The producer is the "commander in chief" of a given project. What does that mean? Well...
Quite simply, the producer is/are the person/persons that makes the project "happen". "No producer" equals "no film". They are the financial and creative backbone of a given project — they secure funding (or fund the work themselves), hire key personnel, arrange for distributors, and manage the day-to-day operations of the production (such as writing up shooting schedules, booking off-set filming locations, and keeping the project as a whole within budget and on-schedule).
There are many different varieties of "producer", and each has its own responsibility in the film industry. A consulting producer will usually be a specialist in a particular field of study, and will assist the writers with technical accuracy. An executive producer is usually a studio representative, providing the majority of the funding that keeps the project going (and reporting any cost overruns to the studio heads). An assistant producer is exactly that. An associate producer is a title used to cover a variety of duties, such as being liaison when two production companies are involved in a filming.note .
Not to be confused with The Producers, which is a film.
What follows is an incomplete list of production houses and individual producers that have had an impact on modern filmmaking:
- J. J. Abrams
- Sybil Adelman
- Pamela Adlon
- Ben Affleck
- Casey Affleck
- Robert Aldrich
- Erika Alexander
- Jace Alexander
- Debbie Allen
- Irwin Allen
- Woody Allen
- Paul Alter
- Brian Jordan Alvarez
- Jon Amiel
- Mini Andén
- Wes Anderson
- Eric Andre
- David Angell
- Jennifer Aniston
- Judd Apatow
- Darren Aronofsky
- Rosanna Arquette
- Sean Astin
- Daniel Attias
- Roger Avary
- Dan Aykroyd
- Neal Baer
- Rob Bailey
- Justin Baldoni
- Alec Baldwin
- Antonio Banderas
- Elizabeth Banks
- Tyra Banks
- Norberto Barba
- Paris Barclay
- Siddiq Barmak
- Chuck Barris
- Jack Barry
- Drew Barrymore
- Craig Bartlett
- Angela Bassett
- Jason Bateman
- Meredith Baxter
- Michael Bay
- Jennifer Beals
- Warren Beatty
- John Behring
- Stephen Belber
- Lake Bell
- Donald P. Bellisario
- Jack Bender
- David Benioff
- Jonathan Bennett
- Amber Benson
- Elizabeth Berkley
- Greg Berlanti
- Fred Berner
- Luc Besson
- Angela Bettis
- Leslie Bibb
- Ian Biederman
- Eric Bischoff
- Andrew Black
- Jack Black
- Shane Black
- Macon Blair
- Cate Blanchett
- Rachel Bloom
- Jason Blum
- Raphael Bob-Waksberg
- Steven Bochco
- Linwood Boomer
- Kate Boutilier
- Charles Boyer
- Danny Boyle
- Zach Braff
- Brannon Braga
- Kenneth Branagh
- Joshua Brand
- Charles Braverman
- Kevin Bray
- Bradley Bredeweg
- Neil Breen
- Jeff Bridges
- Connie Britton
- Albert R. Broccoli
- Barbara Broccoli
- Henry Bromell
- Henry Bronchtein
- James L. Brooks
- Mel Brooks
- Jerry Bruckheimer
- Colin Bucksey
- Jordan Budde
- Sandra Bullock
- Mitchell Burgess
- David J Burke
- James Burrows
- LeVar Burton
- Mark Burnett
- Tara Butters
- James Cameron
- Colleen Camp
- Robert F Campbell
- Stephen J. Cannell
- Nick Cannon
- Steve Carell
