Jellyfish Pictures
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Visual effects, Computer-generated imagery, Feature animation |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | England |
Number of locations | 4 |
Area served | London, Mumbai, Toronto, Sheffield |
Key people | Phil Dobree (Founder)[1] David Patton (CEO) Mark Warburg (COO) Dave Wickman (CFO) Archie Donato (MD, Animation) Natalie Llewellyn (MD, Jellyfish Originals) Phil Greenlow (MD, VFX) Luke Dodd (Director of VFX & Animation) |
| Members | 500+ (as of Aug 2023)[2] |
| Divisions | Jellyfish Originals, Animation, VFX |
| Website | jellyfishpictures |
Jellyfish Pictures is a British VFX and animation company specializing in the creation of digital visual effects and animation.
History
[edit]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.[citation needed]
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. Operations in Canada were announced in June 2024.[citation needed]
Production
[edit]TV series
[edit]| Title | Release date | Studio(s) | Ref(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Story of 1 | 2005 | BBC | Documentary | |
| Fight for Life | 9 July 2007 | BBC One | TV series Documentary 2008 winner Bafta special effects prize[9] | |
| Planet Dinosaur | 14 September 2011 | BBC Discovery Channel ZDF |
[10] | TV animated series Documentary |
| Doctor Who | 23 November 2013 | BBC One BBC Wales |
TV series Day of the Doctor Special Additional VFX | |
| Your Inner Fish | 2014 | Tangled Bank Studios PBS |
[11] | TV animated series Documentary |
| Floogals | 15 January 2016 | Nevision Studios Zodiak Kids Studios Banijay Group |
[12][13] | TV animated series |
| Black Mirror | October 2016 | Netflix House of Tomorrow Endemol Shine UK |
TV series Hated in the Nation only | |
| Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! | 6 November 2017 | Beano Studios CBBC |
[12] | TV animated series |
| Bitz & Bob | 12 March 2018 | BBC Children's Productions[14] FremantleMedia Kids & Family Boat Rocker Rights |
[12] | |
| The Innocents | 24 August 2018 | Netflix New Pictures |
[15] | TV series |
| Watchmen | 20 October 2019 | HBO White Rabbit Paramount Television DC Entertainment Warner Bros. Television |
TV series Limited | |
| How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming | 3 December 2019 | DreamWorks Animation NBCUniversal |
[16] | TV animated special Production services |
| Gangs of London | 23 April 2020 | Sky Atlantic Pulse Films Sister Pictures Sky Studios NBCUniversal Global Distribution |
TV series Series finale only | |
| White Lines | 15 May 2020 | Netflix Left Bank Pictures Vancouver Media Sony Pictures Television |
TV series | |
| Hanna | 3 July 2020 | NBCUniversal International Studios Tomorrow Studios Working Title Television Focus Features Amazon Studios |
TV series Season 2 only | |
| Sex Education | 17 September 2021 | Netflix Eleven Film |
TV series Season 3 only | |
| The Book of Boba Fett | 29 December 2021 | Disney+ Lucasfilm |
TV miniseries | |
| This Is Going to Hurt | 8 February 2022 | Sister Pictures Terrible Productions AMC Studios BBC |
Miniseries | |
| The Baby | 24 April 2022 | HBO Sister Pictures Sky Studios Proverbial Pictures |
TV series | |
| Prehistoric Planet | 23 May 2022 | Apple TV+ BBC |
Documentary Concept art only VFX by Moving Picture Company | |
| Stranger Things | 27 May 2022 | Netflix 21 Laps Entertainment Monkey Massacre |
TV series Season 4 only | |
| Wolf King | 2025 | Lime Pictures | Netflix original animated series | |
| Ivy and the Inklings | TBA | Bomanbridge Media | [17] | TV animated series |
| Hughman | ||||
| Stan & Gran | Jollywise | [18] | ||
| Battle of the Bugs | Alpha Group | [19] |
Films
[edit]Live Action VFX
[edit]| Title | Release date | Studio(s) | Ref(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsman: The Secret Service | 13 February 2015 | 20th Century Fox Marv Studios Cloudy Productions TSG Entertainment |
[20] | With Prime Focus World, Baseblack, Panton Creative, Doc & A Soc, Peerless Camera Company and BUF |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | 16 December 2016 | Lucasfilm Ltd. | Main VFX from Industrial Light & Magic Additional VFX with Ubisoft Hybride, Ghost VFX, Whiskytree, Atomic Fiction, Scanline VFX, and Raynault VFX. | |
| Star Wars: The Last Jedi | 15 December 2017 | [21] | Main VFX from Industrial Light & Magic Additional VFX with Ubisoft Hybride, One of Us, Base FX, Rodeo FX, Ghost VFX, Virutos, Animatrik Film Design, Exceptional Minds, Important Looking Pirates, and Yannix. | |
