citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message gordon stanfield animation ltd. type owned by gordon stanfield 51 % private group 49 % industry motion pictures founded december 3 1987 headquarters vancouver b.c. canada gsa media vancouver b.c. canada key people gordon stanfield creative head and president products motion pictures television programs number of employees 9 as of 2004 website http www.pristineentertainment.com gordon stanfield animation gsa is an animation service company based in vancouver british columbia with over 20 years of development pre production and production experience . gsa was the first sub contract animation studio in north america to provide major services on usa network television shows . history edit gsa began in 1984 in toronto as a service company for animation production on us network tv shows . in 1984 the company then gordon stanfield and his wife janice were hired by gaumont the film company based in paris . their task was to provide animation services on asterix vs caesar . while in paris gordon worked as an animator and designer . in 1985 after the film s success in europe stanfield was hired to direct animation for the lucasfilm series droids already in production in korea by nelvana lucasfilm . with the droids series completed stanfield relocated to vancouver and at the end of 1985 began work on a sub contract from ross bagdasarian jr. producer of the alvin and the chimpmunks series . later in 1985 stanfield began unit production on the care bears series for nelvana abc . the vancouver unit formed by stanfield performed storyboarding and layout for the first canadian tv program grumpy s three wishes to reach number one in the us tv market . with the success of care bears and dozens of artists employed and brought to bc by gsa nevana offered gsa contracts including babar series and film beetlejuice fox and jonny quest hanna barbera . in 1987 work began on a sub contract to animate strawberry fields the first cgi assisted animated feature film production . although the film was never completed it began gsa s preparation for the digital future . also that year sefel pictures hired gsa to coordinate creative affairs in hungary and poland on several european feature films it had in development in soviet bloc countries . in 1988 gsa began work on the storybook billygoats and the first special a klondike christmas . the program was picked up for development by the canadian broadcasting corporation cbc and a script was produced . it was sold to charles allard and his television station itv in edmonton in 1989 and a klondike christmas went into production . later that year the show won a golden apple award in the us and went on to become a canadian christmas staple airing on itv the family channel cbc and teletoon . in 1991 distributor paragon international offered an advance for more episodes based on the characters ; the program was also supported by itv wic for broadcast and production began on the ice princess peeny the clown and billygoat bluegrass . producer gordon stanfield and mickey rooney in 1998 discussion gsa added clients and serviced more programs such as chip n dale rescue rangers disney the simpsons fox taz mania warner bros. and bunch of munsch cinar . katie and orbie was the first series for which gsa provided digital production services in 1994 . the company began work on a pilot for kleo the misfit unicorn combining its digital and traditional work . the program was pre licensed to leo kirsch s taurusfilm and later to wic family channel in 1995 ; in 1996 the 26 episode series went into production . the show was delivered in 1998 and licensed to radio canada discovery latin america and fox france . from 2000 2004 gsa purchased back the distribution rights to its proprietary productions and assigned all rights to the newly formed pristine entertainment . since 2004 gsa has continued providing services to animation productions . external links edit gordon stanfield at imdb pristine entertainment website v t e animation industry in canada economy of canada active animation companies 9 story media group atomic cartoons bardel entertainment big bad boo breakthrough entertainment cin groupe clyde henry productions cuppa coffee studio dhx media dhx media vancouver fresh tv gordon stanfield animation global mechanic guru studio house of cool jam filled toronto jim henson canada entertainment studios ltd kennedy cartoons march entertainment nelvana neptoon studios nerd corps entertainment pip animation services portfolio entertainment rainmaker entertainment smiley guy studios yowza animation defunct animation companies a.k.a. cartoon atkinson film arts c.o.r.e. cookie jar group fatkat funbag animation studios krantz films lacewood productions meteor studios phoenix animation studios pixar canada studio b productions the embassy visual effects tooncan related topics canadian comics quebec comics retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gordon stanfield animation & oldid 631927780 categories canadian animation studioshidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2010all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 31 october 2014 at 19 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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