- Kyle Carrozza
- Chris Carter
- Peter Casey
- Jon Cassar
- William Castle
- Marissa Jo Cerar
- Lacey Chabert
- Skip Chaisson
- Marcus Chait
- Jackie Chan
- Alex Chapple
- Glen Charles
- Les Charles
- David Chase
- Lee Shallat Chemel
- Joan Chen
- Shinichi Chiba
- Chris Chibnall
- Joyce Chopra
- Art Chudabala
- Michael Cimino
- Duane Clark
- George Clooney
- Ching Siu-tung
- Andy Cohen
- Larry Cohen
- Matt Cohen
- Steve Cohen
- Cheo Hodari Coker
- Sonia Nassery Cole
- John David Coles
- Holly Marie Combs
- Samantha Corbin Miller
- Roger Corman
- Steve Coogan
- Martha Coolidge
- Joan Ganz Cooney
- Bradley Cooper
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Sofia Coppola
- Jim Cornette
- Bryan Cranston
- Wes Craven
- Sean Crouch
- Russell Crowe
- Tom Cruise
- Richard Cummings Jr
- Kaley Cuoco
- Cliff Curtis
- John Cusack
- Joe D'Amato
- Matt Damon
- Matt Danner
- Paul Dano
- Ted Danson
- Larry David
- Russell T. Davies
- Charlie Day
- Felicia Day
- Mikey Day
- Dana Delany
- Bill D Elia
- Guillermo del Toro
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Rebecca De Mornay
- Dawn De Noon
- Danny DeVito
- Benicio del Toro
- Robert De Niro
- Catherine Deneuve
- Rob Des Hotel
- Andrew Dettmann
- Cameron Diaz
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Michael Dante DiMartino
- Paul Dini
- Walt Disney
- Richard Dobbs
- Pete Docter
- Shannen Doherty
- Tom Donaghy
- Ann Donahue
- Phil Donahue
- Richard Donner
- Vincent D'Onofrio
- Kirk Douglas
- Michael Douglas
- Roma Downey
- Nicole Dubuc
- Christian Duguay
- Lena Dunham
- Erica Durance
- Ava DuVernay
- Bill Eagles
- George Eastman
- Clint Eastwood
- Jeff Eckerle
- Joel Edgerton
- Doris Egan
- Sam Egan
- Eagle Egilsson
- Brennan Elliott
- Cary Elwes
- Faline England
- Nora Ephron
- Jane Espenson
- Robert Evans
- Nicolas Falacci
- John Falsey
- Anna Faris
- Diane Farr
- Mike Farrell
- Lauren Faust
- Michele Fazekas
- Tina Fey
- Paul Feig
- Kevin Feige
- Mark Feuerstein
- Ralph Fiennes
- The Fine Brothers
- Travis Fine
- Kenneth Fink
- Gary Fleder
- Ruben Fleischer
- Victor Fleming
- Ruth Fletcher
- D. C. Fontana
- Harrison Ford
- Arthur W Forney
- Jodie Foster
- Vivica A. Fox
- Jonathan Frakes
- Lindsay Frame
- James Franco
- Morgan Freeman
- Michael Fresco
- Liz Friedman
- Diane Frolov
- Kevin Fry
- Cary Fukunaga
- Bryan Fuller
- Gal Gadot
- James Gandolfini
- Alex Gansa
- Ronald Victor Garcia
- Roger Garrett
- Spencer Garrett
- Tucker Gates
- Karen Gaviola
- Craig Gerber
- Ricky Gervais
- Lewis Gilbert
- Vince Gilligan
- Paul Michael Glaser
- Adam Goldberg
- Steve Gomer
- Selena Gomez
- Mark Goodson
- Alfred Gough
- Brea Grant
- David Marshall Grant
- Hugh Grant
- Richard E. Grant
- F. Gary Gray
- John Gray
- Brian Grazer
- Amanda Green
- Robin Green
- Seth Green
- Jonathan Greene
- Greggo
- Jon Gries
- Merv Griffin
- Matt Groening
- David Grossman
- Val Guest
- Davis Guggenheim
- Jorge Gutierrez
- Tania Gunadi
- Arsenio Hall
- Barbara Hall
- Karen Hall
- Jon Hamm
- Chelsea Handler
- Daniel Handler
- Tom Hanks
- Patrick Harbinson
- J David Harden
- Nick Harding
