Film Roman
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| Subsidiary of Waterman Entertainment | |
| Industry | Animation, motion pictures, television |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Headquarters | Woodland Hills, California, United States |
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Key people
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Phil Roman (founder) |
| Parent | Independent (1984–2003) IDT Entertainment (2003–2006) Starz (2006–2016) Waterman Entertainment (2015–present) |
| Divisions | Film Roman Baja Productions Phil Roman Entertainment |
| Website | www |
Film Roman is an American animation studio owned by Waterman Entertainment, the production company of producer Steve Waterman. Founded by veteran animator and director Phil Roman in 1984, it is best known for producing source animation for series such as The Simpsons, King of the Hill and Family Guy for 20th Century Fox Animation, as well as Garfield and Friends and various Garfield animated television specials.
Phil Roman, veteran alumnus of MGM Animation/Visual Arts and Bill Melendez Productions, originally founded Film Roman in 1984 as a means to continue the production of the Garfield series of animated prime time television specials, since Melendez's own studio was unable to work on both the Garfield and Peanuts series of specials. Peanuts executive producers Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez and their aforementioned studio had produced the first two Garfield specials (Here Comes Garfield (1982) and Garfield on the Town (1983) respectively, both specials directed by Roman), but due to the wishes of both Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz and Garfield creator Jim Davis' concerns about conflicting interests in allocating production priority at Melendez's boutique studio, the production had to be moved. While he was leaving him and Melendez for his already-established studio, Roman was offered the opportunity to produce the next Garfield prime time special, Garfield in the Rough (1984), for CBS by Mendelson, which he accepted and went on to produce and direct all by himself, winning an Emmy in the process.
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