The Animation Picture Company

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The Animation Picture Company
Company type Private
Animation Studio
Industry Animation
FoundedLate 2006
Headquarters13400 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks, California, 91423 USA
Key people
Dan Chuba
John Davis
Mark A.Z. Dippé
Brain Manis
Ash Shah
Website tapconline.com

The Animation Picture Company, formerly known as Hammerhead Studios, is an American animation studio based in Sherman Oaks, California. [1]

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History

The company was founded in late 2006 by Dan Chuba, John Davis, [2] Mark A.Z. Dippé, [3] Brain Manis, and Ash Shah. [4] In 2011, the company acquired E. L. Katz's Zombie Pet Shop screenplay and developed it into a 3D animated feature film. [5] [6] In 2012, the firm collaborated with SC Films to produce Flying South. [7]

Filmography

Video Game productions

YearTitleDirectorPublisherDeveloper
2006 The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning Steve Stamatiadis Sierra Entertainment Krome Studios (console, GBA)
Amaze Entertainment (DS)

Animation productions

YearTitleDirectorDistributorNotes
2007 Crash Bandicoot web cartoons N/A Sierra Entertainment
Garfield Gets Real Mark A.Z. Dippé 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment co-production with Paws, Inc. and Davis Entertainment
2008 Garfield's Fun Fest
2009 Garfield's Pet Force Mark A.Z. Dippé
Kyung Ho Lee
2010 Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back [8] John H. Williams
2012 The Outback [9] [10] [11] Kyung Ho LeeBlue Sky Mediaco-production with Digiart Productions, Lotte Entertainment and Anarchy Post
2014 The Reef 2: High Tide Mark A.Z. Dippé

Taedong Park

CJ Entertainment
2021 Around the World in 80 Days [12] Samuel Tourneux StudioCanal
2022 Marmaduke [13] Mark Dippé Netflix

Special/VFX Effects productions

YearFilmDirectorDistributor
2008 Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief Craig Shapiro 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
2009 S. Darko Chris Fisher
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins Brian Levant Warner Premiere
2010 Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster
2011 A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! Savage Steve Holland Paramount Home Entertainment
2012 A Fairly Odd Christmas
2014 A Fairly Odd Summer

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