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Industry | Animation |
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Founded | 1999 |
Founders | Alex Bulkley Corey Campodonico |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Number of locations | 2 |
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Website | www |
ShadowMachine is an American animation studio and production company specialized in film, television, commercials and music videos.
Since its early days producing the stop-motion animation show Robot Chicken , the company has been producing such shows as Moral Orel , Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, The Shivering Truth and Titan Maximum for Adult Swim. Afterwards, the company produced BoJack Horseman , for Michael Eisner's Tornante Company, starring Will Arnett, Aaron Paul, and Amy Sedaris, as well as Tuca & Bertie , starring Tiffany Haddish, Ali Wong, and Steven Yeun. [1]
Release date | Film | Director | Co-producers | Distributor |
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March 17, 2006 | The Zodiac | Alex Bulkley | Myriad Pictures and Blackwater Films | THINKFilm |
October 2, 2015 | Hell and Back | Tom Gianas and Ross Shuman | N/A | Freestyle Releasing |
May 24, 2019 | Booksmart [2] | Olivia Wilde | Annapurna Pictures and Gloria Sanchez Productions | Annapurna Pictures |
December 9, 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio [3] | Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson | Netflix Animation, Double Dare You! and The Jim Henson Company | Netflix |
TBA | The Buried Giant [4] | Guillermo del Toro | Netflix Animation | |
Miss Camel [5] | Haifaa Al-Mansour | N/A | N/A | |
Bob the Builder [6] | TBA | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Mattel Films, and Nuyorican Productions | Amazon MGM Studios |
Year | Series | Creator(s) | Co-producers | Network |
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2005–2012 | Robot Chicken (seasons 1–5) | Seth Green and Matthew Senreich | Stoopid Monkey, Williams Street and Sony Pictures Digital | Adult Swim |
2005–2009 | Moral Orel | Dino Stamatopoulos | Fragical Productions and Williams Street | |
2009 | Titan Maximum | Matthew Senreich and Tom Root | Stoopid Monkey, Williams Street and Tom Is Awesome | |
2010 | Mary Shelley's Frankenhole | Dino Stamatopoulos | Fragical Productions and Williams Street | |
2013 | Good Morning Today | David Javerbaum | The Jim Henson Company | Fusion |
2014–2016 | TripTank | Various | Comedy Partners | Comedy Central |
2014–2020 | BoJack Horseman | Raphael Bob-Waksberg | The Tornante Company and Boxer vs. Raptor | Netflix |
2016 | Greatest Party Story Ever | N/A | Four Peaks Media Group and Den of Thieves | MTV |
2017 | Jeff & Some Aliens | Sean Donnelly and Alessandro Minoli | Video Lou and Comedy Partners | Comedy Central |
2018–2021 | Final Space | Olan Rogers | Star Cadet, Conaco, Studio T (Season 1), New Form Digital and Jam Filled Entertainment | TBS (season 1) / Adult Swim (seasons 2 and 3) |
2018 | Dallas & Robo | Mike Roberts | N/A | YouTube Red |
2018 | The Shivering Truth [7] | Vernon Chatman | PFFR and Williams Street | Adult Swim (season 1 only) |
2019–2022 | Tuca & Bertie | Lisa Hanawalt | The Tornante Company, Brave Dummy, Boxer vs. Raptor (season 1), Vegan Blintzes (seasons 2 and 3) and Williams Street (seasons 2 and 3) | Netflix (season 1) / Adult Swim (seasons 2 and 3) |
2021–2023 | Ten Year Old Tom | Steve Dildarian | Work Friends LLC, Tomorrow Studios and Insane Loon Productions | HBO Max (season 1) / Max (season 2–present) |
2022 | The Afterparty (episode 6) | Christopher Miller | Lord Miller Productions, Sony Pictures Television Studios and TriStar Television | Apple TV+ |
Little Demon [8] | Darcy Fowler, Seth Kirschner and Kieran Valla | Jersey 2nd Avenue, Evil Hag Productions, Harmonious Claptrap, Atomic Cartoons and FXP | FXX | |
2023 | Praise Petey [9] [10] | Anna Drezen | Gorgeous Horse Productions, The Monica Padrick Company, Bandera Entertainment and 20th Television Animation | Freeform |
2023–2024 | Clone High (season 2–3) [11] | Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Bill Lawrence | Doozer, Lord Miller Productions and MTV Entertainment Studios | Max |
2023 | Strange Planet [12] | Dan Harmon and Nathan W. Pyle | Mercury Filmworks, Harmonious Claptrap, Nathan W Pyle and Apple Studios | Apple TV+ |
2023–present | The Tiny Chef Show (season 2) | Rachel Larsen, Ozlem 'Ozi' Akturk, and Adam Reid | Imagine Kids+Family, Tiny Chef Productions, Dunshire Productions and Nickelodeon Animation Studio | Nickelodeon |
2024–present | In the Know [13] | Mike Judge, Brandon Gardner and Zach Woods | Oregon Film, Bandera Entertainment and Universal Television | Peacock |
2025 | Lil Kev | Kevin Hart | Hartbeat Productions | BET+ |
TBA | ||||
Galaga Chronicles [14] | Roberto Orci | Bandai Namco Entertainment and The Nuttery Entertainment | N/A | |
Milepost 88 [15] | Mark Gustafson | N/A | ||
Release date | Special | Co-producers | Network |
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June 17, 2007 | Robot Chicken: Star Wars | Lucasfilm, Stoopid Monkey, Williams Street and Sony Pictures Digital | Adult Swim |
November 16, 2008 | Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II | ||
December 19, 2010 | Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III | ||
December 19, 2014 | BoJack Horseman: Sabrina's Christmas Wish | The Tornante Company and Boxer vs. Raptor | Netflix |
May 13, 2018 | Chuck Deuce | (failed pilot) | Adult Swim |
November 26, 2021 | 5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas | Electric Hot Dog and Universal Television | NBC |
Year | Song | Artists | Label |
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2000 | Last Time | Downer | Roadrunner Records |
2011 | End to the Lies | Jane's Addiction | Capitol Records |
2011 | Irresistible Force | ||
2011 | Narcissistic Cannibal | Korn | Roadrunner Records |
2012 | Put the Gun Down | ZZ Ward | Hollywood Records |
2014 | Blue Moon | Beck | Capitol Records |
As the studio has grown, they have also taken on work with various advertising campaigns with high-profile clients such as Honda. It was also honored at the ADDY Awards for an ad campaign with Farmers Insurance, directed by Jed Hathaway.
Year | Category | Company | Advertisement | Agency | Director |
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2011 | Online | Farmers Insurance | “Meet the Wongs” | RPA | Jed Hathaway |
2011 | Online | Farmers Insurance | “The Cat Burglar” | RPA | Jed Hathaway |
2011 | Online | Farmers Insurance | “Dude of Hazards” | RPA | Jed Hathaway |
2011 | Online | Farmers Insurance | “Le Petite Disastre” | RPA | Jed Hathaway |
The studio has received a high level of recognition for their work in Television, including multiple Emmy and Annie Awards on behalf of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and ASIFA-Hollywood, respectively.