List of animation studios owned by NBCUniversal

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NBCUniversal, a major media company owned by Comcast, has owned and operated several animation studios.

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Its flagship feature animation studio, Universal Animation Studios through Universal 1440 Entertainment, a division of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment via Universal Pictures, outputs television, direct-to-video, and animated feature film releases. Currently, NBCUniversal also owns Illumination and DreamWorks Animation as part of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group. This article does not include other independently owned animation studios whose films were only released by Universal Pictures.

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Current Animation studios

StudioEstablishedParent Unit
Universal Animation Studios 1991 Universal Pictures
Animation: Feature films and short films in Hand drawn and CGI

Former Names: Universal Cartoon Studios (1991–2006)

DreamWorks Animation 1994
Animation: Theatrical feature films, short films, and TV series in CGI and Hand drawn

Founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffery Katzenberg, and David Geffen in 1994, Universal Studios distributes and owns its films.

Acquired in 2016.

Units: DreamWorks Animation Television, DreamWorks Classics (Big Idea Entertainment, Harvey Entertainment, Bullwinkle Studios (50%))

Former units: Pacific Data Images, DreamWorks Classics: UPA and Entertainment Rights (Filmation, Woodland Animations and Tell-Tale Productions)

Illumination 2007Universal Pictures
Animation: Computer generated animated theatrical feature films and short films

Founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007 as an all audience film production company, co-owned by Universal, which fully finances and owns films.

Former Names: Illumination Entertainment (2007–2016)

Units: Illumination Mac Guff

Divested or defunct animation studios

StudioEstablishedStatus
Walter Lantz Productions 1929closed in 1972
Animation: Hand-drawn theatrical short films and TV series

Founded in 1929 as an independent studio and principal supplier of animation for Universal. The company currently exists name only under Universal Animation Studios, handling rights to studio characters and films. Former Names: Universal Studio Cartoons (1929–1935)

Amblimation (minority stake)1989closed in 1997
Animation: Theatrical feature films and TV series in Hand drawn

Founded in 1989 by Steven Speilburg, Amblimation was a British animation studio subsidiary of Amblin Entertainment. Within its run, the studio released three theatrical films all through Universal Pictures. Amblimation is considered the predecessor to DreamWorks Animation. In 2017, Comcast/NBCUniversal purchased a minority stake of Amblin Partners (the parent company) to strengthen its relationship with Universal Pictures.

Universal Filmed Entertainment Group

Universal Animation Studios

Founded in 1990, Universal Animation Studios (formally Universal Cartoon Studios) is the primary animation division of Universal 1440 Entertainment through Universal Pictures. [1]

DreamWorks Animation

DreamWorks Animation Television
DreamWorks Classics/Classic Media
Big Idea Entertainment
Harvey Films

Illumination

Illumination Studios Paris

Notes

    Walter Lantz Studio - exclusive rights to film library and assets

    References

    1. ↑ "Orlando theme park features characters". The Orlando Sentinel . Orlando, Florida. July 19, 1991. p. 35. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
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