about us

channelzero is an entertainment company founded in 1999 by Emmy winning Character Designer Dave Warren as a co-op for artists, writers and musicians, dedicated to developing and successfully marketing exciting new and original content for television, film and new media.

In addition we offer production services, including pre and post by some of the finest talent available at a fraction of the cost.

From concept to delivery our Emmy and Grammy winning artists offer a wide variety of animation and live action services including traditional cell style animation, flash, writing, design, storyboards, layout, recording, soundtracks, theme songs, scoring and state of the art post production.

We are passionate about success and will bring that same passion and commitment to your project.

Whether it's animation, design , or development, we can help you every step of the way.

artists

DAVE WARREN
Dave Warren is a two-time Emmy Award-winning animation artist of the television series Steven Spielberg presents Pinky and the Brain. Other animation credits include the Steven Spielberg produced series Animaniacs and the Animaniacs feature film The Wishing Star, Ralph Bakshi's Spicy City, Scott Adam's Dilbert, Jamie Kellner's Camp Whatever and Angus Oblong's Baby Farm.

RALPH SOSA
Ralph Sosa is a three-time Emmy Award-winning animation artist of the television series Steven Spielberg presents Pinky and the Brain and The Simpsons. Other animation credits include the Steven Spielberg produced Animaniacs feature The Wishing Star, Baby Blues, The Cramped Twins, Dilbert and the feature film by Adam Sandler, Eight Crazy Nights.

PETER GAFFNEY
Peter Gaffney won an Emmy as Senior Story Editor on the first five seasons of Nickelodeon's Rugrats (for which he wrote or co-wrote more than 25 episodes). Also for Nick, he co-created Aaahh!!! Real Monsters. As a writer and creative consultant for MTV, he worked on Beavis & Butthead, Daria and MTV's Downtown and story-edited the avante-garde science fiction series Aeon Flux. He produced the animated series Jumanji for Columbia/Tri-Star, and has worked extensively with Disney TV Animation, story-editing Nightmare Ned (which he also developed), Recess and The Weekenders. In print Peter has written for Harper's, TV Guide and The Village Voice and was an editor of National Lampoon. In addition, he's worked on sitcoms (including Married…with Children), talk shows (Comedy Central's Comics Only, MTV's Mouth-to-Mouth), new media (Club Dead, MTV's first CD-Rom game) and features (The Crow III: Salvation). In addition to SoSophie, Peter is currently working with partner Japhet Asher on two feature scripts and Rat's Nest, a live action pilot for the Disney Channel. He divides his time between Hollywood and a home in the San Bernardino Mountains near Lake Arrowhead.

TOM SHEPPARD
Tom Sheppard is a two-time Emmy Award-winning writer of the television series Steven Spielberg presents Pinky and the Brain. Other writing credits include Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego, What's With Andy?, What's New, Scooby Doo?, the Steven Spielberg produced Freakazoid and Animaniacs, and the live-action feature film, The New Adventures of Pinocchio, starring Martin Landau and Udo Kier.

A graduate of the USC School of Cinema-Television and former assistant to producer/director Mike Nichols, Tom recently completed production on his film directorial debut, Would I Lie to You?, a romantic farce starring Brad Rowe, Susan Ward, Jonathan Penner and Stephanie Beacham.

MICHAEL WARD
Michael Ward is the Grammy Award-winning guitarist and vocalist of the band The Wallflowers. Other credits include Buffalo Nickel's Long Play, Shawn Mullin's Beneath the Velvet Sun, Fastball's The Harsh Light of Day, John Doe's Freedom is… and Trinket's Set to Explode. For more on Mike visit www.michaelward.net

BOB THOMSON
Bob Thomson is bass guitarist for the band Smile. Other credits include The John Doe Thing, Tiny Buddy, WARD, Big Drill Car, Scott Weiland's Magnificent Bastards and Jim Carrey's Cable Guy soundtrack. For more on Bob visit www.smilemusic.com

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ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
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