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Buzzco Associates, Inc.

Formerly	Perpetual Motion Pictures (1968–1982) Perpetual Animation (1982–1984) Buzzco Productions, Inc. (1982–1984) Buzzco Associates, Inc. (1985 to present)
Company type	Private
Industry	Animated commercials and short films
Founded	1968
Founder	Buzz Potamkin Hal Silvermintz
Headquarters	New York City, New York, U.S.
Key people	Candy Kugel Marilyn Kraemer
Website	buzzco.nyc

Buzzco Associates, Inc. is an animation studio that was founded in 1985 as an offshoot of Perpetual Motion Pictures and Buzzco Productions (as Perpetual Motion Pictures) by Buzz Potamkin with Emmy Award winner, Candy Kugel and Vincent Cafarelli as co-creative directors and Marilyn Kraemer as executive producer. Buzzco Associates is the longest continually operating animation studio in New York's history.

History

Buzzco Associates, Inc., traces its lineage to Perpetual Motion Pictures, founded in 1968 by Buzz Potamkin and Hal Silvermintz. Early work of Buzzco included the "I Want My MTV" campaign, and the "Top of the Hour" network ID for Paramount's MTV. The spots mixed live action with rock stars along music and animation. In 1982, Perpetual Motion Pictures split into Perpetual Animation and Buzzco Productions, Inc., and Vincent Cafarelli and Candy Kugel joined Buzzco. Potamkin left New York in 1984 to form Southern Star Productions in Los Angeles. As part of the continuing partners' agreement in forming Buzzco Associates, Cafarelli, Kugel and Kraemer decided it was important for them to make independent films.

Buzzco continued with production of commercials, titles, insert programming, sales films and segments for such clients as Nickelodeon, Sesame Workshop, MTV, HBO Family and ABC, as well as for educational shows such as PBS's Sesame Street, Between the Lions and Square One Television. Commercial clients often come to Buzzco because of its ability to integrate different print styles into motion. They have often worked with humorous illustrator Norm Bendell, a designer of commercials for First Morris Bank and the flea-control program CIBA.

Planned Parenthood: Talking About Sex, created and produced for Planned Parenthood won the Grand Prize for an Educational Film at Annecy in 1997.

In 2009, It's Still Me: A Guide for People with Aphasia & Their Loved Ones is a 17-minute film which explains aphasia and offers ways of communicating without words. It was inspired by Kugel's mother, who was aphasic for twelve years after a massive stroke.

Filmography

Short films

• Woman: Who Is Me? (1976)
• Inbetweening America (1977)
• Confessions of a Starmaker (technical assistance, 1978)
• So What If It Rains? (1979) (animation; produced by Manno Productions and Alternate Choice)
• Audition (1980)
• My Film, My Film, My Film (1983)
• A Warm Reception in L.A. (1987)
• Animated Self-Portrait (1988)
• Snowie and the Seven Dorps (1990)
• Fast Food Matador (1991)
• We Love It (1992)
• The Ballad of Archie Foley (1995)
• KnitWits (1997)
• KnitWits Revisited (1999)
• Life: A New York Ani-Jam (animated contribution, 1999)
• (it was . . .) Nothing At All (2000)
• Piscis (2001)
• Juan Bobo's Birthday Party (2002)
• Command-Z (2005)
• What I Want (music video, 2005)
• Right (2007)
• dEVOLUTION (2008)
• It's Still Me! A Guide For People With Aphasia & Their Loved Ones (2009)
• The Last Time (2012)
• iHeed: Two Simple Ways To Treat Water (2012)
• iHeed: Access to Family Planning is a Human Right (2013)
• Blessings of the Season (2013)
• My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) (2014) (animation)
• Vashti (2018)
• I, Candy (2018)

Commercials

• 3M (1970s)
• American Academy of Pediatrics (1984, 1988)
• American Eagle (1986)
• AnMed Health Medical Center (2003)
• Beau Rivage Casino (2014)
• Bell South (2005)
• Big Bear Supermarkets
• Budget Gourmet (1988)
• Burger King
• CBS (1970s)
• CD 101.9 (1990)
• Cheerios
• Chef Boyardee (1991)
• Chex
• CIBA
• Clearblue Easy (1991)
• The Comedy Channel (1990)
• Connecticut Academy for Education (1993)
• Cosequin (2017)
• Dan-E (2011)
• Diaperene
• Dr. Scholl's (1989)
• FirstBank (1980)
• First Morris Banks
• Fritos (1970s)
• GCI (2000)
• Hawaiian Punch
• HBO (1985)
• HBO Family (2001)
• K-Lite (1989)
• King Features (1982)
• KPPL (1982)
• McGraw-Hill
• MONY (1984)
• The Movie Channel (1987)
• MTV (1981–1984)
• National Science Foundation (1988)
• Nickelodeon (1985, 1998)
• Nick Jr. Channel (2001)
• Ohio Bell (1970s)
• Pinnacle (2000)
• Prell (1981)
• Safelite (2013)
• Salem (1981)
• See 'n Say (2001)
• Skittles (1981)
• Southwestern Bell (1993)
• Sunkist (1990)
• Underalls (1982)
• USA Network (1988)
• Tyco Toys (1999)
• VH-1 (1984–1985)
• Visa (2005)
• The Wall Street Journal
• WESC (1982)
• WPIX (1984)
• Xerox
• Zoombezi Bay (2014)

Commissioned short films

• ActMedia
• Balloon Museum
• CIBA
• Hewitt Associates, Inc.
• MacMillan Cancer Care
• NexView
• Xerox

References

1. Variety Staff (May 8, 2012). "Marshall 'Buzz' Potamkin dies at 66". Variety.com. Reed Elsevier. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
2. Award-Winning Animator Candy Kugel Joins The Black Maria Film Festival at the Madison Public Library - BroadwayWorld.com
3. I Want My MTV|MoMA
4. BCDBTemplate:Www.buzzco.nyc
5. “I Was A Guy Because I Used A Pencil”: The Candy Kugel Interview|Cartoon Brew
6. The International Tournee of Animation. Volume 4 : featuring the best of the 22nd International Tournee of Animation - WorldCat.org
7. MOVIES - The Washington Post
8. The 23rd Tournee of Animation Film Festival - Box Office Mojo
9. Mixed Bag of Animation Shorts - CSMonitor.com
10. Featuring the best of the 24th International Tournee of Animation. - WorldCat.org
11. "Northampton Film Festival Schedule". Daily Hampshire Gazette. November 1, 1995. p. 19. Retrieved January 17, 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Official Vimeo channel

• Television production companies of the United States
• American animation studios