AMS Pictures

AMS Production Group was formally started in 1982, with $25,000 in loans from the founder Andy Streitfeld's friends and relatives. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, the company grew in size and eventually moved out of Streitfeld's back bedroom and into rented warehouse space at KDFI-TV (Channel 27) in Irving, Texas. Two years later, the company moved into its own office building inside the Las Colinas Communications Complex, beginning its reputation as a full-fledged production company and signing clients such as Radio Shack and JC Penney.

In 1995, AMS broke ground on its new corporate headquarters and in the same year won the bid to handle all of the promotional and media elements of the Ross Perot's 1996 Presidential Campaign. In 2000, the company created its first satellite office in Austin, Texas to cater to public sector markets around the state capital. Ten years after the Ross Perot Campaign, AMS was hired by the Kinky Friedman 2006 Texas Gubernatorial campaign to produce the independent candidates Television spots. In early 2009, the company officially rebranded itself as AMS Pictures to further distinguish its original programming focus.

Facilities

The company's flagship corporate headquarters is currently located on the North Dallas Parkway in Dallas, Texas. Construction began on the facility in 1995, with the 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m2) studio "themepark" completed in 1998 for 4.6 million dollars. The facility includes many Disney inspired elements throughout, stemming from the founder's love of all things Disney.

Walt Disney used to go to amusement parks, and they were not very well-run. There were guys with no teeth that ran the rides, and mud all over the place. So he built Disneyland. And this is kind of my homage to him.” - Andy Streitfeld

The studio includes several soundstages as well as a “Main Street;” a TV diner; Santa Fe, Paris, and New York themed editing rooms among others; “Jodi’s Barber Shop” (the makeup room); and Egyptian-themed restrooms where Cleopatra silently plays on wide-screen television sets.

In 2000, AMS broke ground on its first branch office studio in Austin, Texas. The 5,000-square-foot (460 m2) facility offers a large soundstage, a fiber connected satellite booth, final cut pro editing suites, and meeting rooms all themed to Disney much like its Dallas counterpart.