Epitome Pictures
Epitome Pictures Inc. (later known as DHX Studios Toronto and WildBrain Studios) was a Canadian film and television production company based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded by Linda Schuyler and Stephen Stohn in 1992, the company is best known for producing Degrassi: The Next Generation and Degrassi: Next Class, the fourth and fifth respective entries of the Degrassi teen drama franchise, of which was co-created by Schuyler. Other television series produced by Epitome include Liberty Street and Riverdale.

History 
Schuyler and Stohn founded Epitome Pictures in 1992, and purchased the studio building in 1995, to film Riverdale. At the time, the studio was allegedly "in a sorry state, with snow melting on the leaking roof and cans catching the water". In April 2014, the company was acquired by fellow Canadian television producer DHX Media. After the buyout, the shows that were produced by the company replaced the Epitome branding in favour of DHX Media's. Epitome itself was renamed to DHX Studios Toronto in 2016. On April 2, 2019, DHX announced they were planning to sell off the building where the studios were housed, ceasing operations of the studio in the process; in September that year, DHX Media was renamed WildBrain.

Playing With Time, Inc. 

Playing With Time, Inc. was a Canadian film and television production company based in Toronto, Ontario and the predecessor of Epitome Pictures. Founded by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1976, the company is best known for producing The Kids of Degrassi Street, as well as Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High, the first, second, and third respective entries of the Degrassi franchise. Schuyler, a Grade 7 and Grade 8 media teacher at Earl Grey Senior Public School in Toronto in 1976, met Hood, then an editor for television commercials, when she needed help from an experienced editor to save the "muddled footage" of one of her projects. Hood and Schuyler found a balance; editor Hood was inexperienced in writing, and writer/producer Schuyler was inexperienced in editing, leading to their creative partnership. The production offices were located on 935 Queen Street East, where the Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High cast would routinely gather to be taken to the schools where the respective series were filmed.

Epitome Pictures later owned the rights to the three previous Degrassi shows produced by Playing With Time.

Filmography

Playing With Time 

 Jimmy: Playing With Time (short film)
 Our Cultural Fabric (1978, short film)
 The Kids of Degrassi Street (1979–1986)
 Growing Up with Sandy Offenheim (1980, five shorts)
 Pearls in the Alphabet Soup (1980, short film)
 Don't Call Me Stupid (1983, short film)
 Advice on Lice (1985, short film)
 OWL/TV (1985–1986) ("Real Kids" segments)
 Degrassi Junior High (1987–1989)
 Degrassi High (1989–1991)
 Degrassi Talks (1992)
 School's Out (1992)

Epitome Pictures 
 X-Rated (1993, TV movie)
 Liberty Street (1994–1995)
 Riverdale (1997–2000)
 Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001–2015) (co-production with Bell Media)
 Instant Star (2004–2008)
 Degrassi Goes Hollywood (2009, movie)
 Degrassi Takes Manhattan (2010, movie)
 The L.A. Complex (2012)
 Open Heart (2015)
 Make It Pop (2015–2016) (co-production with Tom Lynch Company, N'Credible Entertainment, and Nickelodeon)
 The Other Kingdom (2016) (co-production with Tom Lynch Company and Nickelodeon)
 Degrassi: Next Class (2016–2017)
 Letterkenny (2016–2019)
 Massive Monster Mayhem (2017)

References

External links 
 Epitome Pictures Inc. archives at the University of Toronto Media Commons

WildBrain
Television production companies of Canada
Companies based in Toronto