Nest Family Entertainment facts for kids

Nest Family Entertainment is an American company that creates family-friendly movies and shows. It is located in Coppell, Texas. The company started on July 1, 1988, and was first called Family Entertainment Network. It was founded by Jared F. Brown, Stephen W. Griffin, and Seldon O. Young. Since the 1980s, Nest Family Entertainment has made many radio series, animated films, and TV shows. Some of their well-known works include Animated Stories from the New Testament, The Swan Princess, The King and I, and The Scarecrow.

The Story of Nest Family Entertainment

Nest Family Entertainment began as Family Entertainment Network on July 1, 1988. It grew out of another company called Living Scriptures, which Brown, Griffin, and Young had started ten years earlier. The new company focused on audio stories and animated videos based on stories from the Holy Bible.

Growing Bigger

On October 22, 1991, a sister company was formed called Living History Productions. This company made audio stories and animated videos about important historical figures and events.

By September 15, 1993, both companies were brought together under one main company called Nest Entertainment. Family Entertainment Network was renamed Family Entertainment, and Living History Productions also changed its name. Around this time, Nest Entertainment bought Richard Rich's animation studio, Rich Entertainment. This studio was responsible for making their videos. With this new studio, Nest Entertainment started making more animated movies and live-action TV shows for kids.

A Big Movie and New Leaders

Later, Stephen W. Griffin left the company. K. Douglas Martin, a businessman from Atlanta, became the new president of Nest Entertainment. The company paid for its first animated movie, The Swan Princess (1994), all by itself. New Line Cinema helped share the movie with audiences. Today, Sony Pictures distributes it.

Even though The Swan Princess didn't earn a lot of money in movie theaters, it sold very well on video. This success helped save the company from financial trouble. The next year, in 1995, Nest worked with Warner Music Group to create Warner-Nest Animation, which was another company for children's entertainment.

What Happened Next

On New Year's Day in 2000, Rich Animation Studios was sold to an animation company from India called Crest Animation Studios. Around the same time, Nest Entertainment changed its name to NestFamily.

Today, Nest Family Entertainment continues to share short animated films for children's learning, such as Animated Hero Classics. The rights for The Swan Princess artwork, logo, and title now belong to Swan Princess Partners Utah LLC. This company is also owned by Jared F. Brown and Seldon O. Young. Swan Princess Partners is busy making and selling The Swan Princess products and creating new animated movies with Sony Pictures and Streetlight Productions, which is Richard Rich's current studio.

What They Have Made

Here are some of the movies and series Nest Family Entertainment has produced:

• Animated Stories from the New Testament (1987–2004)
• Animated Hero Classics (1991–2004)
• Animated Stories from the Bible (1992–1995)
• The Swan Princess (1994)
  • The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain (1997)
  • The Swan Princess III: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure (1998)
  • The Swan Princess: Christmas (2012)
  • The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale (2014)
  • The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today (2016)
  • The Swan Princess: Royally Undercover (2017)
  • The Swan Princess: A Royal Myztery (2018)
  • The Swan Princess: Kingdom of Music (2019)
  • The Swan Princess: A Royal Wedding (2020)
  • The Swan Princess: A Fairytale is Born (2023)
  • The Swan Princess: Far Longer than Forever (2023)
• Yello Dyno's Tricky People (1998)
• The King and I (1999)
• The Scarecrow (2000)
• The Trumpet of the Swan (2001)
• K10C: Kids' Ten Commandments (2003)