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unusual facts about Studio A


Norman McLaren

Studio A, the NFB's first animation studio, formally came into existence as of January 1943, with McLaren as its head.



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Andrée Putman

In 2007, a new era began as Andrée’s daughter Olivia Putman agreed to take over the Art Direction of the Studio, a wish its founder had expressed for a long time.

Anthony FitzClarence, 7th Earl of Munster

He left the Burrell Collection soon after it had opened to the public in 1983, and from 1983 until 1989 worked at the Chapel Studio, a leading firm of stained glass designers and conservators.

Chris Tabron

From 2007 to 2010, Tabron was senior house engineer at Future Shock Studio, a recording studio in Brooklyn, NY owned by Grammy-nominated producer/engineer Alex Newport.

Elena Nikolaidi

In 1977, she came to Houston, Texas, as the primary voice instructor for the newly established Houston Opera Studio, a young-artist training program that was at that time a joint venture of Houston Grand Opera and the University of Houston; she also instructed a select few university students who were not in the HOS program.

Grapes of Rad

The Grapes of Rad podcast, originally the Ben Parsons Podcast, began in 2008 and featured Ben talking to himself while recording his thoughts in Studio A. This did not meet the required criteria for a "successful podcast" because only his wife and daughters listened to it.

Joel M. Reed

Harve Presnell starred in the film as a producer of horror films who arranges in his studio a Black Mass.

Live from Studio A in New York City

Live from Studio A in New York City was Johnny Frigo's second album as leader, in 1988, though this was the one that more or less launched his career (which he experienced late in life).

Magik Markers

Jefferson Hack invited the Magik Markers to perform live from Studio A at Abbey Road in London, as part of Nick Kent's ShowStudio project.

Masaki Liu

Masaki Liu, sometimes referred to as "Saki", is the engineer and producer operating One Way Studio, a digital recording studio in Benicia, California.

Michel-Robert Penchaud

In 1795, he was admitted to the architectural studio, a virtual academy, of Percier and Fontaine in Paris.

One SeaGate

The underground tunnels also connect the building to the Wyndham Hotel (formerly Hotel Sofitel) at Two SeaGate, Four SeaGate (the former home of Fox Toledo joined WTOL in 2012 and relocated to the WTOL studio), a parking structure across Summit Street, and Imagination Station.

Royal Southern Brotherhood

In December 2011, the band recorded songs for their debut album over five days at Dockside Studio, a 12 acre estate on the banks of Vermilion Bayou, in Maurice, Louisiana.

Spreading Death

Produced by Anssi Kippo, recorded at Astia Studio A in August - September 2003

The Great American Trailer Park Musical

The Great American Trailer Park Musical was recorded on October 26, 2005 at Right Track Studio A in NYC and was released on January 17, 2006 by Sh-K-Boom Records.

The Pods

The leisure centre offers a wide range of modern facilities, including two swimming pools, a state of the art gym, a dance studio, a café and a crèche.

United Western Recorders

In 1970, Jack Herschorn purchased the Universal Audio mixing console and a number of other pieces of equipment from that studio including UA LA-76A and LA-76B limiting amplifiers, UA vacuum tube power amplifiers (which were actually Dynakit Stereo 70 and 50-watt mono amplifier kits assembled into rack-mount chassis), Fairchild Conax sibilance controllers, Langevin graphic equalizers and Cinema Engineering filters, all originally installed in United Studio A in 1957.