DreamWorks Animation
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DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. is an American animation studio
based in Glendale, California
that creates animated feature films, television program and online virtual worlds. They have released a total of 23 feature films, including Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon
series.
Although the studio also made traditionally animated films
about serious subjects earlier, such as The Prince of Egypt
, Joseph: King of Dreams
, The Road to El Dorado
, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
, and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
, most of their computer-generated films and television series have now gained the studio a reputation for being focused on humor and satire
.
The studio was formed by the merger of the feature animation division of DreamWorks
and Pacific Data Images
(PDI). Originally formed under the banner of DreamWorks
in 1997 by some of Amblin Entertainment
's former animation branch Amblimation
alumni, it was spun off into a separate public company in 2004. DreamWorks Animation currently maintains two campuses: the original DreamWorks feature animation studio in Glendale, California
and the PDI studio in Redwood City, California
.
Films produced by DreamWorks Animation are currently distributed worldwide by Paramount Pictures
, a subsidiary of Viacom
, who acquired the DreamWorks live-action studio in February 2006, spinning it off again in 2008.
was formed and founded by a trio of entertainment players, director and producer Steven Spielberg
, music executive David Geffen
, and former Disney
executive Jeffrey Katzenberg
.
New studio has attracted many artists from Spielberg's animation studio Amblimation
. The first joined in 1995, when the last feature was completed, and the rest came in 1997, when the studio had shut down.
In 1995, DreamWorks signed a co-production deal with Pacific Data Images
to form subsidiary PDI, LLC (PDI owned 60% of PDI, LLC, while DreamWorks SKG owned 40%). The new unit would produce computer-generated feature films beginning with Antz
in 1998. In the same year DreamWorks SKG produced The Prince of Egypt
, which used both CG technology and traditional animation techniques.
In 1997, DreamWorks partnered with Aardman Animations
, a British stop-motion animation studio, to co-produce and distribute Chicken Run
, a stop-motion film already in pre-production. Two years later they extended the deal for an additional four films. With Aardman doing stop-motion, they covered all three major styles, beside traditional and computer animation. This partnership had DreamWorks participating in the production of stop-motion films in Bristol, and also had Aardman participating in some of the CG films made in the US.
In 2000, DreamWorks SKG created a new business division, DreamWorks Animation, that would regularly produce both types of animated feature films. The same year DW acquired majority interest (90%) in PDI, reforming it into PDI/DreamWorks, the Northern California branch of its new business division. Next year Shrek
was released and went on to win the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film
. Due to the success of CG animated films, DWA decided the same year to exit hand-drawn animation business after the next two of total four hand-drawn films. Beginning with Shrek 2
, all released films, other than some co-produced with Aardman, are expected to be produced in CG. Release of Shrek 2 and Shark Tale also made DWA the first studio to produce two CG animated features in a single year.
The animation division was spun-off on October 27, 2004 into publicly traded company named DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. and headed by Katzenberg. DWA also inherited interests in PDI/DreamWorks. They made an agreement with former parent to distribute all of their films until they deliver 12 new films, or December 12, 2010, whatever comes last.
, which acquired DWA's former parent and distribution partner, DreamWorks SKG. The agreement granted Paramount the worldwide rights to distribute all animated films, including previously released until the delivery of 13 new animated feature films or December 31, 2012, whatever comes last.
Delivering three out five films, the partnership with Aardman ended after the release of Flushed Away
in November 2006. The announcement was made before the film's release, on October 3, citing "creative differences" as the reason. DWA retained the co-ownership of rights to all films co-produced with Aardman, with an exception for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
, for which they only kept rights for worldwide distribution.
On March 13, 2007, DreamWorks Animation announced it would release all of its films, beginning with Monsters vs. Aliens
(2009), in stereoscopic 3D. Together with Intel they co-developed a new 3-D film-making technology InTru3D
.
Since 2009, the studio has been a regular guest on the list of Fortune Magazine
's 100 Best Companies to Work For. As the only entertainment company on the list, they ranked 47th in 2009, 6th in 2010, and 10th in 2011. The company is praised by its employees for its openness, culture of collaboration, and a free breakfast and lunch, a perk not found at many other companies.
With 2010, the studio had planned to release five feature films every two years, but the next year the studio revisited their plans, "But beyond 2012, Katzenberg said the studio will play it by ear, even if that means abandoning his proclamation that DWA would try to release three pictures in a single year, every other year." In 2010, DWA became the first studio that released three CG-animated films in a year.
