Shields Pictures, Inc.
Founded in 1987, Shields Pictures is an Entertainment Media Corporation involved in television, film and all forms of digital media production.
We have produced award-winning children/family programming for HBO, Discovery Channel and the American Movie Classics cable network among countless others.
Shields Pictures owns and controls the rights to 3 remarkable Paramount Pictures Theatrical Short Subject Series produced during the 1930s, 1940s & 1950s -
"Popular Science" - A tour de force of Science & Discovery, Invention & Technology.
"Unusual Occupations" - Astounding profiles of Weird Workers & Crazy Collections.
"Speaking of Animals" - A two-time Oscar-winning Talking Animal Series.
Our Shows were originally produced as entertainment novelty shorts which
premiered before Paramount Pictures biggest theatrical feature films.
Our Series have been nominated for 8 Academy Awards with two "Oscar" Wins as Best Entertainment Short Subject Series!
Education
Past Projects Include:
Movies - "LA Confidential", "Fahrenheit 911", "JFK"
Television Series - Discovery Channel's "Invention" A&E's "Biography", PBS "American Experience", ZDF's "Knoff-Hoff Show", NHK's "Waku Waku Animal Land" and NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"
TV Commercials - Delta Airlines, Citigroup
Plus a host of Home Video and New Media projects.
If you're looking for an iconic and inimitable shot for your next production backed-up by fast and free research and screeners we're not your best friend - we're your only friend!
Images from our 35mm Nitrate Film Masters and associated Production Photo Archives are now available for licensing applications worldwide.
Synchronicity, a leader in Brand Licensing and Strategic Marketing, is the exclusive representative for "Popular Science", "Unusual Occupations" and the "Speaking of Animals" Oscar-winning series.
Speciality
SHIELDS PICTURES, INC. has established itself over the past two decades as both a leading supplier of 'best quality' motion picture programming resources to the entertainment community as well as a proven resource for historic film information services.