Studio |
Country |
Operated |
Notes and sources |
Aardman Nathan Love | United States | 2007–2015 | Merged with Aardman Animations in 2015 |
Adventure Cartoon Productions | United States | 1962(?)–66(?) | |
Alphanim | France | 1997–2009 | Changed name to Gaumont in 2009 |
Amblimation | United States | 1989–1997 | The animation production arm of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment. |
Animation Collective | United States | 2003–14 | |
Bakshi Productions/Ralph's Spot | United States | ???? | |
Barré Studio | United States | 1914–23 | After 1917 called Bud Fisher Films Corporation. |
Belvision | Belgium | 1956–2005 | |
Bill Melendez Productions | United States | ???? | |
Bird Studios | United Kingdom | ???? | |
Bray Productions | United States | 1913–27 | |
Burbank Films Australia | Australia | 1981–88 | |
Cartoon Pizza/Jumbo Pictures | United States | 1988–2015 | Formerly named Jumbo Pictures. |
Chuck Jones Productions | United States | ???? | |
CINAR Films | Canada | 1976–2004 | Merged into Cookie Jar Entertainment. |
CinéGroupe | Canada | 1974–2011 | Also has offices in Los Angeles, California, United States. |
Circle 7 Animation | United States | 2004–2006 | Defunct subdivision of Walt Disney company |
Colossal Pictures | United States | 1976–1999 | |
Cosgrove Hall Films | United Kingdom | 1976–2009 | ITV owners wound down after purchase. |
Curious Pictures | United States | 1978–2014 | Formerly Stowmar Enterprises and Broadcast Arts. |
DePatie-Freleng Enterprises | United States | 1963–81 | Re-organized as Marvel Productions. |
DIC Entertainment | France | 1971–2008 | Merged into Cookie Jar Entertainment. |
DisneyToon Studios | United States | 1988-2018 | Formerly Walt Disney Animation Australia; defunct subdivision of Walt Disney Company |
DNA Productions | United States | 1987–???? | |
DUCK Studios | United States | 1972–2015 | Folded into Noble Animation. |
Ellipse Programme | France | 1987–???? | |
Fatkat | Canada | 1999–???? | |
Filmation | United States | 1963–89 | |
FilmFair | United Kingdom | ???? | |
Fleischer Studios (Inkwell Studios/Famous Studios/Paramount Cartoon Studios) | United States | 1921–67 | Name changed in 1928, 1942, 1956. |
Format Films | United States | ???? | |
Fox Animation Studios | United States | 1994–2000 | See also: 20th Century Fox Animation above |
Games Animation | United States | ???? | |
George Pal Studio | United States | ???? | Stop-motion animation only. |
Golden Films | United States | ???? | |
Grantray-Lawrence Animation | United States | 1954–67 | |
Group TAC | Japan | 1968–2010 | |
Gaumont British Animation | UK | 1946–50 | |
H-Gun | United States | 1988–2001 | |
Hal Film Maker | Japan | 1993–2009 | Merged with Yumeta Company into TYO Animations. |
Halas and Batchelor | United Kingdom | ???? | |
Hanna-Barbera | United States | 1957–2001 | Bought by Turner merged with Warner Brothers |
Harman-Ising Productions | United States | 1930–60 | |
ImageMovers Digital | United States | 2009–11 | |
Imagi Animation Studios | United States / China / Japan | 2000–2010 | |
The Ink Tank | United States | 1978–2004 | |
International Film Service | United States | 1915–18 | |
Jack Kinney Productions | United States | 1960–63 | |
Jay Ward Productions | United States | 1958–84 | |
Larry Harmon Pictures | United States | 1958–1962 | |
Jetix Animation Concepts | United States | ???? | |
Jetlag Productions | United States Japan | 1992–96 | |
Kievnauchfilm | USSR | 1941–???? | |
Kroyer Films | United States | 1986–94 | Studio inactive as of 1994. |
Lacewood | Canada | ???? | |
Laugh-O-Gram Studio | United States | 1921–23 | Walt Disney's first animation venture, which didn't last long. |
Leon Schlesinger Productions/Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc./Warner Bros Seven Arts | United States | 1933–64 1967–69 | Schlesinger sold the studio to Warner Bros in 1944, in 1964 the studio closed down, and reopened briefly in 1967 to close down in 1969. |
Manglobe | Japan | 2002–15 | |
Mathematical Applications Group, Inc. | United States | ???? | Also known as MAPI |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio | United States | 1937–57 | |
MGM Animation/Visual Arts/Sib Tower 12 Productions | United States | 1962–70 | |
MoonScoop Group | France | ???? | |
Mushi Production | Japan | 1961–73 | A new studio with the same name was established in 1977 and is still active. |
Noyes & Laybourne | United States | 1978–91 | Folded into Colossal Pictures. |
Pacific Data Images | United States | 1980–2015 | |
Phoenix Animation Studios | United States | ???? | |
Pilot Studio | Russia | 1988–???? | |
Radix Ace Entertainment | Japan | ???? | |
Rankin-Bass | United States | 1961–2003 | |
Rembrandt Films | Czechoslovakia | ???? | Operated in Prague by Americans. |
Richard Williams Studio Ltd. | Canada | 1958–92 | |
Ruby-Spears Productions | United States | 1977–96 | Studio inactive as of 1996. |
Saban Entertainment | United States-Israel | 1983–2002 | Saban International Paris as subdivision |
Skellington Productions | United States | 1986–96(?) | Renamed as Skellington in 1992. |
Soup2Nuts | United States | 1993–2015 | Formerly named Tom Snyder Productions |
Spectrum Animation | Japan | ???? | |
Studio Ekran | Russia | 1968–???? | |
Sullivan-Bluth Studios | Ireland United States | 1985–???? | |
Sunbow | United States | ???? | |
Terrytoons | United States | 1928–68 | |
Top Craft | Japan | ???? | Became Studio Ghibli. |
Total Television | United States | 1960–68 | |
Tradition Studios | United States | 2009–12 | |
Turner Feature Animation | United States | 1991–1996 | |
TVC Cartoons | Canada | 1961–79 1988–97 | |
Ub Iwerks Studio/Cartoons Films Inc | United States | 1930–36 | Iwerks sold the studio in 1936, but the studio continued to produce animation commercials into the mid-1940s. |
United Productions of America | United States | 1944–64 | Also known as UPA |
Van Beuren Studios | United States | 1928–36 | |
Video Brinquedo | Brazil | 1994–2010 | |
Walt Disney Animation Canada | Canada | 1996–2000 | Defunct subdivision of Walt Disney company |
Walt Disney Animation Japan | Japan | 1989–2004 | Defunct subdivision of Walt Disney company |
Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida | United States | 1989–2004 | Became a general satellite studios of Walt Disney Animation Studios, founded after earlier venture Disney's Hollywood Studios went bankrupt and for additional output. |
Walt Disney Feature Animation, France S.A./Walt Disney Feature Animation Paris | France | 1989–2003 | Defunct subdivision of Walt Disney company |
Walter Lantz Productions | United States | 1929–48 1950–72 | Universal now owns the library. |
Will Vinton Studios | United States | 1979–2005 | Became LAIKA. |
Winkler Pictures*/Charles Mintz Studios**/Screen Gems Studio*** | United States | 1921–46 | *Also known as M.J. Winkler Productions and Robert Winkler Productions **Re-organization in 1929 ***Re-organization in 1940 |