The same year DreamWorks Animation created a new division, MoonBoy Animation, to produce and distribute animated films and television programs. Its first show was Neighbors from Hell
, a collaboration with Fox Television Animation.
Upcoming films
Films in development
animated series Alienators: Evolution Continues
, co-produced with the parent DreamWorks studio and Columbia TriStar Television
(now Sony Pictures Television
, who holds international rights). The series was a spin-off of the 2001 DreamWorks/Columbia
film Evolution
. The same also applies to Neighbors from Hell
, since the show is co-produced by DreamWorks Animation (under their newly established MoonBoy Animation division), an independent company known as Bento Box Entertainment
(itself a newly formed division of Film Roman
), and 20th Century Fox Television
.
Animation studio
An animation studio is a company producing animated media. The broadest such companies conceive of products to produce, own the physical equipment for production, employ operators for that equipment, and hold a major stake in the sales or rentals of the media produced...
based in Glendale, California
Glendale, California
Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population is 191,719, down from 194,973 at the 2000 census. making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the 22nd largest city in the state of California...
that creates animated feature films, television program and online virtual worlds. They have released a total of 23 feature films, including Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragon (franchise)
The How to Train Your Dragon franchise from DreamWorks Animation consists of one feature film How to Train Your Dragon , with one sequel in development for a 2014 release. Part of the franchise are also three short films: Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon , Book of Dragons , and Gift of the Night Fury...
series.
Although the studio also made traditionally animated films
Traditional animation
Traditional animation, is an animation technique where each frame is drawn by hand...
about serious subjects earlier, such as The Prince of Egypt
The Prince of Egypt
The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American animated musical drama film and the first traditionally animated film produced and released by DreamWorks Animation. The film is an adaptation of the Book of Exodus and follows the life of Moses from being a prince of Egypt to his ultimate destiny to lead the...
, Joseph: King of Dreams
Joseph: King of Dreams
Joseph: King of Dreams is a 2000 American animated musical film and the first direct-to-video release from DreamWorks Animation. The film is an adaptation of the story of Joseph from the Book of Genesis in the Bible and also serves as a prequel to the 1998 film The Prince of Egypt.- Plot :Joseph is...
, The Road to El Dorado
The Road to El Dorado
The Road to El Dorado is a 2000 American animated adventure comedy film by DreamWorks. The soundtrack features songs by Elton John and Tim Rice, the music team from Disney's The Lion King....
, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron is a 2002 American animated film that was released by DreamWorks. It follows the adventures of a young Kiger mustang stallion living in the 19th century wild west. The film, written by John Fusco and directed by Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook, was nominated for the...
, and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas is a 2003 American animated swashbuckling fantasy aventure film produced by DreamWorks Animation, using traditional 2D animation with some 3D...
, most of their computer-generated films and television series have now gained the studio a reputation for being focused on humor and satire
Satire
Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...
.
The studio was formed by the merger of the feature animation division of DreamWorks
DreamWorks
DreamWorks Pictures, also known as DreamWorks, LLC, DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC, DreamWorks Studios or DW Studios, LLC, is an American film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games and television programming...
and Pacific Data Images
Pacific Data Images
Pacific Data Images is a computer animation production company that was bought by DreamWorks SKG. The company is now known as PDI/DreamWorks and is half of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., the public company formed by merging PDI and the feature animation division of DreamWorks.-History:PDI was...
(PDI). Originally formed under the banner of DreamWorks
DreamWorks
DreamWorks Pictures, also known as DreamWorks, LLC, DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC, DreamWorks Studios or DW Studios, LLC, is an American film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games and television programming...
in 1997 by some of Amblin Entertainment
Amblin Entertainment
Amblin Entertainment is an American film and television production company founded by director and producer Steven Spielberg and film producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall in 1981. Amblin is only a production company, and has never distributed its own movies, nor has it fully financed its...
's former animation branch Amblimation
Amblimation
Amblimation was the animation production arm of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, and was active from 1989 until about 1997.The feature animation studio was located in London, England, UK...
alumni, it was spun off into a separate public company in 2004. DreamWorks Animation currently maintains two campuses: the original DreamWorks feature animation studio in Glendale, California
Glendale, California
Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population is 191,719, down from 194,973 at the 2000 census. making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the 22nd largest city in the state of California...
and the PDI studio in Redwood City, California
Redwood City, California
Redwood City is a California charter city located on the San Francisco Peninsula in Northern California, approximately 27 miles south of San Francisco, and 24 miles north of San Jose. Redwood City's history spans from its earliest inhabitation by the Ohlone people, to its tradition as a port for...
.
