Pukeko Pictures
| Industry | Animation |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 |
| Founder |
Richard Taylor Martin Baynton |
| Headquarters | Wellington, New Zealand |
Key people |
Andrew Smith Martin Baynton Richard Taylor Tania Rodger |
| Owner |
Richard Taylor Martin Baynton |
Pukeko Pictures is a New Zealand animation studio created as a partnership between Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger, the co-founders and creative leads of Weta Workshop, and author, illustrator and children’s television producer Martin Baynton.
The three first worked together on the TV series Jane and the Dragon, a CGI animated series about a medieval girl and her pet dragon. Their subsequent television series The WotWots was nominated in 2012 for "Best Animated Television Production – Preschool" in the 2012 Annie Awards.
Works
- The WotWots, animated children's TV series, 2009
- Rat Queens, animated TV series based on the comic series of the same name, planned as of 2014[1]
- Thunderbirds Are Go!, a reboot of the 1960s British TV series, planned as of 2014[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Graser, Marc (13 June 2014). "Heavy Metal, Weta Workshop’s Pukeko Pictures to Adapt ‘Rat Queens’". Variety. Retrieved 14 June 2014.