- Cory Hardrict
- Mark Harmon
- Ed Harris
- Jack H Harris
- Butch Hartman
- Noah Hawley
- Salma Hayek
- James Hayman
- Merrill Heatter
- Julie Hebert
- Sian Heder
- Katherine Heigl
- Eric Heisserer
- Ralph Hemecker
- Jim Henson
- Ellen Herman
- Cheryl Heuton
- Paul Heyman
- Martha Higareda
- Freddie Highmore
- Dule Hill
- Alex Hirsch
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Paul Holahan
- Rod Holcomb
- Laurie Holden
- Neil Hollander
- Nathan Hope
- Mark Horowitz
- Ron Howard
- Glenn Howerton
- Hsu Feng
- Reginald Hudlin
- Howard Hughes
- John Hughes
- David Hunt
- Helen Hunt
- Jeffrey G Hunt
- Jessica Hynes
- Kevin J Hynes
- Armando Iannucci
- Manu Intiraymi
- Mel Jackson
- Mick Jackson
- Peter Jackson
- Jordana Lewis Jaffe
- Thomas Jane
- Jay-Z
- Norman Jewison
- Steve Jobs
- Geoff Johns
- Don Johnson
- Dwayne Johnson
- Joanna Johnson
- Mark Steven Johnson
- Rian Johnson
- Jill Marie Jones
- Ian Jones-Quartey
- Spike Jonze
- William Joyce
- Jonathan Kaplan
- Simon Kassianides
- Michael Katleman
- Elia Kazan
- Frederick King Keller
- David E. Kelley
- Elodie Keene
- Nick Kendrick
- Brooke Kennedy
- Kathleen Kennedy
- Keegan-Michael Key
- Humayoon Shams Khan
- Jonathan I Kidd
- Matt Kiene
- Nicole Kidman
- Patrick Kilpatrick
- Jessica Klein
- Dennis Koenig
- Bryan Konietzko
- Ted Kotcheff
- Stanley Kramer
- John Krasinski
- Peter Krause
- Dan Krauss
- Tim Kring
- Eric Kripke
- Stanley Kubrick
- Lisa Kudrow
- Alex Kurtzman
- Ashton Kutcher
- Verity Lambert
- Juliet Landau
- Max Landis
- Michael Lange
- Sherry Lansing
- Christine Larson Nitzsche
- John Lasseter
- Scott Lautanen
- Jude Law
- Norman Lear
- Mimi Leder
- Danny Lee
- Spike Lee
- John Leguizamo
- Peter M. Lenkov
- Téa Leoni
- Dan Lerner
- Peter Leto
- Jonathan Levine
- Damian Lewis
- Victor Lewis-Smith
- Val Lewton
- Alan J Levi
- Marc Levin
- Barry Levinson
- Jefery Levy
- Jet Li
- Jeffrey Lieber
- Matthew Lillard
- Doug Liman
- Ray Liotta
- Aaron Lipstadt
- Jeph Loeb
- Carole Lombard
- Eva Longoria
- Chuck Lorre
- George Lucas
- Ida Lupino
- Kellan Lutz
- Seth MacFarlane
- Elle MacPherson
- Tobey Maguire
- Joe Manganiello
- James Madio
- Joe Mande
- Nick Marck
- Jose Mojica Marins
- Brit Marling
- Garry Marshall
- Marsai Martin
- Quinn Martin
- Melanie Mayron
- Jon McClenahan
- Joel McCrea
- Judith Mc Creary
- Dwayne McDuffie
- Rob McElhenney
- Don Mc Gill
- Scott McGinnis
- Aaron McGruder
- Joel McHale
- Adam McKay
- Patrick Mc Kee
- Danica McKellar
- Vince McMahon
- Robert Duncan McNeill
- John McTiernan
- Merchant Ivory
- Peter Medak
- Jeff Melvoin
- Carol Mendelsohn
- Burgess Meredith
- Russ Meyer
- Seth Meyers
- Lorne Michaels
- Shinji Mikami
- Alyssa Milano
- Miles Millar
- Tangi Miller
- Tim Minear
- Steven Moffat
- Jose Molina
- Jason Momoa
- Christine Moore
- Michael Moore
- Perry Moore
- Ron Moore
- Thomas R Moore
- Chris Morris
- David Morrissey
- Jennifer Morrison
- Rob Morrow
- David Moscow
- Ryan Murphy
- Bill Murray
- Mike Myers
- Eva Nagorski
- Jan Nash
- John Nathan-Turner
- Robert Nathan
- Terry Nation
- Brad Neely
- Navid Negahban
- