references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . march 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message melendez films type privately held industry animation film founded 1969 as bill melendez productions uk founder steven c. melendez and bill melendez headquarters london uk burbank california u.s. key people steven c. melendez kaj melendez mirza javed products animated feature films number of employees 70 at peak website bill melendez inc melendez films is a film animation studio . it was founded in 1969 as a london subsidiary of bill melendez productions best known for producing the peanuts specials by steven c. melendez son of animator bill melendez . the studio produced the ambitious animated feature film dick deadeye based on the operettas of gilbert and sullivan . in 1979 the company produced a one and a half hour television special based on the c.s. lewis classic book the lion the witch and the wardrobe and the film subsequently won two emmy awards for best animated film and script adaptation . melendez films has also produced many series for television including fred basset and the perishers as well as such educational shorts as molly and the skywalkerz to love me for pbs . the company continues to create commercials for france italy spain the netherlands germany greece and sweden as well as the uk and u.s. working for clients such as scandinavian airlines schick british rail colgate ferrero and the british government . see also edit peanuts filmography lee mendelson films this article related to an animation studio is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title melendez films & oldid 726570566 categories british animation studios1969 establishments in englandanimation studio stubshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from march 2008all articles lacking reliable referencesall stub articles 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 23 june 2016 at 00 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view