HotHouse Productions
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- 2008
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About HotHouse Productions
HotHouse Productions is an independent film, television and commercial production studio based in Downtown Los Angeles. Founded in 2008, the company develops and produces comedy across adult animation, live-action features, short films and digital series. Its work combines production services with a physical studio facility supporting shooting, editorial and post-production.
Animation and comedy
The studio collaborated with creators Will Carsola and Dave Stewart on Mr. Pickles, the adult animated horror-comedy series broadcast by Adult Swim from 2014 to 2019. HotHouse handled animation production across all four seasons and continued as the primary production studio for the follow-up series Momma Named Me Sheriff, which ran from 2019 to 2021. Both productions involved Day by Day Productions and Williams Street.
Its animation capabilities include storyboarding, animatic timing, animation direction, character and prop design, and 2D series production. The studio also produced Gentlemen Lobsters, an animated digital comedy series associated with GQ and Seeso.
Independent film and commercial production
HotHouse has worked repeatedly with filmmaker Andre Hyland. Its productions include The 4th, a live-action feature comedy that premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival before its 2017 release, and the Sundance shorts Funnel and Old Haunt. Its broader output includes digital comedy and commercial campaigns for brands such as Liquid Death Mountain Water, Walmart and Unilever.
The company supports physical production through directing, casting, stage shooting and camera, grip and lighting equipment. Commercial work spans finished advertising spots and digital marketing campaigns.
Production facilities
HotHouse operates a multimedia facility of more than 20,000 square feet, combining sound stages, green screen studios, production offices and edit suites. A live performance space and a 100-seat high-definition screening theater support performances and screenings. The facility also offers stage and office rentals, non-linear editing, sound mixing coordination and project mastering, accommodating both studio productions and outside projects.
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Leadership
- Founder Michael J. Rizzo serves as President, CEO and Executive Producer. The report also identifies David Jargowsky as a producer and manager associated with the operation.
Production model and tools
- The company maintains a small core team and expands its artist and production crew during active episodic television cycles.
- Its reported 2D animation workflow uses Flash and Toon Boom.
Comedy community history
In its early years, the studio hosted the HotHouse Comedy Show, an underground stand-up showcase co-curated by Rizzo and Jargowsky that brought together emerging and established comedians.
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Where HotHouse Productions is based
- 530 S. Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013, United StatesLos Angeles, California, United States
Los Angeles office
HeadquartersAbout this office
Overall company headquarters and production facility in the Downtown Los Angeles Historic Core, within the Pacific Electric Building complex.
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