Passion Pictures

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Passion Pictures
IndustryAnimation
Film production
Founded1987;38 years ago (1987)
FoundersAndrew Ruhemann
Alan Dewhurst
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Website passion-pictures.com

Passion Pictures is a British film production company established by Andrew Ruhemann in 1987. The company has studios in London, Melbourne, Paris, Toronto, and New York City.

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Film production

The company's core business is in commercial and animation output, which includes work for Cartoon Network, music videos for Gorillaz, and the Compare the Market.com commercial campaign featuring Aleksandr Orlov (meerkat). Passion Australia produced The Lost Thing , directed by Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan, which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2011. [1] [2]

The department's first film, One Day in September , won an Academy Award in 2000. [3] [4] They have since been involved in the 2013 Oscar-winning Searching for Sugar Man , [5] [6] 2015's Listen to Me Marlon [7] and 2016's Oscar-nominated Pear Cider and Cigarettes . [8] [9]

In 2017, the company produced the Netflix docuseries Five Came Back based on the book by Mark Harris. They also work on 101 Dalmatian Street . [10] Its Passion Planet subsidiary produces nature documentaries such as The Serengeti Rules .[ citation needed ]

Passion Animation Studios created several promotional cinematic for the computer game League of Legends . [11]

In 2020, Passion Paris placed second at the Berlin Music Video Awards in the Best Animation category for S+C+A+R+R - "The Rest Of My Days" music video. [12] In 2021, the production company received two nominations for Best Animation by the Berlin Music Video Awards, for their work on the music video "I Had To Leave" by S+C+A+R+R [13] and "Moving Men" by MYD. [14] Passion Pictures produced the 2021 documentary Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In . [15]

In 2024, Passion Paris worked on a Genshin Impact - themed animated short, named "Moonlit Bamboo Forest", for HoYoverse's HoYoFair program. [16] [a] The animated short was later nominated as best sponsored in the 52nd Annie Awards. [17]

Filmography

Film

TitleRelease dateDistributorNotes
Project Nim 8 July 2011 (United States)
12 August 2011 (United Kingdom)		 Icon Film Distribution
Roadside Attractions & HBO Documentary Films (United States)		co-production with BBC Films, UK Film Council and Red Box Films
The Imposter [18] 24 August 2012 Picturehouse Entertainment & Revolver Entertainment
Indomina Releasing (United States)		co-production with Film4 Productions, A&E IndieFilms, Raw and Red Box Films
How I Live Now [19] 4 October 2013 Entertainment One co-production with Entertainment One, Film4 Productions, BFI, Protagonist Pictures, Cowboy Films and Prospect Entertainment
Mystify: Michael Hutchence [20] [21] [22] [23] 4 July 2019 (Australia)
18 October 2019 (United Kingdom)		 Dogwoof
Madman Entertainment (Australia)		co-production with Ghost Pictures, BBC Music On Screen, Dogwoof, Film Victoria, Madman Entertainment, Screen Australia and Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Rising Phoenix 26 August 2020 Netflix co-production with Misfits Entertainment, Ventureland and HTYT Films
Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In 27 May 2021 Universal Pictures co-production with DNA Films
Wham! [24] 27 June 2023
5 July 2023 (Worldwide)		 Altitude Film Distribution
Netflix [25] 		co-production with Ventureland, Nemperor Production and Library Films
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story 21 September 2024 (United States)
1 November 2024 (United Kingdom)		 Warner Bros. Pictures [26] co-production with Misfits Entertainment, Words + Pictures and Jenco Films

Television

TitleYearsNetworkNotes
Rocket & Groot [27] 2017 Disney XD co-production with Marvel Animation
Ant-Man [28]
101 Dalmatian Street [29] [30] 2019–2020 Disney Channel UK co-production with Disney Branded Television
Lego City Adventures [31] 2019–2022 Nickelodeon/Netflix/YouTube co-production with The Lego Group and Axis Studios (seasons 1–2)
Lego Friends: The Next Chapter 2023–presentYouTubeco-production with The Lego Group and Superprod Animation [32]

Notes

  1. ↑ The HoYoFair program was created by HoYoverse to showcase fan art and animations made by creators inside and outside the HoYoverse community based on games developed by miHoYo / HoYoverse. These submissions are often featured on HoYoFair's YouTube channel, and some of these submissions have been used to advertise their games in the form of community-driven advertising.

