Krantz Films

{{Short description|Production company}}

Krantz Films, Inc. (KFI) was a Canadian production company headed by American film producer Steve Krantz. From 1966 to 1974, it produced animated cartoon shows such as The Marvel Super Heroes, Rocket Robin Hood, Spider-Man,{{cite book |last1=Raphael |first1=Jordan |last2=Spurgeon |first2=Tom |title=Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xzCQR3uF1esC&q=Krantz+Films%2C+Inc.+Spider-Man&pg=PA186 |access-date=2013-09-20 |year=2004 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |isbn=1613742924 |page=186}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GGxkAAAAIBAJ&pg=2898,1504246&dq=krantz+films+inc&hl=en|title=Strange Paradise New Serial|date=1969-10-03|newspaper=Calgary Herald|access-date=2013-09-20}} The Wonderful Stories of Professor Kitzel, and Max, the 2000-Year-Old Mouse.

It also produced the films Fritz the Cat, Heavy Traffic, The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat and Cooley High, and many live-action television shows in Canada and Japan: The Space Giants in 1970, The Weaker(?) Sex in 1968{{cite news|author=The Canadian Press|author-link=The Canadian Press|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0CpmAAAAIBAJ&pg=3643,1753494&dq=krantz+films+inc&hl=en|title=Distributor Plans To Sell Canadian Programs in U.S.|date=1968-03-08|newspaper=Edmonton Journal|access-date=2013-09-20}} and many more. During production of the latter, the company was sold to cable system operator Vikoa, which later wound down the operation.{{cite news|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/133444591|title=Vikoa Acquires Krantz Films|date=1969-02-23|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=2013-09-20|id={{ProQuest|133444591}} }}

• The Marvel Super Heroes (1966) - Co-production with Grantray-Lawrence Animation
• Rocket Robin Hood (1966) - Co-production with Trillium Studios{{cite web | url=https://canadianaci.ca/Encyclopedia/trillium-studios/ | title=TRILLIUM PRODUCTIONS | Canadian Animation, Cartooning and Illustration }}
• Max, the 2000-Year-Old Mouse (1967) Co-production with Grantray-Lawrence Animation
• Spider-Man (1967–1970) - Co-production with Grantray-Lawrence Animation)
• Strange Paradise (1969–1970)
• The Space Giants (1970–1973) - Co-production with P Productions