production services television production company integrated media company founded incorporated september 16 1982 founder andy streitfeld headquarters dallas texas usa key people mark mcgovern vice president creative services stacy thiele vice president operations products documentaries commercials psas number of employees 75 website amspictures.com ams pictures founded in 1982 is the largest creative media company in the american south headquartered in dallas texas . in 1996 ams finished construction on their 40 000 sq ft 3 700 m2 . production studio in dallas and in 2000 they opened their first branch office in austin texas . 1 2 the company has since started focusing heavily on the creation of original programming including several award winning feature length documentaries . in 2009 the company formally changed its name from ams production group to ams pictures . 3 key executives in the company include founder ceo andy streitfeld 4 vice president of creative services mark mcgovern and vice president of operations stacy thiele . contents 1 history 2 facilities 3 productions 4 filmography 5 references 6 external links history edit ams production group was formally started in 1982 with 25 000 in loans from the founder andy streitfeld s friends and relatives . throughout the 1980s and early 1990s the company grew in size and eventually moved out of streitfeld s back bedroom and into rented warehouse space at kdfi tv channel 27 in irving texas . two years later the company moved into its own office building inside the las colinas communications complex beginning its reputation as a full fledged production company and signing clients such as radio shack and jc penney . 1 2 5 in 1995 ams broke ground on its new corporate headquarters and in the same year won the bid to handle all of the promotional and media elements of the ross perot s 1996 presidential campaign . in 2000 the company created its first satellite office in austin texas to cater to public sector markets around the state capital . 2 ten years after the ross perot campaign ams was hired by the kinky friedman 2006 texas gubernatorial campaign to produce the independent candidates television spots . 6 in early 2009 the company officially rebranded itself as ams pictures to further distinguish its original programming focus . 3 7 facilities edit the company s flagship corporate headquarters is currently located on the north dallas parkway in dallas texas . construction began on the facility in 1995 with the 40 000 square foot 3 700 m2 studio themepark completed in 1998 for 4.6 million dollars . the facility includes many disney inspired elements throughout stemming from the founder s love of all things disney . walt disney used to go to amusement parks and they were not very well run . there were guys with no teeth that ran the rides and mud all over the place . so he built disneyland . and this is kind of my homage to him . andy streitfeld the studio includes several soundstages as well as a main street ; a tv diner ; santa fe paris and new york themed editing rooms among others ; jodi s barber shop the makeup room ; and egyptian themed restrooms where cleopatra silently plays on wide screen television sets . 5 in 2000 ams broke ground on its first branch office studio in austin texas . the 5 000 square foot 460 m2 facility offers a large soundstage a fiber connected satellite booth final cut pro editing suites and meeting rooms all themed to disney much like its dallas counterpart . 2 8 productions edit jay jay s debut model 1994 as seen on the pilot episode jay jay s first flight . the company shoots a variety of marketing and web based media materials for companies like frito lay home depot and the dallas based texas instruments with 70 % of its business attributed to fortune 500 companies in 2000 . the children s tv series jay jay the jet plane was filmed here from 1994 to 1996 . mark mcgovern directed the show from its original run on december 13 1994 until october 29 1996 . after the model series was cancelled it was announced that the models would be replaced with computer animation . 2 ams has also worked with many broadcasters televising national sports spots using their in house satellite booths . 9 since 2005 ams has produced over 200 hours of original programming including several feature length documentaries . 3 in 2007 ams created the documentary bodacious boots featuring the history and cultural impact of the cowboy boot especially within the context of texas history . the documentary featured several notable celebrities with roots in texas including lyle lovett kinky friedman and sydney pollack . 10 in 2008 ams produced the real great debaters of wiley college which played film festivals around the united states . 11 12 13 filmography edit amazing water homes 2013 hgtv car sharks 2013 velocity cool pools 2013 hgtv true tales 2013 you live in what 2013 hgtv chuck s eat the street 2012 2013 cooking channel killer teens 2012 bio . a defining moment 2011 flightmares 2011 bio . food attack 2011 food network home strange home 2011 2013 hgtv i am alive nando parrado s story 2011 history ma s roadhouse 2011 trutv verizon road to the finals 2011 gmc tv paul mooney it s the end of the world 2010 showtime girl meets gown 2009 we tv resurrecting moton field the birthplace of the tuskegee airmen 2009 stop the presses the american newspaper in peril 2009 the good fight the james farmer story 2009 a colored life the herb jeffries story 2008 natural companions 2008 2012 veria living tv the real great debaters of wiley college 2008 bodacious boots 2007 flying for freedom untold stories of the tuskegee airmen 2007 in the shadow of hollywood race movies and the birth of black cinema 2007 pilates from the inside out 2007 veria living tv portrait of abuse 2007 shock 2007 the art of living gallery 2007 2008 veria living tv woman driver 2007 yoga for life 2007 veria living tv champ car season preview 2006 tv rising from the rails the story of the pullman porter 2006 race car driver 2005 2007 the power of harmony 2005 references edit a b horwitz david 2007 . it s tv not brain surgery the secret to building a successful creative communications company . blurb . a b c d e colley jenny 3 november 2000 . production studio sets up . austin business journal . retrieved 1 may 2009 . a b c ams production group rebrands as ams pictures . texas association of film & tape professionals . 23 january 2009 . retrieved 29 april 2009 . who we are . ams pictures studios . retrieved november 9 2015 . a b bark ed 24 may 2007 . ams ceo makes big business from the small screen . d magazine . retrieved 4 may 2009 . admin 12 december 2005 . kinky friedman to air 600 tv spots . 2006 kinky friedman gubernatorial campaign . retrieved 4 may 2009 . lafata matt . 26 year old full service production company in north texas expands capabilities . matt lafata marketing . archived from the original on august 18 2009 . retrieved 4 may 2009 . colley jenna 21 march 2008 . sound off . austin business journal . retrieved 4 may 2009 . scott david june 2000 . who wants to be a sports broadcaster . sport . pp. 83 87 . bodacious boots 2007 . imdb . retrieved 29 april 2009 . documentary tells the true story of wiley college s 1935 debate team . southern methodist university . 18 november 2008 . retrieved 29 april 2009 . morgan olson cindy 8 september 2008 . the real great debaters documentary reception this week . hollytorial entertainment industry wire . retrieved 1 may 2009 . stengle jamie 6 january 2009 . texas home of great debaters has a team again . associated press . retrieved 7 may 2009 . external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ams pictures & oldid 743419064 categories film production companies of the united statescompanies established in 1982companies based in dallasvideo production companiesmedia companies of the united states1982 establishments in texas navigation menu 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