Comcast, the parent company of NBCUniversal, has owned and operated several animation studios since the company acquired NBCUniversal (formed on August 2, 2004) in 2011 and took complete control by 2013.
Its flagship feature animation studio, Universal Animation Studios through Universal Pictures, outputs television, direct-to-video, and animated feature film releases. Currently, Comcast also operates Illumination and DreamWorks Animation as part of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group. This article does not include other animation studios whose films were released by only Universal Pictures but don't own.
Full list
editCurrent animation studios
editDivested or defunct animation studios
edit- Amblimation[citation needed] – Founded in 1989 by Steven Spielberg, Amblimation was a British animation studio subsidiary of Amblin Entertainment. Within its run, all three of its theatrical films through Universal Pictures. Amblimation is considered the predecessor to DreamWorks Animation.[1]
Universal Filmed Entertainment Group
editUniversal Animation Studios
editFounded in 1990, Universal Animation Studios (formally Universal Cartoon Studios) is the primary animation division of Universal Pictures.[2]
DreamWorks Animation LLC
editDreamWorks Animation Television
editDreamWorks Classics/Classic Media
editHarvey Entertainment
editJay Ward Productions
editIllumination
editIllumination Studios Paris
editAmblimation
editAmblimation was a British animation studio subsidiary of Amblin Entertainment[3][4] founded by Steven Spielberg in May 1989. During its run, the studio only produced three feature films, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991), We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) and Balto (1995), all composed by James Horner and distributed by Universal Pictures. Amblimation's mascot was Fievel Mousekewitz. Before the studio reached a close, its crew members joined DreamWorks Animation[1][5] (which had been co-founded by Spielberg in 1994), and it closed in 1997.[6]
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Animation Really Keeps Steven Spielberg Moving". Mcall.com. November 17, 1991. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ "Orlando theme park features characters". The Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. July 19, 1991. p. 35. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ^ Hofmeister, Sallie (October 17, 1994). "Hollywood Falls Hard for Animation". The New York Times.
- ^ "A look inside Hollywood and the movies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
- ^ "Film: The Man Who Would Be Walt". The New York Times.
- ^ James, Meg. "Comcast's NBCUniversal buys DreamWorks Animation in $3.8-billion deal". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 16, 2019.