| Solo: A Star Wars Story | 25 May 2018 | [22] | Main VFX from Industrial Light & Magic Additional VFX with Ubisoft Hybride, Raynault VFX, Tippet Studio, Exceptional Minds, Virutos and Lola/VFX | |
| Captive State | 15 March 2019 | Focus Features Participant Media |
[23] | |
| Fear Street Part One: 1994 | 2 July 2021 | Netflix Chernin Entertainment |
Uncredited | |
| Fear Street Part Two: 1978 | 9 July 2021 | |||
| Fear Street Part Three: 1666 | 16 July 2021 | |||
| Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical | 2 December 2022 | Netflix TriStar Pictures Working Title Films The Roald Dahl Story Company |
Animation
[edit]| Title | Release date | Studio(s) | Ref(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trolls World Tour | 10 April 2020 | Universal Pictures DreamWorks Animation |
Marketing custom animation services with Minimo VFX | |
| Spirit Untamed | 4 June 2021 | [24][25][2] | Production services Additional animation services by 88 Pictures | |
| The Boss Baby: Family Business | 2 July 2021 | Asset production services | ||
| The Bad Guys | 22 April 2022 | Additional asset production services | ||
| Kung Fu Panda 4 | 8 March 2024 | |||
| Dog Man | 31 January 2025 | Production services | ||
| The Twits | 2025 | Netflix | [26] |
Accolades
[edit]Annie Awards
[edit]| Year | Film | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming[27] | Best Animated Special Production | DreamWorks Animation | Won |
| Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Manuel Reyes Halaby, Cristiana Covone, Koya Masubuchi, Jean Claude Nouchy, Dustin Henning | Nominated | ||
| Andrew Muir | ||||
| 2022 | Spirit Untamed[28] | Best Storyboarding | Gary Graham |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "New Again | Computer Graphics World".
- ^ "About Us - Jellyfish".
- ^ a b c d e "Inside the Human Body".
- ^ "Jellyfish Pictures set to grow with investment from Key". Key Capital Partners. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Jellyfish Pictures to Grow Animation, VFX & Originals Biz with KCP Investment". 2 March 2022.
- ^ "People on the Move: New Leadership at Jellyfish, MPC, Method & More". 7 December 2022.
- ^ Williams, Tom (1 December 2022). "Jellyfish Pictures positions for strong growth with newly installed leadership team". British Cinematographer. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ "Bafta Television Craft Awards 2008". The Guardian. 12 May 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (12 December 2019). "Jellyfish Pics Grows into World's Largest Virtual VFX & Animation Studio".
- ^ Team, AnimationXpress (1 August 2017). "Jellyfish Pictures nominated for news and documentary Emmy award".
- ^ a b c "[TRAILER] DreamWorks' 'Spirit Untamed' Rides Free". Rotoscopers. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ Woolfe, Jennifer (5 September 2014). "Jellyfish Producing 'Floogals' for Sprout".
- ^ Known as CBeebies Production for the first season.
- ^ "Jellyfish Pictures Faces off with 'The Innocents' for Netflix". 24 August 2018.
- ^ "Jellyfish Pictures Expands Global Operations with New Cloud-Based Technology". Animation World Network.
- ^ "Jellyfish Pictures and Bomanbridge Media Ink Deal for 'Ivy & The Inklings'". Animation World Network.
- ^ "Jellyfish Pictures Announces Partnership with Jollywise". Animation World Network.
- ^ "Jellyfish Originals and Alpha Group China sign co-production deal for 'Battle of the Bugs' at MIPCOM 2020". 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Kingsman Almost Had This Badass Flashback Sequence". 25 February 2015.
- ^ "Jellyfish Pictures Selects Hammerspace to Provide Global Data Environment for Virtual Production" (Press release). 22 April 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2019 Icebreakers: Hot Winter VFX". 13 December 2018.
- ^ "Equine Majesty: Elaine Bogan and Her DreamWorks Team Bring Artistic Horsepower to 'Spirit Untamed'". June 2021.
- ^ "DreamWorks Animation Returns to the Frontier in 'Spirit Untamed'". Animation World Network.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "'Klaus' Wins Big at Annie Awards for Animation". The Hollywood Reporter. 25 January 2020.
- ^ "'Raya and the Last Dragon' Leads 2022 Annie Awards Feature Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. 21 December 2021.
