6 Point Harness

Six Point Harness
Type	Private
Industry	Animation
Founded	June 2003
Founder	Brendan Burch
Successor	Mondo Media
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Divisions	6 Point 2
Website	sixpointharness.com

6 Point Harness is an American animation studio based in Los Angeles that develops and produces animated television programming, feature films, commercial, music videos and web-based content. Founded by Brendan Burch in 2003, some of the studio's most notable productions include Tom Hanks' Electric City,[1] Fox's Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, MTV's Good Vibes, Nick Jr.'s Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, Nickelodeon's El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Adult Swim's Apollo Gauntlet and Lazor Wulf, the animated feature The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!, and the web series Dick Figures for the YouTube channel Mondo Media.[2] 6PH also released Dick Figures: The Movie, an in-house production developed from the company's web series.[3]

On September 19, 2016, it was announced that 6 Point Harness merged with Mondo Media. [4]

History

Brendan Burch founded the studio in June 2003. In 2010, 6 Point Harness approached Mondo Media with a pitch for Dick Figures and arranged a partnership for the series; 6 Point Harness provided the financing and production while distribution was provided by Mondo Media.[5]

In 2011, John Andrews came on board with the company to form 6 Point Media, the commercial branch of the studio.[6][7] Six Point Harness and Titmouse, Inc. launched Rug Burn, a YouTube channel for animation, in 2012.[8] Six Point Harness raised $313,411 through KickStarter to produce a feature-length episode of Dick Figures in 2012.[9][10]

In 2013, the studio had two nominations for "Best Animated Web Series" for Dick Figures and Electric City at the Streamy Awards, with Electric City bringing the studio its first Streamy Award.[11] That same year Dick Figures received an Annie Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated Television or other Broadcast Venue Production.[12]

Six Point Harness is most famous for providing the animation for the 2020 Oscar winning animated short Hair Love and producing an animated music video for the 2020 "Election Special" episodes of Black-ish.[13][14]

Productions

Television

Title	Year(s)	Notes	Client
Drew Carey's Green Screen Show	2004	animated sequences	Warner Bros. Television
My Wife and Kids	2005	"Jr's Cartoon" (animated sequence)	Touchstone Television
Sunday Pants		"Weighty Decisions" shorts	Cartoon Network
Twinkle		TV pilot	Klasky Csupo
Where My Dogs At?	2006		MTV
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!	2006–2010		Starz Media
Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!	2006	main titles	Warner Bros. Television
Medium		"Four Dreams" (animation)	CBS Paramount Television
Random! Cartoons		"Ratzafratz!"	Nickelodeon
Slacker Cats	2007		ABC Family
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera	2007		Nickelodeon
Mask of Santo	2008	TV pilot	Cartoon Network
Bumble Braynes	2008	TV pilot	Cartoon Network
Drop Dead Diva	2009	"What If?" (animation)	Sony Pictures Television
'Til Death	2010	"The Wedding" (animation)	Sony Pictures Television
Kirstie Alley's Big Life		main titles	FremantleMedia
The Benson Interruption		main titles	Comedy Central
Gypsy Cab		TV pilot
Wyatt Cenac: Comedy Person	2011	TV special (animation)
Good Vibes	2011		MTV
The Looney Tunes Show	2012	"The Shelf" ("Chintzy" segment)	Warner Bros. Television
Fringe	2012	"Black Blotter" (animated sequence)	Warner Bros. Television
Holliston	2013	"Blobby" (animation)	Fearnet
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee	2014	"Comedy, Sex and the Blue Numbers" (animation)	Sony Pictures Television
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey		[15]	Cosmos Studios
Garfunkel and Oates		"Eggs" (animation)	IFC
Like, Share, Die	2015		Mondo Media
Fresh Beat Band of Spies	2015–2016		Nickelodeon
Everstar	2015	pilot	Amazon Studios
Under Mondo Media
Black-ish	2015–2022	animated sequences	ABC Studios
The Greeks	2016	2D animation	National Geographic Society
Rad Lands	2017	animation	Chipotle Mexican Grill
Apollo Gauntlet			Adult Swim
Hawaii Five-0		"A'ole e 'olelo mai ana ke ahi ua ana ia" (animation)	CBS Television Studios
Tender Touches			Adult Swim
30 for 30		"Nature Boy" (2D animation)	ESPN Films
Life in Pieces	2018	"Reading Egg Nurse Neighbor" (animated sequence)	20th Century Fox Television
Dietland		main titles	AMC
Legend of the Three Caballeros			Disney Digital Network
Lazor Wulf	2020	season 2[16]	Adult Swim
Smiling Friends		pilot	Adult Swim
Marvel 616		Brute Force animation segment	Disney+
The Boys	2022	"Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed" and "The Instant White-Hot Wild" (animation sequences)	Amazon Studios
Oh My God, Yes!	2023	pilot	Adult Swim

Films

Title	Year	Notes	Client
EuroTrip	2004	title sequence	DreamWorks
Black Dynamite	2009		ARS Nova
Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo	2010	title sequence	Warner Bros.
Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare		title sequence	Warner Bros.
Carbon Nation		animation	Earth School Education Foundation
The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!			Comedy Central
Priest	2011	prologue	Screen Gems
Dick Figures: The Movie	2013		Mondo Media
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2	2013	end credits and digital shorts	Sony Pictures Animation
The Yes Men Are Revolting	2014	animation	The Orchard
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	2015	Rap Battle Sequence and End Credits	Paramount Pictures
Call Me Lucky	2015	animation	MPI Films
Barbie: Star Light Adventure	2016	additional animation	Mattel Creations
ForEveryone.Net	2016	animation	Nonfiction Unlimited
Under Mondo Media
Guava Island	2019	main titles	Amazon Studios
Hair Love	2019	short film	Sony Pictures Animation
The Great Wolf Pack: A Call to Adventure	2022		Great Wolf Entertainment

