Jellyfish Pictures
 | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Visual effects, Computer-generated imagery, Feature animation |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | England |
Number of locations | 4 |
Area served | London, Bristol, Sheffield |
Key people | Phil Dobree (CEO/Founder)[1] Luke Dodd (COO) Ben Leaver (Founder) Barry Evans (Founder) |
| Members | 350 (2021)[2] |
| Divisions | Jellyfish Originals |
| Website | jellyfishpictures |
Jellyfish Pictures is a British VFX company specializing in the creation of digital visual effects and animation.
History
The studio opened up in 2001 with a team of three artists and one producer, opening up their first studio around 2003 in Poland Street, Soho. In 2005, they started their first long form TV series on the Story of One with Monty Python's Terry Jones. In 2017, Jellyfish expanded their studio by making Jellyfish Originals on producing various original shows like Ivy and the Inklings and Hughman. One year later, Jellyfish also announced their collab with Jollywise to produce an animated series call Stan & Gran.[3][4]
In 2020, a studio division in Sheffield was opened up and overseen by animation director Kevin Spruce with an animated film in production, possibly Spirit Untamed.[5] Due to the COVID pandemic however, workers had to animate at home following this experience.[6] During the same year, they made the animation for DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming and won an Annie award for Best Animated Special Production and nominated for Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production and Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production.
In 2021, Jellyfish Pictures has produced two DreamWorks films which while their main production was Spirit Untamed,[2] they were also in charge of Production Assist support for The Boss Baby: Family Business, which the animation was only produced from DWA Glendale. In 2022, Jellyfish Pictures has joined Key Capital Partners over a minority investment, meaning it will expedite the global scaling of Jellyfish's VFX and animation teams, and advance the development and production of its original kids and family content through Jellyfish Originals.[7]
Production
TV series
| Title | Release date | Studio(s) | Ref(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Story of 1 | 2005 | BBC | Documentary | |
| Fight for Life | July 9, 2007 | BBC One | TV Series Documentary 2008 winner Bafta special effects prize[8] | |
| Planet Dinosaur | September 14, 2011 | BBC Discovery Channel ZDF |
[9] | TV Animated Series Documentary |
| Doctor Who | November 23, 2013 | BBC One BBC Wales |
TV Series Day of the Doctor Special Additional VFX | |
| Your Inner Fish | 2014 | Tangled Bank Studios PBS |
[10] | TV Animated Series Documentary |
| Floogals | January 15, 2016 | Nevision Studios Zodiak Kids Studios Banijay Group |
[11][12] | TV Animated Series |
| Black Mirror | October 2016 | Netflix House of Tomorrow Endemol Shine UK |
TV Series Hated in the Nation only | |
| Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! | November 6, 2017 | Beano Studios CBBC |
[11] | TV Animated Series |
| Bitz & Bob | March 12, 2018 | BBC Children's Productions[13] FremantleMedia Kids & Family Boat Rocker Rights |
[11] | |
| The Innocents | August 24, 2018 | Netflix New Pictures |
[14] | TV Series |
| Watchmen | October 20, 2019 | HBO White Rabbit Paramount Television DC Entertainment Warner Bros. Television |
TV Series Limited | |
| How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming | December 3, 2019 | DreamWorks Animation NBCUniversal |
[15] | TV Animation Special Production Services |
| Gangs of London | April 23, 2020 | Sky Atlantic Pulse Films Sister Pictures Sky Studios NBCUniversal Global Distribution |
TV Series Series Finale Only | |
| White Lines | May 15, 2020 | Netflix Left Bank Pictures Vancouver Media Sony Pictures Television |
TV Series | |
| Hanna | July 3, 2020 | NBCUniversal International Studios Tomorrow Studios Working Title Television Focus Features Amazon Studios |
TV Series Season 2 only | |
| Sex Education | September 17, 2021 | Netflix Eleven Film |
TV Series Season 3 only | |
| The Book of Boba Fett | December 29, 2021 | Disney+ Lucasfilm |
TV Mini-Series | |
| The Baby | April 24, 2022 | HBO Sister Pictures Sky Studios Proverbial Pictures |
TV Series | |
| Prehistoric Planet | May 23, 2022 | Apple TV+ BBC |
Documentary Concept Art only VFX by Moving Picture Company | |
| Stranger Things | May 27, 2022 | Netflix 21 Laps Entertainment Monkey Massacre |
TV Series Season 4 only | |
| Wereworld | TBA | Netflix Netflix Animation Lime Pictures |
TV Animated Series | |
| Ivy and the Inklings | Bomanbridge Media | [16] | ||
| Hughman | ||||
| Stan & Gran | Jollywise | [17] | ||
| Battle of the Bugs | Alpha Group | [18] |
Films
Live Action VFX
| Title | Release date | Studio(s) | Ref(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsman: The Secret Service | February 13, 2015 | 20th Century Fox Marv Studios Cloudy Productions TSG Entertainment |
[19] | With Prime Focus World, Baseblack, Panton Creative, Doc & A Soc, Peerless Camera Company and BUF |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | December 16, 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 | December 15, 2017 | [20] | 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 | May 25, 2018 | [21] | Main VFX from Industrial Light & Magic Additional VFX with Ubisoft Hybride, Raynault VFX, Tippet Studio, Exceptional Minds, Virutos and Lola/VFX | |
| Captive State | March 15, 2019 | Focus Features Participant Media |
[22] | |
| Fear Street Part One: 1994 | July 2, 2021 | Netflix Chernin Entertainment |
Uncredited | |
| Fear Street Part Two: 1978 | July 9, 2021 | |||
| Fear Street Part Three: 1666 | July 16, 2021 | |||
| Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical | December 2, 2022 | Netflix TriStar Pictures Working Title Films The Roald Dahl Story Company |
Animation
| Title | Release date | Studio(s) | Ref(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trolls World Tour | April 10, 2020 | Universal Pictures DreamWorks Animation |
Marketing Custom Animation Services with Minimo VFX | |
| Spirit Untamed | June 4, 2021 | [23][24][2] | Production Services Additional Animation Services by 88 Pictures | |
| The Boss Baby: Family Business | July 2, 2021 | Asset Production Services | ||
| The Bad Guys | April 22, 2022 | Additional Asset Production Services |
Accolades
Annie Awards
| Year | Film | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming[25] | 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[26] | Best Storyboarding | Gary Graham |
References
- ^ 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 c "New Again | Computer Graphics World".
- ^ "Jellyfish Pictures Announces Partnership with Jollywise".
- ^ "Jellyfish Pictures Opens Europe's First Virtual VFX Studios". 7 June 2017.
- ^ "Jellyfish Pictures Expands Northern Presence with New Studio in Sheffield".
- ^ Kaushik, Parth (12 August 2020). "Exclusive: Jellyfish Pictures CEO Phil Dobree talks about remote pipelines, virtual technology and future plans in a candid interview". AnimationXpress. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Jellyfish Pictures to Grow Animation, VFX & Originals Biz with KCP Investment". 2 March 2022.
- ^ "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". 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.
- ^ "'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.
