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Jellyfish Pictures

Jellyfish Pictures is a British VFX and animation company specializing in the creation of digital visual effects and animation.

History

The company was founded in 2001 by Philip Dobree and Will Rockall, with a team of three artists and one producer,[3] moving to their first studio in Soho, Central London in Poland Street in 2003.[4] In 2005, they started their first long form TV series The Story of One,[4] following this with work on the BBC series Fight For Life in 2007, for which they won multiple industry awards including a BAFTA, RTS and VES award for 'Outstanding Visual Effects.[4] Over the next few years they continued to expand, working on the long form CGI series Planet Dinosaur for the BBC and Discovery Channel in 2011,[4] followed by multiple nominations and wins for their work on Inside the Human Body in 2012.[4] In 2017, Jellyfish Pictures launched its own original content division, Jellyfish Originals - focused on the development, distribution, rights management, financing and commercialisation of original animated properties.

In 2022, Jellyfish Pictures has undergone rapid growth in recent years as the studio joined Key Capital Partners over a minority investment, expediting the global scaling of their VFX and animation teams, and advance the development and production of its original kids and family content through Jellyfish Originals.[5][6] David Patton joined Jellyfish Pictures as CEO in December 2022 while Mark Warburg joined as COO.[7][8] The on-location studio locations have also expanded significantly, with a studio division opening in Sheffield in 2020 (overseen by animation director Kevin Spruce), and a new Mumbai studio recently opening in 2023.

Production

TV series

Films

Live Action VFX

Animation

Accolades

Annie Awards

References

  1. ^ Henley, Jon (19 October 2017). "'We can take it almost anywhere': how Brexit threatens the UK's creative industries". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "New Again | Computer Graphics World".
  3. ^ "About Us - Jellyfish".
  4. ^ a b c d e "Inside the Human Body".
  5. ^ "Jellyfish Pictures set to grow with investment from Key". Key Capital Partners. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Jellyfish Pictures to Grow Animation, VFX & Originals Biz with KCP Investment". 2 March 2022.
  7. ^ "People on the Move: New Leadership at Jellyfish, MPC, Method & More". 7 December 2022.
  8. ^ Williams, Tom (1 December 2022). "Jellyfish Pictures positions for strong growth with newly installed leadership team". British Cinematographer. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Bafta Television Craft Awards 2008". The Guardian. 12 May 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  10. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (12 December 2019). "Jellyfish Pics Grows into World's Largest Virtual VFX & Animation Studio".
  11. ^ Team, AnimationXpress (1 August 2017). "Jellyfish Pictures nominated for news and documentary Emmy award".
  12. ^ a b c "[TRAILER] DreamWorks' 'Spirit Untamed' Rides Free". Rotoscopers. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  13. ^ Woolfe, Jennifer (5 September 2014). "Jellyfish Producing 'Floogals' for Sprout".
  14. ^ Known as CBeebies Production for the first season.
  15. ^ "Jellyfish Pictures Faces off with 'The Innocents' for Netflix". 24 August 2018.
  16. ^ "Jellyfish Pictures Expands Global Operations with New Cloud-Based Technology". Animation World Network.
  17. ^ "Jellyfish Pictures and Bomanbridge Media Ink Deal for 'Ivy & The Inklings'". Animation World Network.
  18. ^ "Jellyfish Pictures Announces Partnership with Jollywise". Animation World Network.
  19. ^ "Jellyfish Originals and Alpha Group China sign co-production deal for 'Battle of the Bugs' at MIPCOM 2020". 12 October 2020.
  20. ^ "Kingsman Almost Had This Badass Flashback Sequence". 25 February 2015.
  21. ^ "Jellyfish Pictures Selects Hammerspace to Provide Global Data Environment for Virtual Production" (Press release). 22 April 2022.
  22. ^ "SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY - The Art of VFXThe Art of VFX". www.artofvfx.com. 12 May 2018. Archived from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  23. ^ "2019 Icebreakers: Hot Winter VFX". 13 December 2018.
  24. ^ "Equine Majesty: Elaine Bogan and Her DreamWorks Team Bring Artistic Horsepower to 'Spirit Untamed'". June 2021.
  25. ^ "DreamWorks Animation Returns to the Frontier in 'Spirit Untamed'". Animation World Network.
  26. ^ Giardina, Carolyn (18 September 2023). "Animated Feature Adaptation of Roald Dahl's 'The Twits' Coming to Netflix in 2025". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  27. ^ "'Klaus' Wins Big at Annie Awards for Animation". The Hollywood Reporter. 25 January 2020.
  28. ^ "'Raya and the Last Dragon' Leads 2022 Annie Awards Feature Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. 21 December 2021.

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