Video games

Band Hero (cutscenes) (2009)
Dark Souls III (animated trailer) (2015)

Web

Tire Fire Films (2006)
Revisioned: Tomb Raider Animated Series ("Pre-Teen Raider") (2007)
Larry Craig's Sexy Stall Tactics (2007)
Read A Book (2008)
Ghost Town by Shiny Toy Guns (music video) (2009)
Dick Figures (2010–2015)
CollegeHumor ("Realistic Superhero Funeral" and "Pizza Quest!") (2010–2011)
The First Time I Ran Away by M. Ward (music video) (2012)
Electric City (2012)
Listing by Minus the Bear (music video) (2012)
Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program ("Austin Oliver", "Cabrito and Chewy", "Carrot and Stick" and "Bear Wrestler") (2012–2013)
Rug Burn (2012–2016)
We The Economy ("GDP Smackdown", "Taxation Nation" and "The Unbelievably Sweet Alpacas") (2014)
Ninja Sex Party: Rhinoceratops vs. Superpuma (2014)
SpindoTV (2015–2016)
DreamWorksTV ("Lizzie") (2016)
As Told By Emoji (2016–present)
Minions (2017)
HBO Backstories ("Insecure") (2019)
The Birds & The Bees (2019)

References

Arrant, Chris (July 17, 2012). "Joel Trussell On Directing Tom Hanks' New Webseries "Electric City"". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
"Six Point Harness". IMDB. December 7, 2012.
"Dick Figures: The Movie". IMDB. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
Amidi, Amid (2016-09-19). "Mondo Media and Six Point Harness Finalize Merger". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
Ricker, Ko (August 17, 2018). "How The Studio Six Point Harness is Blazing a Trail for Studio IP Ownership and Control". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
McLean, Tom (April 27, 2011). "Exec John Andrews to Head Up Six Point Media". Animation Magazine. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
DeMott, Rick. "John Andrews Partners With Six Point Harness To Launch 6 Point Media". Animation World Network. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
"Six Point Harness and Titmouse launch Rug Burn channel". Animation Magazine. December 7, 2012.
"KickStarter". July 16, 2012.
Aubin, Jillian. "YouTube Series 'Dick Figures' to Release Kickstarter-Financed Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
"THE OFFICIAL 3RD ANNUAL STREAMY AWARD NOMINEES". Streamy.org. February 17, 2013.
"Annie Award Nomination 2012". Cartoon Brew. December 3, 2012.
Wolfe, Jennifer. "Focus on My 'Vote:' Six Point Harness Delivers Election-Themed Animated Music Video for ABC's 'Black-ish'". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
"Untangling black representation with Hair Love's Matthew A. Cherry". animationfromeveryangle.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-30. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
"Learn More About the Awesome Animation Sequences in Cosmos From Producer Kara Vallow". geekosystem.com. 6 March 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
"Adult Swim Greenlights New "Fairy Tales" Series Plus More Seasons of "The Shivering Truth," "Lazor Wulf" and "12 Oz. Mouse"". The Futon Critic. 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2019-11-07.

External links

Official website

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[arrant-1] Arrant, Chris (July 17, 2012). "Joel Trussell On Directing Tom Hanks' New Webseries "Electric City"". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved September 2, 2021.

[2] "Six Point Harness". IMDB. December 7, 2012.

[3] "Dick Figures: The Movie". IMDB. Retrieved September 13, 2013.

[4] Amidi, Amid (2016-09-19). "Mondo Media and Six Point Harness Finalize Merger". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2023-03-30.

[ricker-5] Ricker, Ko (August 17, 2018). "How The Studio Six Point Harness is Blazing a Trail for Studio IP Ownership and Control". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved September 2, 2021.

[6] McLean, Tom (April 27, 2011). "Exec John Andrews to Head Up Six Point Media". Animation Magazine. Retrieved July 20, 2015.

[7] DeMott, Rick. "John Andrews Partners With Six Point Harness To Launch 6 Point Media". Animation World Network. Retrieved May 3, 2011.

[8] "Six Point Harness and Titmouse launch Rug Burn channel". Animation Magazine. December 7, 2012.

[9] "KickStarter". July 16, 2012.

[10] Aubin, Jillian. "YouTube Series 'Dick Figures' to Release Kickstarter-Financed Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 31, 2013.

[11] "THE OFFICIAL 3RD ANNUAL STREAMY AWARD NOMINEES". Streamy.org. February 17, 2013.

[12] "Annie Award Nomination 2012". Cartoon Brew. December 3, 2012.

[wolfe-13] Wolfe, Jennifer. "Focus on My 'Vote:' Six Point Harness Delivers Election-Themed Animated Music Video for ABC's 'Black-ish'". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2021-01-27.

[14] "Untangling black representation with Hair Love's Matthew A. Cherry". animationfromeveryangle.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-30. Retrieved 2021-01-27.

[15] "Learn More About the Awesome Animation Sequences in Cosmos From Producer Kara Vallow". geekosystem.com. 6 March 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2015.

[16] "Adult Swim Greenlights New "Fairy Tales" Series Plus More Seasons of "The Shivering Truth," "Lazor Wulf" and "12 Oz. Mouse"". The Futon Critic. 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2019-11-07.