Films produced by DreamWorks Animation are currently distributed worldwide by Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
, a subsidiary of Viacom
Viacom
Viacom Inc. , short for "Video & Audio Communications", is an American media conglomerate with interests primarily in, but not limited to, cinema and cable television...
, who acquired the DreamWorks live-action studio in February 2006, spinning it off again in 2008.
History
1994–2004
On October 12, 1994, DreamWorks SKGDreamWorks
DreamWorks Pictures, also known as DreamWorks, LLC, DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC, DreamWorks Studios or DW Studios, LLC, is an American film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games and television programming...
was formed and founded by a trio of entertainment players, director and producer Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
, music executive David Geffen
David Geffen
David Geffen is an American record executive, film producer, theatrical producer and philanthropist. Geffen is noted for creating Asylum Records in 1970, Geffen Records in 1980, and DGC Records in 1990...
, and former Disney
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
executive Jeffrey Katzenberg
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Jeffrey Katzenberg is an American film producer and CEO of DreamWorks Animation. He is perhaps most famous for his period as chairman of The Walt Disney Company's film division, and for producing DreamWorks animated films such as Shrek, Antz, The Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado, Chicken...
.
New studio has attracted many artists from Spielberg's animation studio Amblimation
Amblimation
Amblimation was the animation production arm of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, and was active from 1989 until about 1997.The feature animation studio was located in London, England, UK...
. The first joined in 1995, when the last feature was completed, and the rest came in 1997, when the studio had shut down.
In 1995, DreamWorks signed a co-production deal with Pacific Data Images
Pacific Data Images
Pacific Data Images is a computer animation production company that was bought by DreamWorks SKG. The company is now known as PDI/DreamWorks and is half of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., the public company formed by merging PDI and the feature animation division of DreamWorks.-History:PDI was...
to form subsidiary PDI, LLC (PDI owned 60% of PDI, LLC, while DreamWorks SKG owned 40%). The new unit would produce computer-generated feature films beginning with Antz
Antz
Antz is a 1998 American computer animated action adventure film produced by DreamWorks Animation. It features the voices of well-known actors such as Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Jennifer Lopez, Sylvester Stallone, Dan Aykroyd, Anne Bancroft, Gene Hackman, Christopher Walken, and Danny Glover as...
in 1998. In the same year DreamWorks SKG produced The Prince of Egypt
The Prince of Egypt
The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American animated musical drama film and the first traditionally animated film produced and released by DreamWorks Animation. The film is an adaptation of the Book of Exodus and follows the life of Moses from being a prince of Egypt to his ultimate destiny to lead the...
, which used both CG technology and traditional animation techniques.
In 1997, DreamWorks partnered with Aardman Animations
Aardman Animations
Aardman Animations, Ltd., also known as Aardman Studios, or simply as Aardman, is a British animation studio based in Bristol, United Kingdom. The studio is known for films made using stop-motion clay animation techniques, particularly those featuring Plasticine characters Wallace and Gromit...
, a British stop-motion animation studio, to co-produce and distribute Chicken Run
Chicken Run
Chicken Run is a 2000 British stop-motion animation film made by the Aardman Animations studios, the production studio of the Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit films...
, a stop-motion film already in pre-production. Two years later they extended the deal for an additional four films. With Aardman doing stop-motion, they covered all three major styles, beside traditional and computer animation. This partnership had DreamWorks participating in the production of stop-motion films in Bristol, and also had Aardman participating in some of the CG films made in the US.
In 2000, DreamWorks SKG created a new business division, DreamWorks Animation, that would regularly produce both types of animated feature films. The same year DW acquired majority interest (90%) in PDI, reforming it into PDI/DreamWorks, the Northern California branch of its new business division. Next year Shrek
Shrek
Shrek is a 2001 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, featuring the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow. Loosely based on William Steig's 1990 fairy tale picture book Shrek!...
was released and went on to win the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is one of the annual awards given by the Los Angeles-based professional organization, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
. Due to the success of CG animated films, DWA decided the same year to exit hand-drawn animation business after the next two of total four hand-drawn films. Beginning with Shrek 2
Shrek 2
Shrek 2 is a 2004 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon. It is the second installment in the Shrek film series and the sequel to 2001's Shrek...
, all released films, other than some co-produced with Aardman, are expected to be produced in CG. Release of Shrek 2 and Shark Tale also made DWA the first studio to produce two CG animated features in a single year.
The animation division was spun-off on October 27, 2004 into publicly traded company named DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. and headed by Katzenberg. DWA also inherited interests in PDI/DreamWorks. They made an agreement with former parent to distribute all of their films until they deliver 12 new films, or December 12, 2010, whatever comes last.
