| Type | Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment Industry |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Founder(s) | Bruce David Klein |
| Headquarters | New York, United States |
| Products | TV Series, TV Specials, Theatrical Documentaries, Web Series |
| Website | http://www.atlasmediacorp.com/ |
Atlas Media Corp. is a New York-based independent producer of non-fiction entertainment. The company was founded in 1989 by filmmaker Bruce David Klein and produces television series and specials, theatrical documentaries, and digital web series.
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Atlas Media Corp.’s television projects have covered a great variety of topics and genres including history (American Eats, Breaking Vegas), travel (Mysterious Places, Exotic Islands, Things You Have to See to Believe), science and technology (SuperTools, Factory Floor), medical mystery (Dr. G: Medical Examiner, Skeleton Stories), wildlife (Maneaters of the Wild, Shark Terror with Stacy Keach), comedy (How They Won with Mo Rocca), adventure (Everest: Mountain of Dreams, Mountain of Doom), light entertainment (Out of this World, Amazing People), food (Top 5, Extreme Cuisine, Behind the Bash with Giada DeLaurentiis), fine art (Art Attack with Lee Standstead), disaster (It Could Happen Tomorrow), lifestyle (All Year Round with Katie Brown, Survival Guide, Romantic Inns), pop culture (Biography, Young, Sexy &..., Royal Families of the World, TV Game Show Hall of Fame), and reality/game shows (Spend it Fast!, Bragging Rights, Beach Ambush).
Atlas Media Corp. programming has won numerous awards including multiple Cine Gold Eagles,[1] New York Festivals Gold Medals, the Genesis Award, and the James Beard Award for Best TV Food Journalism.[2] In 2009, its series Art Attack with Lee Sandstead earned an Emmy nomination.[3]
The company has numerous hit shows which continued for multiple seasons. They include Dr. G: Medical Examiner (for Discovery Health and TLC), Top 5 and Behind the Bash with Giada DeLaurentiis (Food Network), Factory Floor (National Geographic Channel), History’s Lost & Found, American Eats, and Breaking Vegas (History Channel), and It Could Happen Tomorrow (Weather Channel).
In 2007, Atlas Media launched a theatrical documentary division to produce and release feature-length documentaries.[4] The first film from this division, Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise was an official selection of the Montreal World Film Festival and was released theatrically in 100 North American markets in March 2008. The film is a first-ever portrait of the legendary rock performer Meat Loaf, shot during the preparation for and beginning of his 2007 world tour. The film received positive reviews from the New York Times (“amusing”),[5] Variety (“revealing ... leaps off the screen”),[6] and many others. The film was directed by Bruce David Klein, the president and executive producer of Atlas Media Corp. It was released in association with Voom HD Pictures and IFC. The DVD was released by Universal in May 2008. It can now also be seen on television worldwide.
Atlas Media Corp’s second theatrical documentary was Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead, directed by Ted Schillinger, which premiered at the USA Film Festival, and was shown at the Rhode Island International Film Festival and the Cork International Film Festival in Ireland. It received a Gold Kahuna Award from the 2009 Honolulu International Film Festival.[7] Its theatrical run began in New York City on February 27, 2009, and the film made its television premiere on MSNBC on April 19, 2009.[8]
The company has announced plans to produce three to five theatrical documentaries a year.[9]
Atlas Media Corp. launched its Digital & Emerging Media division in 2007.[10] One of their first productions was a series of webisodes for History.com to compliment the History Rocks television special series premiere on The History Channel. Similarly, they produced a series of 2-3 minute pieces for The History Channel’s video-on-demand (VOD) component to accompany the 2007 television series American Eats.
The division also produced its first series for Comcast’s FEARnet online network in 2007, Rt. 666: America’s Scariest Home Haunts. A new webisode was released every day throughout the month of October as part of a month-long Halloween stunt. In October 2008, they created Streets of Fear, also for FEARnet.
Other recent productions from the Digital & Emerging Media Division of Atlas Media Corp. include Expedition: Africa webisodes for History.com, Breaking Down for FUSE TV online, Path to the Podium and The Vote 101, for History.com, How to Beat Death for Discovery.com, and Total Beauty Makeover: Dog Edition, for Lifetime.com. The division also operates Atlas Media Corp.’s own online channel, the MUST SEE BELIEVE on YouTube, which features short videos about amazing people, places and events.[11]
In October 2008, Atlas Media Corp. expanded one of its long-running shows, Dr. G: Medical Examiner, into a multi-platform brand, starting with Dr. G’s book project How Not to Die: Surprising Lessons on Living Longer, Safer, and Healthier from America’s Favorite Medical Examiner, published by Random House’s Crown division. The multi-platform effort also included the production of a corresponding one-hour TV Special entitled “How Not to Die” for the Discovery Health network[12] and the development of the companion website HowNottoDie.com.[13]