Noble (company)

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Noble
FormerlyDuck Soup Produckions (1972-1999)
Duck Soup Studios (1999-2003)
Duck Studios (2003-2015)
Industry Advertising, animation studio, production company
Founded1972
FounderMark Medernach and Paul Dektor
Headquarters,
U.S.
Key people
Mark Medernach (president)
Paul Dektor (co-founder)
Products Television commercials, Short films
Website Noble

Noble (also known as Noble600) is a production studio based in Los Angeles, California. The studio focuses primarily on producing television advertisements, mainly animated ones. It also produces music videos, short films and web content. Noble offers a wide range of services, including live action and integration, character design, film title design, 2D and 3D animation, digital compositing, digital/traditional ink & paint. [1] The studio was co-founded by Mark Medernach and Paul Dektor.

Contents

Filmography

TitleYear(s)NotesClient
Bingo 1991title sequence TriStar Pictures
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs: The Second Cataclysm 1994video game; cel animation Rocket Science Games
The Walt Disney World Explorer 1996video game; animation and backgrounds Disney Interactive
Voice B Gone1997short film; digital ink and paint Dave Wasson
The New Woody Woodpecker Show 1999main titles Universal Cartoon Studios
All I Want for Christmas Is You (So So Def remix)2000music video Mariah Carey
The Snowman2001short film
The ACLU Freedom Files2005titles Brave New Films
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa [2] 2008end credits DreamWorks Animation
Wild About Safety with Timon and Pumbaa 2008-2013 Disney Educational Productions
United States of Tara [3] 2008main titles DreamWorks Television
Showtime Networks
Kiss a Girl [4] 2008music video Keith Urban
Rubbuds2009short film
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2009title sequence and end credits Sony Pictures Animation
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol 2011 Sony Pictures Animation
The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow 2013 Sony Pictures Animation
The Little Prince 2015special effectsOrange Studio
LPPTV
M6 Films

Commercials

Awards

Roster of directors

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