Red Kite Animation

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Red Kite Animation
Industry Computer animation
Traditional animation
Founded1997
FounderKen Anderson
Rachel Bevan Baker
Headquarters Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K. [1]
Products Television animated series
Website redkite-animation.com

Red Kite Animation is a British animation production company based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The studio was founded in 1997 by Ken Anderson and Rachel Bevan Baker. [2] The company developed the television cartoons Dennis the Menace and Gnasher and Wendy, and more recently the feature films Princess Emmy.

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2010s

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References

  1. "Red Kite Animations - Production Guide - Film Edinburgh" . Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  2. "Red Kite Animation - LinkedIn" . Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  3. Princess Emmy , retrieved 7 February 2019