2004–present
On January 31, 2006, DWA entered into a distribution agreement with Paramount PicturesParamount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
, which acquired DWA's former parent and distribution partner, DreamWorks SKG. The agreement granted Paramount the worldwide rights to distribute all animated films, including previously released until the delivery of 13 new animated feature films or December 31, 2012, whatever comes last.
Delivering three out five films, the partnership with Aardman ended after the release of Flushed Away
Flushed Away
Flushed Away is a 2006 computer animated British film directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell. It is a partnership between Aardman Animations of Wallace and Gromit fame, and DreamWorks Animation, and is Aardman's first completely computer-animated feature as opposed to the usual stop-motion.The film...
in November 2006. The announcement was made before the film's release, on October 3, citing "creative differences" as the reason. DWA retained the co-ownership of rights to all films co-produced with Aardman, with an exception for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a 2005 British clay-mation animated comedy horror film, the first feature-length Wallace and Gromit film. It was produced by DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Animations, and released by DreamWorksPictures...
, for which they only kept rights for worldwide distribution.
On March 13, 2007, DreamWorks Animation announced it would release all of its films, beginning with Monsters vs. Aliens
Monsters vs. Aliens
Monsters vs. Aliens is a 2009 American computer-animated 3-D science fiction film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures...
(2009), in stereoscopic 3D. Together with Intel they co-developed a new 3-D film-making technology InTru3D
InTru3D
InTru3D is a brand that identifies content that may be viewed in stereoscopic 3D. Motion pictures or other visual media bearing the brand are developed through animation technology developed by Intel Corporation in partnership with DreamWorks Animation in 2008...
.
Since 2009, the studio has been a regular guest on the list of Fortune Magazine
Fortune (magazine)
Fortune is a global business magazine published by Time Inc. Founded by Henry Luce in 1930, the publishing business, consisting of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated, grew to become Time Warner. In turn, AOL grew as it acquired Time Warner in 2000 when Time Warner was the world's largest...
's 100 Best Companies to Work For. As the only entertainment company on the list, they ranked 47th in 2009, 6th in 2010, and 10th in 2011. The company is praised by its employees for its openness, culture of collaboration, and a free breakfast and lunch, a perk not found at many other companies.
With 2010, the studio had planned to release five feature films every two years, but the next year the studio revisited their plans, "But beyond 2012, Katzenberg said the studio will play it by ear, even if that means abandoning his proclamation that DWA would try to release three pictures in a single year, every other year." In 2010, DWA became the first studio that released three CG-animated films in a year.
The same year DreamWorks Animation created a new division, MoonBoy Animation, to produce and distribute animated films and television programs. Its first show was Neighbors from Hell
Neighbors from Hell
Neighbours from Hell is a strategy video game for Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox. In Europe, it was released for Windows on June 20, 2003, and the GameCube and Xbox on March 4, 2005...
, a collaboration with Fox Television Animation.
Partnerships
- DreamWorks Animation has an on-going partnership with HPHewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including...
, and the studio exclusively uses HP workstations and servers. In 2005, DWA partnered with HP to introduce HP Halo Telepresence Solutions, technologies that allow people in different locations to communicate in a face-to-face environment in real time. - In 2005, AMD signed a 3 year deal to provide processors to the studio. This relationship ended in 2008, and DreamWorks announced that they will use Intel processors for future productions.
- On June 4, 2010, DreamWorks Animation and Royal CaribbeanRoyal Caribbean InternationalRoyal Caribbean International is a Norwegian and American cruise line brand based in Miami, Florida and owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.. With 42 ships in service under 5 different brands and one more under construction, it controls a 25.6% share of the world cruise market...
announced a strategic alliance set to take place onboard Royal Caribbean cruise ships including Allure of the Seas.
Board of directors
The following executives are on the DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. Board of Directors:- Roger EnricoRoger EnricoRoger Enrico is an American businessman.Enrico was educated at Babson College.He is the former Chairman/CEO of PepsiCo form 1996 to 2001, and current Chairman of DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc....
, Chairman of DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. - Jeffrey KatzenbergJeffrey KatzenbergJeffrey Katzenberg is an American film producer and CEO of DreamWorks Animation. He is perhaps most famous for his period as chairman of The Walt Disney Company's film division, and for producing DreamWorks animated films such as Shrek, Antz, The Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado, Chicken...
, Chief Executive Officer of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc./Co-Founder of DreamWorks. - Lew Coleman, President of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.
