Fourth Wall Studios

American entertainment production company

Fourth Wall StudiosIndustry| Entertainment

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Founded| 1 January 2007
Founder| Elan Lee
Sean Stewart
Jim Stewartson
Headquarters| United States

Fourth Wall Studios is an entertainment studio founded in 2007 by Jim Stewartson, Elan Lee and Sean Stewart.[1] Fourth Wall develops a wide range of entertainment properties, delivered via web browsers, smartphones, game consoles, TVs, movie screens and in the physical world.

Dirty Work, the first full multi-platform television series developed by Fourth Wall for its proprietary RIDES platform and starring Mary Lynn Rajskub, Hank Harris and Jamie Clayton, debuted on April 30, 2012.[2] In September 2012, Dirty Work won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media – Original Interactive Television Programming.[3] The studio has also released the original genre series DARK WALL which includes installments from Toby Wilkins, Maureen McHugh and Walter Robot,[4] as well as the Post-apocalyptic series FLARE.[5]

Stewartson, Lee and Stewart were founders of 42 Entertainment, where Stewartson was Chief Technology Officer and Lee was a Vice President of Design. The trio produced award-winning alternate reality game (ARG) content including I Love Bees for Halo 2 and Year Zero for Nine Inch Nails. In early 2011, Fourth Wall Studios finalized a $15 million round of financing from Los Angeles–based investor Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Fourth Wall does the 'Dirty Work' of innovation". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
2. ^ "I Can Hardly Wait For Jamie Clayton's New TV Show "Dirty Work"". Pam's House Blend. Archived from the original on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
3. ^ "Fourth Wall Studios' "Dirty Work" Wins 2012 Interactive Emmy". ARGNet. 16 September 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
4. ^ "Fourth Wall Studios' New Interactive Horror Short 6:14 Stars Ethan Embry and Michael Ironside". DreadCentral. 24 October 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
5. ^ "Fourth Wall Studios releases Flare, a postapocalyptic alternate reality series". VentureBeat. 9 October 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2012.

## External links

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* Jim Stewartson official website

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