References

  1. ↑ "The 83rd Academy Awards | 2011". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  2. ↑ "'The Lost Thing' winning Best Animated Short Film", Oscars on YouTube, 2011-03-04.
  3. ↑ "One Day in September (1999)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  4. ↑ "Documentary Winners: 2000 Oscars". YouTube.
  5. ↑ Bernstein, Paula (2014-05-13). "Oscar-Winning 'Searching For Sugar Man' Director Dead at 36". IndieWire. Archived from the original on Apr 12, 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  6. ↑ "'Searching for Sugar Man' winning Best Documentary Feature", Oscars on YouTube, 2013-03-04.
  7. ↑ "Listen to me Marlon" (DVD video, 2018), WorldCat.
  8. ↑ Passion Pictures (Apr 16, 2018). "'Pear Cider And Cigarettes' Trailer". YouTube.
  9. ↑ "'Piper' wins Best Animated Short Film", Oscars on YouTube, 2017-04-03.
  10. ↑ Rothman, Lily (February 28, 2017). "Exclusive: See the Trailer for Netflix's New Documentary About World War II and Hollywood". Time. Archived from the original on 2017-02-28. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  11. ↑ "League of Legends 'Warriors'". Passion Pictures. Archived from the original on Jul 15, 2020.
  12. ↑ Sapir, Ronit (May 31, 2020). "Winners of the Berlin Music Video Awards 2020". Berlin Music Video Awards. Archived from the original on Feb 14, 2024.
  13. ↑ Molnárová, Petra (March 16, 2021). "2021 nominees - set 3". Berlin Music Video Awards. Archived from the original on Nov 1, 2023.
  14. ↑ Molnárová, Petra (March 26, 2021). "2021 nominees - set 9". Berlin Music Video Awards. Archived from the original on Aug 9, 2022.
  15. ↑ Lucas, Katherine (2021-05-26). "Everything we know so far about the new Sir Alex Ferguson documentary on Amazon Prime" . inews.co.uk. Archived from the original on Nov 7, 2023.
  16. ↑ "PASSION PICTURES – HoYoFair: Moonlit Bamboo Forest Film". PASSION PICTURES. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
  17. ↑ "52nd Annual Annie Award Nominations Announced". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2025-05-17.
  18. ↑ Brooks, Brian (February 21, 2012). "Indomina Takes Rights To Sundance Doc 'The Imposter'". Deadline. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  19. ↑ "First Image Of Saoirse Ronan In 'How I Live Now'". indiewire.com. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 9 July 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  20. ↑ Newman, Melinda (25 July 2016). "UMG and Passion Pictures Set to Produce Documentary on INXS Lead Singer Michael Hutchence: Exclusive". Billboard . Billboard-Hollywood Media Group. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  21. ↑ Reed, Ryan (25 July 2016). "INXS Michael Hutchence Celebrated in Upcoming Film Doc New feature-length project will trace life and career of alt-rock band's singer/co-founder who died in 1997". Rolling Stone . Penske Media Corporation . Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  22. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (25 July 2016). "INXS Lead Singer Michael Hutchence Documentary Movie in the Works". Variety . Penske Media Corporation . Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  23. ↑ "INXS video director Richard Lowenstein gets green light to direct Michael Hutchence doco". news.com.au . 25 July 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  24. ↑ "'Wham!' Documentary To Make World Premiere At Sheffield, As DocFest Reveals 30th Edition Lineup". Deadline . 10 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  25. ↑ "'Wham!' Documentary To Make World Premiere At Sheffield, As DocFest Reveals 30th Edition Lineup". Deadline . 10 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  26. ↑ Grobar, Matt (February 1, 2024). "Warner Bros. Discovery Finalizes Deal For Buzzy Sundance Doc 'Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  27. ↑ Jasper, Marykate (July 26, 2016). "SDCC: Marvel Animation Promises New Team-Ups, "Secret Wars," Rocket and Groot Shorts & More". Comic Book Resources .
  28. ↑ Singletary, Charles (October 9, 2016). "NYCC: Marvel's Ant-Man Animated Shorts Coming to Disney XD". Comic Book Resources .
  29. ↑ Hopewell, John (13 June 2017). "Annecy: Disney Channels Unveils '101 Dalmatian Street,' 'Gigantosaurus,' 'Space Chickens In Space'". Variety . Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  30. ↑ Dudok de Wit, Alex (26 March 2019). "Passion Pictures Teams Up With Disney For '101 Dalmatian Street'". Cartoon Brew. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  31. ↑ Denise Petski (February 14, 2019). "SpongeBob Spinoffs, All That & Are You Smarter Than 5th Grader? Revivals & More on Nickelodeon's 2019 Content Slate". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  32. ↑ "Lego Friends". Superprod. May 2, 2025. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
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