Founding associations
William T. Baumann is recorded as a founder of PorchLight Entertainment in the cited public company records. The person record describes William T. Baumann as Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University 1985.
PorchLight Entertainment
American animation and live-action studio. Recorded founding year: 1995.
Explore the PorchLight Entertainment company reference for the recorded cofounders, business context, and company-specific source trail.
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- Johns Hopkins University · View source field
Research context: Media and creative businesses
Creative-business histories often span a studio, a publishing label, individual works, and later corporate owners. Distinguish the founding of the business from the release of a particular product or production. The public description identifies an area of activity but does not establish ownership of individual creative works or current publishing rights.
Questions for researching PorchLight Entertainment
- Which official catalog or portfolio explains the company’s work?
- Does the founding history identify the original organization and any later name changes?
- Are credits for a person’s creative work separate from evidence that the person founded the company?
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William T. Baumann’s association with PorchLight Entertainment can be researched alongside the company source record. The company’s recorded founding year is 1995. The shared company record is the evidence for this connection; it does not establish that these people currently work together.
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Public sources
- Wikidata public record Q102305938: person identity and public description.
- Wikidata public record Q7229981: founder association with PorchLight Entertainment.
Using this founder record
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