Todd-AO
Sign in to saveTodd-AO is an American post-production company founded in 1953 by Mike Todd and Robert Naify, providing sound-related services to the motion picture and television industries. The company retains one facility, in the Los Angeles area.
Key facts
- Company.industry
- Post-production, broadcast media, motion pictures, television
- Company.name
- Todd-AO
- Company.logo
- Todd-AO logo.svg
- Company.founded
- 1953
- Company.owner
- Todd Soundelux
- Company.hq_location_city
- Hollywood, California, U.S.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- trade name
- Official name
- Todd-AO
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- Hollywood
- Industry
- post-production
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- inception
- 1953-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- <span class="anchor" id="process"></span> Todd-AO process
- Curved screen vs. flat
- Todd-AO and roadshows
- Todd-AO 35
- Timeline
- Films produced in 70 mm Todd-AO
- Awards
- Feature film
- Television
- See also
- References
- External links
Todd-AO is an American post-production company founded in 1953 by Mike Todd and Robert Naify, providing sound-related services to the motion picture and television industries. The company retains one facility, in the Los Angeles area.
Todd-AO is also the name of the widescreen, 70 mm film format that was developed by Mike Todd and the Naify brothers, owners of United Artists Theaters in partnership with the American Optical Company in the mid-1950s. Todd-AO had been founded to promote and distribute this system.
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