Harman-Ising Productions

Harman-Ising Productions
IndustryAnimation
PredecessorWinkler Pictures
Founded1929 (1929)
FoundersHugh Harman
Rudolf Ising
DefunctJuly 1938 (1938-07)
FateBankruptcy, majority of staff absorbed into MGM Cartoons
SuccessorsStudio:
MGM Cartoons
Leon Schlesinger Productions/Warner Bros. Cartoons
Library:
Warner Bros. Entertainment
(through Turner Entertainment Co.)
(Happy Harmonies only)
Headquarters,
ProductsAnimated theatrical short films
ParentMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1934–1938)

Harman-Ising Productions was an American animation studio founded by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising. It is best known for creating and producing the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series for Warner Bros. Pictures from 1930 to 1933. From 1934 to 1938, Harman-Ising produced the Happy Harmonies series for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The studio launched the career of numerous influential animators, such as Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng, William Hanna and Robert McKimson.