to distribute its product through 20th Century-Fox, in order to pay extra money in time for making their own feature films.

1986-1998: News Corporation/Fox era and end of studio
In 1986, News Corporation acquired Metromedia Producers, its television stations, and its animation unit from Metromedia. As a result, Metromedia Animation was then renamed to MPC Animation, which the name existed as an entry from 1986 to 1990, when it was renamed to Fox Feature Animation, and it was later renamed to Fox Animation Hollywood from 1994 to 1998.

In 1994, Don Bluth and Gary Goldman launched a new animation studio, Fox Animation Studios to serve as a sister entry to its Hollywood studio, and it will be based in Phoenix. The first film from the Phoenix studio, Anastasia was released in 1997.

In 1998, the animation unit was shut down and it was prepared to move to Fox Animation Studios to work on The Magical Riddle, which was released in 1999, and it was shut down, only to move to Fox Animation's Century City studio to begin work on Mice Tales for a 2001 release. David Petermeyer remained as head of animation until its untimely death in 2008 during the production of the film Crystal due to cancer.

Feature films
All of the feature films below were distributed by 20th Century Fox.