JCM Productions

JCM Productions (short for Jones-Calvert-Melvin) is an American animated feature film studio that was founded by animators Chuck Jones, Fred Calvert, Norm Gottfredson and CalArts graduate Steve Melvin that was in operation from 1971 to 1983, that was based in San Jose.

History
The existence of JCM traces back to 1971, when CalArts graduate Steve Melvin started his own studio. Chuck Jones Enterprises bought out a 25% in the studio, and Fred Calvert Productions, also bought out 25% of the studio, and hired some of the employees of each individual studio there to start working in the feature film business. He then signed a deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to distribute the films.

The first feature, The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch came out in 1974, and it became an instant success, according to a report from MGM employee James T. Aubrey, Jr., and all distribution of MGM's product along with that of JCM were by United Artists in the United States and Cinema International Corporation internationally.

All of the films came from box office revenues posted by United Artists internationally and Cinema International Corporation internationally, thus making JCM the biggest animated production company possible to MGM's standards.

In 1980, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Co. purchased the company, and then in 1983, MGM decided to shut the studio down, and decided to fold it into MGM/UA Feature Animation. All of the films in the library were owned by Warner Bros. via Turner Entertainment Co..

Filmography
All of the films below were co-produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and distributed in the U.S. by United Artists (later Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer via MGM/UA Entertainment Co. starting in 1982) and internationally by Cinema International Corporation (later United International Pictures starting in 1981).