- Mellody HobsonMellody HobsonMellody Hobson is the president of Ariel Investments, LLC, a Chicago investment firm managing over $3 billion in assets. It is also one of the largest African American-owned money management and mutual fund companies in the United States. She is also the Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of...
, President of Ariel Capital Management - Nathan MyhrvoldNathan MyhrvoldNathan Paul Myhrvold , formerly Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft, is co-founder of Intellectual Ventures. Myhrvold, usually with coinventors, holds 17 U.S. patents assigned to Microsoft and has applied for more than 500 patents. In addition, Myhrvold and coinventors hold 115 U.S...
, Chief Executive Officer of Intellectual Ventures - Richard Sherman, CEO of The David Geffen Company
- Karl von der HeydenKarl von der HeydenKarl von der Heyden was Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of PepsiCo, Inc. from 1996 to 2001. He had rejoined the Company in September 1996 as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer...
, retired Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Pepsico, Inc.PepsiCoPepsiCo Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Purchase, New York, United States, with interests in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of grain-based snack foods, beverages, and other products. PepsiCo was formed in 1965 with the merger of the Pepsi-Cola Company... - Judson Green, President and Chief Executive Officer of NAVTEQ
- Michael Montgomery, President of Montgomery & Co.
- Thomas E. FrestonTom FrestonThomas E. Freston is an American entertainment industry executive. He currently is a principal in Firefly3 LLC, a consulting and investment company. Currently he consults Oprah Winfrey, among others....
, former CEO of Viacom - Harry (Skip) Brittenham, Director
Feature films
Released films| # | | Title | | Release date | | Budget | | Gross | | RT Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance... |
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| 1 | Antz Antz Antz is a 1998 American computer animated action adventure film produced by DreamWorks Animation. It features the voices of well-known actors such as Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Jennifer Lopez, Sylvester Stallone, Dan Aykroyd, Anne Bancroft, Gene Hackman, Christopher Walken, and Danny Glover as... |
$105,000,000 | $171,757,863 | 95% | 6.8 | |||||||
| 2 | The Prince of Egypt The Prince of Egypt The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 American animated musical drama film and the first traditionally animated film produced and released by DreamWorks Animation. The film is an adaptation of the Book of Exodus and follows the life of Moses from being a prince of Egypt to his ultimate destiny to lead the... |
$70,000,000 | $218,613,188 | 79% | 6.8 | |||||||
| 3 | The Road to El Dorado The Road to El Dorado The Road to El Dorado is a 2000 American animated adventure comedy film by DreamWorks. The soundtrack features songs by Elton John and Tim Rice, the music team from Disney's The Lion King.... |
$95,000,000 | $76,432,727 | 49% | 6.5 | |||||||
| 4 | Chicken Run Chicken Run Chicken Run is a 2000 British stop-motion animation film made by the Aardman Animations studios, the production studio of the Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit films... |
$45,000,000 | $224,834,564 | 96% | 7.2 | |||||||
| 5 | Shrek Shrek Shrek is a 2001 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, featuring the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow. Loosely based on William Steig's 1990 fairy tale picture book Shrek!... |
$60,000,000 | $484,409,218 | 89% | 7.9 | |||||||
| 6 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron is a 2002 American animated film that was released by DreamWorks. It follows the adventures of a young Kiger mustang stallion living in the 19th century wild west. The film, written by John Fusco and directed by Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook, was nominated for the... |
$80,000,000 | $122,563,539 | 69% | 6.7 | |||||||
| 7 | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas is a 2003 American animated swashbuckling fantasy aventure film produced by DreamWorks Animation, using traditional 2D animation with some 3D... |
$60,000,000 | $80,767,884 | 46% | 6.6 | |||||||
| 8 | Shrek 2 Shrek 2 Shrek 2 is a 2004 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon. It is the second installment in the Shrek film series and the sequel to 2001's Shrek... |
$150,000,000 | $919,838,758 | 89% | 7.4 | |||||||
| 9 | Shark Tale Shark Tale Shark Tale is a 2004 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation. In the story, a young fish named Oscar falsely claims to have killed the son of a shark mob boss to win favour with the mob boss' enemies and advance his own community standing... |
$75,000,000 | $367,275,019 | 36% | 5.9 | |||||||
| 10 | Madagascar Madagascar (2005 film) Madagascar is a 2005 computer-animated film produced by DreamWorks Animation, and released in movie theaters on May 27, 2005. The film tells the story of four Central Park Zoo animals who have spent their lives in blissful captivity and are unexpectedly shipped back to Africa, getting shipwrecked... |
$78,000,000 | $532,680,671 | 55% | 6.7 | |||||||
