Vanguard Animation

Vanguard Films & Animation
LLC
Industry Computer animation
VFX
Founded 2002 (2002)
Founder John H. Williams
Neil Braun
Headquarters West Hollywood, California, United States
Number of locations
 3
Key people
 John H. Williams (CEO)
Gary Chapman (Head of Prod.)
Number of employees
 10
Website vanguardanimation.com

Vanguard Films & Animation, often named only as Vanguard Animation, is an American production studio founded in 2002 by producer John H. Williams and Neil Braun.[1] The studio has offices in British Columbia, Canada and Ealing Studios in London, England, United Kingdom. Starz Media owns the studio's minority stake.

History

The studio was founded in 2002 by John H. Williams.[1] For its launch, it signed with Ealing Studios a four-picture deal to produce sub-$40 million computer-animated films.[2][3] Following year, Vanguard sold a minority stake to IDT Corporation and partnered with its animation unit, Digital Production Solutions, to co-produce and co-own all Vanguard's properties,[1][4] including Valiant (2005), the first and only project produced for Disney.[2]

Filmography

Feature films

# Title Release date Budget Gross RT MC
1ValiantMarch 25, 2005$35,000,000$61,746,88831%45%
2Happily N'Ever AfterJanuary 5, 2007$47,000,000$38,085,7784%28%
3Space ChimpsJuly 18, 2008$37,000,000$64,834,96434%36%
4Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes BackOctober 5, 2010$2,500,000$4,124,5180%N/A
5Get SquirrelyNovember 4, 2016$1,000,000$1,224,520N/AN/A
6Gnome AloneApril 20, 2018$20,000,000$10,452,737N/AN/A

Upcoming movies

Title Release date Budget
CharmingDecember 21, 2018$20,000,000
Trouble2019
Supercharged2019

Short films

  • Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "IDT Media's Digital Production Solutions -DPS- Signs Joint Venture and Partnership Agreement with Vanguard Animation; DPS Also Gets First Look Rights on all Vanguard Animation Work". Business Wire. July 22, 2003. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "The Walt Disney Studios and 'Shrek' producer John Williams partner for new CG animated film output". PR Newswire. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "The Walt Disney Studios and 'Shrek' Producer John Williams Partner For New CG Animated Film Output". The Free Library. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Bloom, David (July 22, 2003). "Vanguard sells stake, inks IDT co-prod'n deal". Variety. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance (2001)". IMDb. Retrieved November 12, 2016.


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