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Pacific Arts Corporation
The Pacific Arts Corporation, Inc. was a company formed by Michael Nesmith circa 1974 to manage and develop media projects. It went dormant and quietly shut down in 2021 following Nesmith's death.
Pacific Arts Corporation, Inc. began as Pacific Arts Productions, Inc. when incorporated on October 18, 1974, as a California corporation by Michael Nesmith (incorporated by Nesmith's accountant, Howard Leitner of Leitner, Zander, Sniderman & Co., Los Angeles). The first product released under Pacific Arts Productions was under the subsidy of the Pacific Arts Records label in September 1974 of Nesmith's own concept album, The Prison.
Between 1974 and 1981, Pacific Arts Productions created a large library of various musical artists and built its own independent record distribution system. Nesmith considered Pacific Arts an umbrella corporation over two major divisions: TV and records. It was during this time that Nesmith began to develop music videos, produce PopClips (the predecessor for MTV), and ideas for a non-theatrical home video business.
In 1981, Pacific Arts Productions, Inc. changed its name to The Pacific Arts Corporation, Inc. (PAC) PAC was then structured to oversee various anticipated subsidiaries for managing different types of media which included Pacific Arts Records. There have been several Pacific Arts subsidiaries over the years, including, but not limited to, Pacific Arts Productions, Inc., Pacific Arts Pictures (merged out), Pacific Arts Publishing (merged out), and Pacific Arts Audio Inc. (dissolved).
Following the creation of PAC in 1981, Pacific Arts Video (a subsidiary of PAC) released the home video Elephant Parts, a long-form video featuring various comedy skits and music videos. Elephant Parts was an early home video available to consumers and would win the first Grammy Award for a music video. Koyaanisqatsi (1983) was among the titles they distributed.
In 1992, Pacific Arts began releasing promotional material on the then-upcoming video, Michael Nesmith Live at the Britt Festival. With the release, Nesmith alludes to the growing number of subsidiaries, listing the distribution of the video as a Pacific Arts subsidiary named "One of the Nesmith Enterprises". On the release of Nesmith's album The Garden in 1994, he introduced his current record company, Rio Records. PAC is the managing partner of Videoranch, LLC which was established in 2007 as a Delaware LLC. Videoranch LLC is the operating entity for Videoranch.com and Videoranch3d.com.
Following Nesmith's death on December 10, 2021, the company quietly ceased all operations. Videoranch3D's site is currently inactive.
Following the success of Elephant Parts, Pacific Arts focused its attention on producing full-length motion pictures. Its first major motion picture was the Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982). Its film Repo Man was released in 1984, for Michael Nesmith served as executive producer under its still-active subsidy, Zoomo Productions, Inc.
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Pacific Arts Corporation
The Pacific Arts Corporation, Inc. was a company formed by Michael Nesmith circa 1974 to manage and develop media projects. It went dormant and quietly shut down in 2021 following Nesmith's death.
Pacific Arts Corporation, Inc. began as Pacific Arts Productions, Inc. when incorporated on October 18, 1974, as a California corporation by Michael Nesmith (incorporated by Nesmith's accountant, Howard Leitner of Leitner, Zander, Sniderman & Co., Los Angeles). The first product released under Pacific Arts Productions was under the subsidy of the Pacific Arts Records label in September 1974 of Nesmith's own concept album, The Prison.
Between 1974 and 1981, Pacific Arts Productions created a large library of various musical artists and built its own independent record distribution system. Nesmith considered Pacific Arts an umbrella corporation over two major divisions: TV and records. It was during this time that Nesmith began to develop music videos, produce PopClips (the predecessor for MTV), and ideas for a non-theatrical home video business.
In 1981, Pacific Arts Productions, Inc. changed its name to The Pacific Arts Corporation, Inc. (PAC) PAC was then structured to oversee various anticipated subsidiaries for managing different types of media which included Pacific Arts Records. There have been several Pacific Arts subsidiaries over the years, including, but not limited to, Pacific Arts Productions, Inc., Pacific Arts Pictures (merged out), Pacific Arts Publishing (merged out), and Pacific Arts Audio Inc. (dissolved).
Following the creation of PAC in 1981, Pacific Arts Video (a subsidiary of PAC) released the home video Elephant Parts, a long-form video featuring various comedy skits and music videos. Elephant Parts was an early home video available to consumers and would win the first Grammy Award for a music video. Koyaanisqatsi (1983) was among the titles they distributed.
In 1992, Pacific Arts began releasing promotional material on the then-upcoming video, Michael Nesmith Live at the Britt Festival. With the release, Nesmith alludes to the growing number of subsidiaries, listing the distribution of the video as a Pacific Arts subsidiary named "One of the Nesmith Enterprises". On the release of Nesmith's album The Garden in 1994, he introduced his current record company, Rio Records. PAC is the managing partner of Videoranch, LLC which was established in 2007 as a Delaware LLC. Videoranch LLC is the operating entity for Videoranch.com and Videoranch3d.com.
Following Nesmith's death on December 10, 2021, the company quietly ceased all operations. Videoranch3D's site is currently inactive.
Following the success of Elephant Parts, Pacific Arts focused its attention on producing full-length motion pictures. Its first major motion picture was the Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982). Its film Repo Man was released in 1984, for Michael Nesmith served as executive producer under its still-active subsidy, Zoomo Productions, Inc.