| 11 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a 2005 British clay-mation animated comedy horror film, the first feature-length Wallace and Gromit film. It was produced by DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Animations, and released by DreamWorksPictures... |
$30,000,000 | $192,610,372 | 95% | 7.8 | |||||||
| 12 | Over the Hedge Over the Hedge (film) Over the Hedge is a 2006 computer animated family action comedy film based on the characters from United Media comic strip of the same name. Directed by Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick, and produced by Bonnie Arnold, it was released in the United States on May 19, 2006.The film was produced by... |
$80,000,000 | $336,002,996 | 74% | 7.0 | |||||||
| 13 | Flushed Away Flushed Away Flushed Away is a 2006 computer animated British film directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell. It is a partnership between Aardman Animations of Wallace and Gromit fame, and DreamWorks Animation, and is Aardman's first completely computer-animated feature as opposed to the usual stop-motion.The film... |
$149,000,000 | $178,120,010 | 72% | 7.0 | |||||||
| 14 | Shrek the Third Shrek the Third Shrek the Third is a 2007 American animated film, and the third film in the Shrek series. It was produced by Jeffrey Katzenberg for DreamWorks Animation, and is distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was released in U.S. theaters on May 18, 2007... |
$160,000,000 | $798,958,162 | 41% | 6.1 | |||||||
| 15 | Bee Movie Bee Movie Bee Movie is a 2007 computer animated family comedy film starring Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, Megan Mullally, John Goodman, Chris Rock, Kathy Bates, and Patrick Warburton. Produced by DreamWorks Animation, it is directed by Simon J... |
$150,000,000 | $287,594,577 | 51% | 6.3 | |||||||
| 16 | Kung Fu Panda Kung Fu Panda Kung Fu Panda is a 2008 American computer-animated action comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures... |
$130,000,000 | $631,744,560 | 88% | 7.7 | |||||||
| 17 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | $150,000,000 | $603,900,354 | 64% | 6.8 | |||||||
| 18 | Monsters vs. Aliens Monsters vs. Aliens Monsters vs. Aliens is a 2009 American computer-animated 3-D science fiction film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures... |
$175,000,000 | $381,509,870 | 72% | 6.7 | |||||||
| 19 | How to Train Your Dragon How to Train Your Dragon (film) How to Train Your Dragon is a 2010 3D computer-animated action fantasy film by DreamWorks Animation loosely based on the 2003 book of the same name. The film stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, T.J. Miller, Kristen Wiig, and Christopher... |
$165,000,000 | $494,878,759 | 98% | 8.2 | |||||||
| 20 | Shrek Forever After Shrek Forever After Shrek Forever After, taglined as The Final Chapter, is a 2010 animated fantasy-comedy film, and the fourth and final installment in the Shrek film series, produced by DreamWorks Animation. The film was released by Paramount Pictures in cinemas on May 20, 2010 in Russia, and on May 21 in the United... |
$165,000,000 | $752,600,867 | 58% | 6.6 | |||||||
| 21 | Megamind | $130,000,000 | $321,885,765 | 73% | 7.3 | |||||||
| 22 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | $150,000,000 | $663,024,542 | 82% | 7.5 | |||||||
| 23 | Puss in Boots Puss in Boots (2011 film) Puss in Boots is a 2011 computer-animated adventure Western film produced by DreamWorks Animation, directed by Chris Miller , executive produced by Guillermo del Toro, and written by Brian Lynch, with screenplay by Tom Wheeler. It stars Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob... |
$130,000,000 | $178,083,353 | 82% | 7.1 |
Upcoming films
| Title | | Release date | | Ref(s) | ||
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| Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | ||||
| Rise of the Guardians | ||||
| The Croods The Croods The Croods is an upcoming computer-animated film from DreamWorks Animation starring Nicolas Cage and Ryan Reynolds. The film is set in the prehistoric era, when a man's position as Leader of the Hunt is threatened by the arrival of a prehistoric genius who comes up with revolutionary new inventions... |
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| Turbo | ||||
| Me and My Shadow | ||||
| Mr. Peabody & Sherman | ||||
| How to Train Your Dragon 2 | ||||
Films in development
| Title | | Ref(s) | |
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| Pig Scrolls | ||
| InterWorld InterWorld InterWorld is a fantasy and science fiction novel by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves. The book was published in 2007 in literature by EOS, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers... |
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| Dinotrux | ||
| Gil's All Fright Diner | ||
| Good Luck Trolls | ||
| Boo U | ||
| Truckers | ||
| Imaginary Enemies | ||
| Trollhunters | ||
| Alma | ||
| Maintenance | ||
| Monkeys of Mumbai | ||
| Lidsville | ||
| Flawed Dogs | ||
| Rumblewick | ||
| Untitled Madagascar Penguins film | ||
| The Grimm Legacy | ||
| Captain Underpants |
Direct-to-video
