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NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Animation guru guru (g  `r, g r` Phil Roman is back in the house he built. Roman, who founded Film Roman Inc. in 1984 and left three years ago to form Phil Roman Entertainment, will move his new company, which has five employees, back into his old company's North Hollywood facility March 1. ``We have our own little nook over there, and I'm getting my old office back,'' the affable af·fa·ble adj. 1. Easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable. 2. Gentle and gracious: an affable smile. Roman said Wednesday. ``Hopefully, I won't be a nuisance nuisance, in law, an act that, without legal justification, interferes with safety, comfort, or the use of property. A private nuisance (e.g., erecting a wall that shuts off a neighbor's light) is one that affects one or a few persons, while a public nuisance (e.g. .'' Roman, whose early work included working on the animated classic ``How the Grinch Stole Christmas,'' grew Film Roman from a start-up Start-up The earliest stage of a new business venture. to a leading independent animation company generating about $50 million in annual revenues by the time he left. Familiar productions to come out of the company's talent pool are ``The Simpsons'' and ``King of the Hill.'' The companies are not being merged but have agreed to work together on developing new and current projects. Roman, who still owns a 35 percent stake in Film Roman, was asked by current chief executive officer John Hyde John Hyde may refer to:
Phil Roman Entertainment is headquartered in Studio City. The company has produced the television Christmas specials ``The Gaudins'' and ``Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer reindeer, ruminant mammal, genus Rangifer, of the deer family, found in arctic and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America. It is the only deer in which both sexes have antlers. .'' ``What I was doing here is what I was doing when I started my studio there: working with the writers, producers and directors,'' Roman said. ``My troops and I are glad to be back where all the action is.'' Hyde set about wooing Roman back into the fold when he was hired in December 1999. The two executives soon developed a close relationship and lunched together on a regular basis. Hyde made Roman the offer to return over just such a lunch last week at Spumante Spumante is a kind of Italian sparkling wine. The most famous of the spumantes is Asti Spumante, named for the region of its producion, Asti, Piedmont, Italy. To be defined "spumante" a wine must have at the time of opening the cap an overpressure not lower than 3. restaurant in Sherman Oaks. ``I said this is foolish. Move your office. Come back where you belong,'' Hyde recalled. ``He laughed, we shook hands and that was it.'' Hyde is delighted that the six-time Emmy winner is returning and noted that Roman was the first person he contacted when he got the chief executive's job. ``I really look forward to working with him developing projects,'' Hyde said. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Animation veteran Phil Roman is rejoining the company he founded in 1984. He helped create the animated characters in ``The Simpsons'' and ``How the Grinch Stole Christmas.'' John Lazar/Staff Photographer (2 -- color) no caption (The Simpsons) |
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