Animation Companies
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London is a global animation success story attracting the best
creative and production talent to its studios. Coupled with one of the
most attractive simple tax credit in the world
(Learn more about Tax Relief for Animation). London is
the largest animation hub in the UK with more than fifty world-class
animation producers and studios specialising in 2D, CGI and stop-frame
animation. Our studios have been working with international partners
for more than twenty-five years delivering some of the finest and
innovative animation seen on screens big and small around the world.
Whatever you are looking for in animation London can deliver. Whether you are considering setting up a studio here or looking for the right partner for your project, we offer free advice and guidance on all aspects as the project progresses through to delivery.
You can read Film London's Animation Strategy for 2021 here.
Contact our animation team at animation@filmlondon.org.uk
Anthem Studios
Both in our original IP development and in commercial and service work, we look for new, interesting and vibrant ways to get stories onscreen.
Visit Anthem Studios website.
Bad Studio
Bad Studio is a design-led, award-winning studio who specialise in bringing any brands message to life through playful and lovingly crafted 2D & 3D animation.
Bigfatstudio Limited
Children's series production and supervision, Pre-school and tween, CGI, 2D and Stop-frame. Have managed and produced Feature films, TV Series and Half hour specials.
Blind Pig
Blind Pig is an award-winning, tight-knit collective of animators, designers, illustrators and animation directors, helping leading brands engage audiences through captivating craft.
We are avid storytellers and can execute anything from stylised hand-drawn 2D characters, dynamic motion graphics to fully photoreal CG, be it for film, broadcast, advertising or experiential.
We’re also the sister company of post-production studio Absolute, with a team of editors, graders, vfx artists and long-form producers at our disposal.
Blink Industries
Blink Industries is a BAFTA-nominated entertainment production and development studio, working across animation and puppetry for both family and adult audiences.
Bold Content Video
London based animation production company creating brand animations and specialising in the education and tech sector. Creators of STEM educational animation series Katie and Tex.
Boundless Studio
Boundless is a creative animation studio with a commercial background in TV, advertisement and motion graphics.
CAKE
CAKE is an award-winning company specialising in the production, distribution, development, financing and brand development of kids’ and family properties.
Cinesite
Est in 1991, Cinesite is one of the world’s most highly respected independent digital entertainment studios, producing award-winning animation and visual effects for film, broadcast & SVOD platforms.
Cookie Studios
Cookie is the animation studio busily cooking up animation on behalf of filmmakers, brands, broadcast, and advertising patrons. Specialising in motion graphics, 2D and 3D animation.
Visit the Cookie Studio website.
Creature Productions
Creature Productions is a small but mighty Animation Studio based in London. Our award-winning team creates explainer videos, commercials and branded content.
Dazzle Ship
Animation, motion graphics + design creative production agency based in London. Working across broadcast, gaming, advertising and NFT.
DNEG Animation
DNEG Animation is a world-class animation studio that creates captivating stories and compelling characters through beautiful animation. Built on the passion and talents of our team, we help bring unique worlds to life. From complex graphic novel adaptations to beautifully stylized films, we are dedicated to furthering the craft of animation.
Dragonbee LTD
Dragonbee focuses on high-end artistic 2D animation for film and TV
Dragonfly
Dragonfly’s animated videos are striking, sticky and unforgettable. The animation service ranges from animated explainer video content to eye-catching character animation.
Flock
Flock are an animation and VFX company covering broadcasters and brands, from TVC, to documentary and short films.
Flying Duck Studio Lab
Experts in creativity and inspiring storytelling. Flying Duck Studio Lab is an ethical, sustainable and inclusive creative studio powered by efficient ducks. Their main aim is to inspire people working together through storytelling. Specialising in animation and design, producing the highest quality of compelling, visually stunning, and story-driven content, with the best team from all around the world. Production and postproduction services include feature films, shorts, animation, visual campaigns, explainer videos, music videos, documentaries, advertisement, infographics, rebranding/marketing, video mapping, educational content, design, sound and art installations
Framestore
Framestore is an Oscar, Emmy and BAFTA-winning creative studio working across film, episodic, animation,, advertising and immersive entertainment.
Frantic
Frantic is a 3D animation studio, creating high-end CGI animation across beauty, tech, healthcare and sports. They work with leading brands, businesses and agencies, globally.
GFM Animation
GFM Animation is a production, financing & distribution sales company with proven expertise in guiding entertaining, independent animated features from development to delivery.
Good Story Production
Award winning creative and commercial producer delivers story strategy, creative development, budgeting and international production management for your animated film, toy line, game, tv show...
Grizzle
Grizzle makes eye-popping animation and motion graphics for campaigns with big personality. Agencies and brands from Red Bull to Adidas come to us for end-to-end delivery of standout motion content.
Hocus Pocus Studios LTD
2d and 3d animation for gaming, social, broadcast and film. A paricularl emphasis on creating distinctive, colourful work.
Hoho Entertainment LTD
Hoho Entertainment is a children's production and distribution company with a mission to make kids' content to entertain and delight children worldwide.
Illuminated Films
Illuminated Films is a multi-BAFTA nominated animation studio with several successful 2D series under its belt plus producers of television specials and film adaptations.
Industrial Light & Magic
From 1975 to today, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) has set the standard for visual effects and animation, creating some of the most stunning images in the history of entertainment.
