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Amblimation
Company typeSubsidiary
FoundedMay 1989
FounderSteven Spielberg
Defunct2020
FateClosed
SuccessorDreamWorks Animation
Headquarters207-211 The Vale,
Acton, London, England
,
United Kingdom
Key people
Kate Mallory (studio manager)
Simon Wells (director)
Cindy Woodbyrne (production manager)
ProductsAnimated films
ParentAmblin Entertainment

Amblimation was a British animation studio and the animation production subsidiary of Amblin Entertainment.[1][2] It was formed by Steven Spielberg in May 1989, as an attempt to continue making animated films after he parted ways with Don Bluth, due to creative differences. It was stationed in what was originally the D. Napier & Son factory in Acton, London and had 250 crew members, mostly those who had worked on Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), which Spielberg had co-produced.[3] It made three films: An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991), We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993), and Balto (1995), all of which were distributed by Universal Pictures. The company's mascot, Fievel Mousekewitz, appears in its production logo.

The studio was shut down in 2020 and became a self-storage facility called Access Self-Storage. All 250 of Amblimation's crew members went on to join DreamWorks Animation,[4] which was later acquired in 2016 by Universal's parent company NBCUniversal for $3.8 billion.[5]

Filmography

Theatrical films

Release Date Title Box Office Gross
November 22, 1991 An American Tail: Fievel Goes West $40.6 million
November 24, 1993 We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story $9.3 million (US)
December 22, 1995 Balto $11.3 million

Television

Note: All series were co-produced with Universal Animation Studios.

See also

References

  1. ^ Hofmeister, Sallie (October 17, 1994). "Hollywood Falls Hard for Animation" – via NYTimes.com.
  2. ^ "A look inside Hollywood and the movies" - Los Angeles Times
  3. ^ "Animation Really Keeps Steven Spielberg Moving". November 17, 1991. Retrieved May 30, 2020 – via Mcall.com.
  4. ^ "Film: The Man Who Would Be Walt". archive.nytimes.com.
  5. ^ James, Meg. "Comcast's NBCUniversal buys DreamWorks Animation in $3.8-billion deal". latimes.com. Retrieved 2019-01-16.


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