Laika Entertainment House

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LAIKA is owned by Phil Knight, co-founder and Chairman of Nike. The company was rebranded as LAIKA in 2005, when it absorbed Vinton Studios, an animation leader and innovator for more than 30 years. LAIKA/house produces animated commercials and shorts for global clients including Coca-Cola, Wrigley’s, ESPN and Esure UK.

LAIKA Entertainment has two greenlit animated feature films in various stages of production and was a production entity on Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride. Coraline, based on the international bestselling children’s novel by Neil Gaiman, is being adapted for the screen and directed by Henry Selick and will star Dakota Fanning and Teri Hatcher. Jack & Ben’s Animated Adventure is being directed by Jorgen Klubien.

Throughout its history, the company has won 11 Clio Awards, three London International Advertising & Design Awards, five Mobius Advertising Awards, two Cannes Lion International Advertising Festival awards, two Academy Awards®, five Academy Awards® nominations, 11 Prime time Emmy Awards, and honors from the New York International Film & TV Festival, Annecy Awards, Annie Awards, and the World Animation Celebration Festival.

Adding to this prestigious list of awards, LAIKA/house was recently honored with an Annecy nomination, two Annie nominations, two Telly awards, Animation Magazine’s No. 1 AniCom Pick and AdWeek’s Best Spots for 2005.

Its short computer animation movie Moongirl has been touring animation festivals since the summer of 2005, winning awards in several categories.

LAIKA, Inc. will build a state-of-the-art feature film animation campus to house its burgeoning entertainment division. LAIKA owner and Chairman of the Board Philip H. Knight has purchased 30 acres of land in Tualatin, OR, just 12 miles south of Portland, as the future site of LAIKA’s world class animation facility, which is scheduled to open in 2008.