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.
[edit] Historical animation studios
- Alphanim (the French independent animation production and distribution company)
- Amblimation (the animation production arm of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment)
- Barré Studio (1914-1923) (after 1917 called Bud Fisher Films Corporation)
- Bill Melendez Productions
- Blye Migicovsky Productions
- Bray Productions
- Burbank Films Australia (1981-1988)
- Chuck Jones Productions
- Cinar (now Cookie Jar Entertainment)
- DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (1963–1981)
- Ellipse Programme
- Filmation (1963-1989)
- Fleischer Studios (1921–1942), Famous Studios (1942–1956) and Paramount Cartoon Studios (1956-1967) (see also The Harveytoons Show)
- Format Films
- Fox Animation Studios
- Gaumont British Animation (1946-1950)
- George Pal Studio
- Grantray-Lawrence Animation (1954-1967)
- Golden Films
- Halas and Batchelor
- Hanna-Barbera Productions (1957-2001, now Cartoon Network Studios)
- Harman-Ising Productions
- International Film Service (1915-1918)
- Jack Kinney Productions
- Jay Ward Productions (1958-1984)
- Jetlag Productions (1992-1996)
- Kokusai Eigasha (Movie International Company, Ltd.) (1979-1985)
- Lacewood Productions
- Laugh-O-Grams (1922-1923)
- 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
- Rankin-Bass
- Pacific Animation Corporation (became Studio Ghibli)
- Pat Sullivan Productions
- Rembrandt Films
- Ruby-Spears Productions
- Sullivan-Bluth Studios
- TCJ (became Eiken in 1969)
- Terrytoons (1928–1968)
- Turner Feature Animation
- Ub Iwerks Studio (1930–1936)
- United Productions of America (UPA) (1944-1964)
- Van Beuren Studios (1928–1936)
- 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)
- Zuiyo Eizo (became Nippon Animation in 1975)
[edit] Contemporary animation studios (as of 2009)
[edit] List of companies that distribute animation
[edit] See also
