List of animation studios
The following list of animation studios presents past and present organizations similar to artists studios but principally dedicated to the production and distribution of animated films. Such studios may be actual production facilities or corporate entities. Most are based in North America, particularly the United States of America, but some are to be found in Asia and Europe. Anime studios (Japanese animation) are also listed here.
Active animation studios
Defunct animation studios
- Adventure Cartoon Productions
- Alphanim (the French independent animation production and distribution company)
- Amblimation (the animation production arm of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment)
- Androscoggin Animation (1988-2001)
- Barré Studio (1914–1923) (after 1917 called Bud Fisher Films Corporation)
- Bakshi Productions/Ralph's Spot
- Bill Melendez Productions
- Bird Studios
- Bray Productions
- Burbank Films Australia (1981–1988)
- (Colossal) Pictures (1976-2000, absorbed into W!ILDBRAIN)
- Chuck Jones Productions
- CINAR Films (1976-2004, now Cookie Jar Entertainment)
- DiC (1971-2008, now Cookie Jar Entertainment)
- Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio (1924–1928)
- DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (1963–1981)
- DNA Productions
- Ellipse Programme
- Filmation (1963–1989)
- FilmFair
- Fleischer Studios (1921–1942), Famous Studios (1942–1956) and Paramount Cartoon Studios (1956–1967) (see also The Harveytoons Show)
- Format Films
- Games Animation
- Gaumont British Animation (1946–1950)
- George Pal Studio
- Ghost Planet Industries
- Grantray-Lawrence Animation (1954–1967)
- Golden Films
- H-Gun (1988-2001)
- Halas and Batchelor
- Hanna-Barbera (1957–2001)
- Harman-Ising Productions
- ImageMovers Digital
- International Film Service (1915–1918)
- Jack Kinney Productions
- Jay Ward Productions (1958–1984)
- Jetlag Productions (1992–1996)
- Kroyer Films
- Kurtz & Friends (1981-2007)
- Lacewood
- Laugh-O-Gram Studio (1921–1923)
- Mathematical Applications Group, Inc. (MAGI)
- Leon Schlesinger Productions/Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. (a.k.a. "Termite Terrace" (1933–1953, 1953–1964 and 1967–1969), subcontracted to DePatie-Freleng Enterprises 1964-1967, re-opened as Warner Bros. Animation in 1980)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio (1937–1957) and MGM Animation/Visual Arts/Sib Tower 12 Productions (1962–1970) (see also contemporary studio MGM Animation)
- Mushi Production
- Noyes & Laybourne (1978-1991)
- Phoenix Animation Studios
- Rankin-Bass
- Rembrandt Films
- Richard Williams Studio Ltd. (1958-1992)
- Ruby-Spears Productions
- Skellington Productions
- Spümcø (1988-2004)
- Sullivan-Bluth Studios
- Sunbow
- Terrytoons (1928–1968)
- Total Television (1960-1968)
- Turner Feature Animation
- TVC Cartoons (1961-1979, 1988-1997)
- Ub Iwerks Studio (1930–1936)
- United Productions of America (UPA) (1944–1964)
- Van Beuren Studios (1928–1936)
- Varga TVC Productions
- Walt Disney Productions (1928-1984)
- Will Vinton Studios (1979-2005) (became LAIKA)
- Walter Lantz Studio (1929–1940, 1940–1948 and 1950–1972)
- Winkler Pictures (1921–1940) (also known as M.J. Winkler Productions, Charles Mintz Studios and Robert Winkler Productions), see also Screen Gems Studio (1940–1946)
Distribution companies
Defunct
See also
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