After our pioneering work on the Academy Award®-winning Rango, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) has returned to Feature Animation with Netflix’s Ultraman Rising, and Paramount Pictures’ Transformers One. With the tools and resources of a major animation studio, ILM is building upon nearly fifty years of world-class artistry, powerful storytelling, and trailblazing technology. We are inspired by a bold future of animation empowered by imaginative filmmakers who partner with our teams to tell original, enduring stories
Jellyfish Pictures
Jellyfish Pictures is an award winning Animation and VFS Studio known for its strong art direction, world-class animation, beautifully rendered imagery and multi-platform content.
Kartoffel Films
An animation studio based in London that offers 2D, 3D, character design, scripting and creative direction for online animation of all shapes and sizes.
Kid's Cave Studios
With two Netflix Original Series under our belts, KidsCave Studios is a forward thinking mix of Intellectual Property (IP) Development and Production Company.
Our sole focus is creating content with strong international sales & consumer products potential by developing projects with a full transmedia approach - delivering characters and story-worlds that reach audiences through television, film, publishing, online, music, games and toys.
King Bee
King Bee is an award-winning animation production studio, based in the Elstree Studios. King Bee produces TV series, Educational content, Music Videos & Brand animation.
Kong Studio LTD
Kong Studio work in a variety of styles and techniques to produce beautifully crafted animation for film and factual entertainment, kids TV and advertising.
Lambda Films
An animation agency specialising in 2D and 3D animation for commercials, corporate and brands
The Line Animation
An animation studio founded by artists and filmmakers, with projects from advertising and interactive to music videos and original content.
Liquona
We’re a full service video production company providing 2D and 3D animated films, explainer videos, virtual reality and live action video.
LiveUP Media
LiveUP Media is an independent video production company based in London. Driven by a passion for precision and fresh perspectives, our team of creative talent brings an innovative approach to each and every project. We specialise in tactile motion graphics and factual storytelling, proven to deliver engaging, cutting-edge promotional content to ensure your brand is presented with sophistication and impact
Visit LiveUP Media's website.
Locksmith Animation
Established in 2014 and based in London, Locksmith Animation (LSA) is the UK’s first dedicated CG feature animation studio producing high-end CG animated films for global distribution.
Loose Moose Productions
BAFTA nominated producer, Glenn Holberton's puppet and stop-motion animation production company.
Lupus Films
Lupus Films is an International EMMY award-winning production company known for high-quality family entertainment and in particular hand-drawn animated adaptations of classic works of literature.
Meat and Electricity LTD
Director and artist Martyn Pick’s company. Direction on longform.
Moth Studio
Working in 2D and 3D we create animation that has a vivid and distinct voice whether it’s for commercials, shorts, music videos or branded content.
Move Animation Studio
Move is an award-winning 2D/3D animation and motion graphics studio, turning ideas into animated stories full of character, magic, and joy.
Myth Studio
London & Bristol based animation studio specialising in high quality animated storytelling. Our creative approach to motion design and animation focusses on crafting beautiful, distinctive content
Nexus Studios
Home to world-leading voices in animation, Nexus Studios is an Oscar and Emmy-nominated, BAFTA-winning studio collaborating on features, TV series, branded content and interactive projects.
OK Social
We help health and medical brands create animations that educate and inform.
Passion Pictures Animation
Passion is an Academy Award-winning independent production studio that creates and tells incredible stories.
Pearly Oyster Productions
Emma Calder runs Pearly Oyster Productions, a versatile independent animation production company and design studio in Brixton, London, England.
Plastic Milk Animation
Animation has the power to create meaningful change. We believe in using that power for good. We create compelling visual stories that help people understand the world better. Stories that inform, inspire and entertain. We produce tangible results for our clients whether they are looking to educate the next generation, raise brand awareness or communicate complex ideas. We are an award winning animation studio developing original IP and providing production servic
Red Knuckles
An award-winning animation studio, deeply passionate about storytelling and filmmaking, crafting stunning visuals for IP creators, excelling in original content, advertising, music videos, and films.
ReDefine Animation
ReDefine is a global animation and visual effects company that provides creative animation services to expanding international markets and to independent filmmakers everywhere.
Seed Animation Studio
Animated stories crafted with personality, warmth and wit. Short form commercial animation for agencies and brands.
Sentio Space
Sentio Space is one of London's leading animation studios, producing high quality 2D, 3D, and stop-motion animations.
Skeleton Productions
Skeleton is a full-service video production agency that helps companies to win new customers with remarkable content and campaigns.
Slurpy Studios
Slurpy Studios have over fifteen years' experience creating animated content for a range of commercial, entertainment and educational projects; from concept to delivery.
Snafu Pictures
Snafu Pictures is an animation production company developing character-driven projects where craft, both in visual execution and narrative storytelling, is at a project’s core.
Snipple Originals
Snipple Originals creates and develops it’s own IP. We also provide a full pre production pipeline for animation across all genres.
Space Age Films
Animation and Live Action, home of producer/director/writer, Robert Chandler. Projects range from The Deep to The Canterville Ghost to A Christmas Number One.
Studio AKA
A multi-BAFTA and Emmy winning & Oscar-nominated animation studio, known for our idiosyncratic work, expressed across an eclectic range of projects for film and TV.
Studio Orca
Studio Orca is an English and French animation studio based in London. With storytelling at the heart of each project, be it commercial, documentary or narrative, we create unique worlds and characters.
Tiger Aspect Kids and Family
Tiger Aspect Kids and Family are multi-BAFTA award-winning producers who have created iconic series including Charlie and Lola and Mr Bean.
Woolly Vision
Woolly Vision makes stop-motion animation and specialises in animated wool, fabric and felt. Makers of popular comedy “nudinits” and children’s entertainment brand “Little Woolly Vision”
If you have any questions regarding animation companies or would like to be added to these listings, please contact Julian Scott.