| # | Title | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph: King of Dreams Joseph: King of Dreams Joseph: King of Dreams is a 2000 American animated musical film and the first direct-to-video release from DreamWorks Animation. The film is an adaptation of the story of Joseph from the Book of Genesis in the Bible and also serves as a prequel to the 1998 film The Prince of Egypt.- Plot :Joseph is... |
TV specials
| # | Title | Release date | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shrek the Halls Shrek the Halls Shrek the Halls is a television special that premiered on the American television network ABC on Wednesday, November 28, 2007. The thirty minute Christmas special included the following: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas reprising their roles from the feature films. The... |
ABC | |
| 2 | Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space |
NBC | |
| 3 | Merry Madagascar Merry Madagascar Merry Madagascar is a Christmas special first broadcast on the NBC network on November 17, 2009, which starred the characters from the Madagascar film series. The story appears to take place sometime between the first and second film... |
NBC | |
| 4 | Scared Shrekless Scared Shrekless Scared Shrekless is a 21-minute Halloween television special, set shortly after the events of Shrek Forever After, that premiered on the American television network NBC on Thursday, October 28, 2010.... |
NBC | |
| 5 | Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special Kung Fu Panda Holiday, also known as Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special, is a 2010 television special that premiered on NBC on November 24, 2010. Featured are the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, David Cross, Lucy Liu, James Hong, and Jack McBrayer... |
NBC | |
| 6 | Madly Madagascar | 2012 | |
Short films
| # | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party | |
| 2 | Shrek 4-D Shrek 4-D Shrek 4-D is a 4-D film at various theme parks around the world. Universal Parks & Resorts owns the main rights to the film which is currently shown at their parks in Hollywood, Florida, Japan and Singapore... |
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| 3 | Cyclops Island Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas is a 2003 American animated swashbuckling fantasy aventure film produced by DreamWorks Animation, using traditional 2D animation with some 3D... |
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| 4 | Far Far Away Idol | |
| 5 | Club Oscar | |
| 6 | The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper is a computer-animated short produced by DreamWorks Animation. The 12-minute Madagascar spin-off features the adventures of four penguins, sometimes known as the Madagascar Penguins, who live in the Central Park Zoo and are trained as spies.The short... |
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| 7 | First Flight First Flight (film) First Flight is a 2006 computer-animated short film produced by DreamWorks Animation. It was written and directed by Cameron Hood and Kyle Jefferson.The short debuted on March 12, 2006, at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas... |
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| 8 | Hammy's Boomerang Adventure Hammy's Boomerang Adventure Hammy's Boomerang Adventure is a computer-animated short film based on the film Over the Hedge. It can be found on the movie's DVD as a bonus feature.- Synopsis :... |
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| 9 | Secrets of the Furious Five Secrets of the Furious Five Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five is an Annie Award-winning animated short produced by DreamWorks Animation which serves as a semi-sequel to the animated feature film Kung Fu Panda and appears on a companion disc of the original film's deluxe DVD release... |
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| 10 | B.O.B.'s Big Break B.O.B.'s Big Break B.O.B's Big Break is a 3D animated short film based on the 2009 computer-animated film Monsters vs. Aliens. The short premiered on Nickelodeon in 2D on September 26, 2009, and was released three days later in 2D and 3D on the Monsters vs. Aliens Blu-ray and the double DVD pack.B.O.B., Dr.... |
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| 11 | Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon is a 2010 animated short film by DreamWorks Animation that is a sequel to the feature film, How to Train Your Dragon.... |
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| 12 | Donkey’s Caroling Christmas-tacular | |
| 13 | Megamind: The Button of Doom Megamind: The Button of Doom Megamind: The Button of Doom is a 2011 animated short film released on DVD/Blu-ray with Megamind on February 25, 2011, starring Will Ferrell and David Cross... |
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| 14 | Thriller Night | |
| 15 | The Pig Who Cried Werewolf | |
| 16 | Monsters vs. Aliens: Night of the Living Carrots | |
| 17 | Book of Dragons | |
| 18 | Gift of the Night Fury | |
| 19 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters | |
Television series
| # | Title | Premiere Date | End Date | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toonsylvania Toonsylvania Toonsylvania is an animated television series, which ran for 2 seasons in 1998 on FOX's Saturday morning cartoon block in its first season, then was moved to Tuesday afternoons from September 14, 1998 until December 21, 1998, when it was cancelled... |
FOX | ||
