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Norman Zachary Prescott (born Pransky; January 31, 1927 – July 2, 2005) was co-founder and executive producer at Filmation Associates, an animation studio he created with veteran animator Lou Scheimer.
Filmation's founders and principal producers were Lou Scheimer, Hal Sutherland and Norm Prescott.
Jul 7, 2005 · In 1965, he also joined Lou Scheimer to establish Filmation Studios, beginning a successful run producing more than 30 animated television series. Prescott earned an Emmy for “Star Trek” in...
Oct 19, 2013 · Lou Scheimer, Emmy award-winning co-founder of Saturday morning cartoon specialists Filmation, died Thursday. He was 84. The producer, composer, and frequent voice actor formed animation...
Filmation was founded in the early 1960s by artist Lou Scheimer and former Disney artist Hal Sutherland; they were later joined by radio announcer Norm Prescott. Scheimer was a young artist who had attended Carnegie Tech (at the same time as Andy Warhol) and had previously worked for Bozo The Clown ’s Larry Harmon, as well as Hanna-Barbera.
Filmation was an animation studio, founded by Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott, that produced low-budget television cartoons in the 1970s and 1980s, including Star Trek: The Animated Series.
Scheimer and Sutherland formed a close relationship with their new co-worker Norm Prescott (1927-2005). In 1962, Scheimer started independently working on commercials. He figured that he could form his own company to produce animation.