Company type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Industry | Animation |
Founded | 1987 |
Founder | Delna Bhesania Barry Ward |
Headquarters | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Key people | Tina Chow (CEO) Richard Grieve (COO) |
Parent | Rainbow S.p.A. |
Website | bardel |
Bardel Entertainment, Inc. (formerly Bardel Animation) is a Canadian animation studio founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1987. The studio's name comes from its founders, Barry Ward and his wife Delna Bhesania. [1]
Bardel is involved in the acquisition, development, production and distribution of animated programming. [2] The studio is best known for animating Rick and Morty , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , and The Dragon Prince . On October 5, 2015, Bardel was purchased by Rainbow S.p.A., [3] an Italian studio owned by Iginio Straffi and formerly co-owned by Paramount Global until January 2023. [4]
In September 2021, Bardel appointed Tina Chow as CEO and Richard Grieve as COO.
Show | Year(s) | Co-production(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Somewhere in the Arctic... | 1987 | CalArts | ink and paint |
Lea Press on Limbs | 1988 | production services | |
The Thing What Lurked in the Tub | ink and paint | ||
Black Hula | International Rocketship | trace and paint | |
Palm Springs | 1989 | CalArts | ink and paint |
Dogpile | 1991 | ink and paint | |
The Wish That Changed Christmas | 1991 | McDonald's | assistant animation |
Whoopass Stew! | 1992 | CalArts | ink and paint |
Performance Art: Starring Chainsaw Bob | |||
Thanks for the Mammaries | CalArts | ||
Bulimiator | |||
Itsy Bitsy Spider | Hyperion Pictures | additional animation services | |
Mirabelle and Me | 1994 | Nelvana/Tiger Electronics | key animation |
Wanna Be a Dino Finder | 1995 | Cloud 9 Interactive | video game; animation |
But Where Does It Come From? | 1996 | Playhouse Pictures | |
Gregory and Me | Kideo | ||
The Fennels Figure Math | McGraw Hill Home Interactive | video game; animation | |
My Party with Barney | 1998 | Kideo | animation |
Disney's Winnie the Pooh: Kindergarten | 2000 | Disney Interactive | video game; animation |
The Christmas Orange | 2002 | ||
Def Jam Vendetta | 2003 | EA Canada | video game; additional animation |
SuperFuckers | 2012–2013 | Frederator Studios | |
Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program | 2013–2016 | Nickelodeon | "Earmouse and Bottle", "Space Mission: Danger" |
Rick and Morty: Rick and Morty Exquisite Corpse | 2017 | Titmouse, Inc./Williams Street | |
Monster High: The Adventures of The Ghoul Squad | Mattel Creations |
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