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Industry | Animation |
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Founded | 1999; 26 years ago (1999) |
Founders | Alex Bulkley Corey Campodonico |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Number of locations | 2 |
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Website | www |
ShadowMachine is an Americananimation studio andproduction company specialized in film, television, commercials and music videos.
Since its early days producing the stop-motion animation showRobot Chicken, the company has been producing such shows asMoral Orel,Mary Shelley's Frankenhole,The Shivering Truth andTitan Maximum forAdult Swim. Afterwards, the company producedBoJack Horseman, forMichael Eisner'sTornante Company, starringWill Arnett,Aaron Paul, andAmy Sedaris, as well asTuca & Bertie, starringTiffany Haddish,Ali Wong, andSteven 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 andGloria Sanchez Productions | Annapurna Pictures |
December 9, 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio[3] | Guillermo del Toro andMark Gustafson | Netflix Animation, Double Dare You! andThe 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, andNuyorican Productions | Amazon MGM Studios |
Year | Series | Creator(s) | Co-producers | Network |
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2005–2012 | Robot Chicken (seasons 1–5) | Seth Green andMatthew Senreich | Stoopid Monkey,Williams Street andSony Pictures Digital | Adult Swim |
2005–2009 | Moral Orel | Dino Stamatopoulos | Fragical Productions andWilliams Street | |
2009 | Titan Maximum | Matthew Senreich andTom Root | Stoopid Monkey,Williams Street and Tom Is Awesome | |
2010 | Mary Shelley's Frankenhole | Dino Stamatopoulos | Fragical Productions andWilliams 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 andJam 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 andWilliams 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) andWilliams 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 andTriStar Television | Apple TV+ |
Little Demon[8] | Darcy Fowler, Seth Kirschner and Kieran Valla | Jersey 2nd Avenue, Evil Hag Productions, Harmonious Claptrap,Atomic Cartoons andFXP | FXX | |
2023 | Praise Petey[9][10] | Anna Drezen | Gorgeous Horse Productions, The Monica Padrick Company,Bandera Entertainment and20th Television Animation | Freeform |
2023–2024 | Clone High (season 2–3)[11] | Phil Lord, Christopher Miller andBill Lawrence | Doozer, Lord Miller Productions andMTV Entertainment Studios | Max |
2023 | Strange Planet[12] | Dan Harmon andNathan W. Pyle | Mercury Filmworks, Harmonious Claptrap, Nathan W Pyle andApple 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 andNickelodeon Animation Studio | Nickelodeon |
2024 | In the Know[13] | Mike Judge, Brandon Gardner andZach Woods | Oregon Film, Bandera Entertainment andUniversal Television | Peacock |
2025—present | 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 andSony 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 andUniversal 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 asHonda. It was also honored at theADDY Awards for an ad campaign withFarmers 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 multipleEmmy andAnnie Awards on behalf of theAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences andASIFA-Hollywood, respectively.