| 2 | Invasion America Invasion America Invasion America is an animated science fiction miniseries that aired in the prime time lineup on The WB Television Network and later as a part of the Kids' WB programming block... |
The WB | ||
| 3 | Alienators: Evolution Continues Alienators: Evolution Continues Alienators: Evolution Continues is a traditionally animated series based on the moderately successful live-action feature film, Evolution.-Premise:... |
FOX | ||
| 4 | Father of the Pride Father of the Pride Father of the Pride is an American animated television series that began broadcasting on NBC on August 31, 2004 and was part of a short-lived trend of CGI series in prime-time network TV .-Overview:... |
NBC | ||
| 5 | The Penguins of Madagascar The Penguins of Madagascar The Penguins of Madagascar is an American CGI animated television series airing on Nickelodeon. It stars nine characters from the DreamWorks Animation animated film Madagascar: The penguins Skipper , Kowalski , Private , and Rico ; the lemurs King Julien , Maurice , and Mort... |
present | Nickelodeon | |
| 6 | Neighbors from Hell Neighbors from Hell Neighbours from Hell is a strategy video game for Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox. In Europe, it was released for Windows on June 20, 2003, and the GameCube and Xbox on March 4, 2005... |
TBS | ||
| 7 | Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness is an American computer-animated television series based on the Kung Fu Panda films. The series was originally set to air on Nickelodeon in 2010, but was pushed back to 2011. A total of 52 episodes have been produced or ordered... |
present | Nickelodeon | |
| 8 | How to Train Your Dragon | Cartoon Network | ||
| 9 | Future Earth | Discovery Channel |
Inherited material
Additionally, DreamWorks Animation holds the underlying US rights to the DiCDiC Entertainment
DIC Entertainment was an international film and television production company. In addition to animated television shows such as Ulysses 31 , Inspector Gadget , The Littles , The Real Ghostbusters , Captain Planet and the Planeteers , and the first two seasons of the English adaptation of...
animated series Alienators: Evolution Continues
Alienators: Evolution Continues
Alienators: Evolution Continues is a traditionally animated series based on the moderately successful live-action feature film, Evolution.-Premise:...
, co-produced with the parent DreamWorks studio and Columbia TriStar Television
Columbia TriStar Television
Columbia TriStar Television was the third name of the television studio Screen Gems, named after its then-current 1991 home video division....
(now Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television, Inc. is an American and global television production/distribution subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In turn, the latter is part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.-Background:...
, who holds international rights). The series was a spin-off of the 2001 DreamWorks/Columbia
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
film Evolution
Evolution (film)
Evolution is a 2001 American science fiction comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, Julianne Moore and Ted Levine...
. The same also applies to Neighbors from Hell
Neighbors from Hell
Neighbours from Hell is a strategy video game for Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox. In Europe, it was released for Windows on June 20, 2003, and the GameCube and Xbox on March 4, 2005...
, since the show is co-produced by DreamWorks Animation (under their newly established MoonBoy Animation division), an independent company known as Bento Box Entertainment
Bento Box Entertainment
Bento Box Entertainment is an American animation studio located in Burbank, California. It was founded in 2009 by animators Scott Greenberg, Joel Kuwahara and Mark McJimsey...
(itself a newly formed division of Film Roman
Film Roman
Film Roman is an animation studio founded by Phil Roman, best known for producing the animation for The Simpsons, King of the Hill for 20th Century Fox, as well as the Garfield and Peanuts animated TV specials....
), and 20th Century Fox Television
20th Century Fox Television
20th Century Fox Television is the television production division of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, and a production arm of the Fox Broadcasting Company...
.
See also
- DreamWorks StudiosDreamWorksDreamWorks Pictures, also known as DreamWorks, LLC, DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC, DreamWorks Studios or DW Studios, LLC, is an American film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games and television programming...
- Pacific Data ImagesPacific Data ImagesPacific Data Images is a computer animation production company that was bought by DreamWorks SKG. The company is now known as PDI/DreamWorks and is half of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., the public company formed by merging PDI and the feature animation division of DreamWorks.-History:PDI was...
- Aardman AnimationsAardman AnimationsAardman Animations, Ltd., also known as Aardman Studios, or simply as Aardman, is a British animation studio based in Bristol, United Kingdom. The studio is known for films made using stop-motion clay animation techniques, particularly those featuring Plasticine characters Wallace and Gromit...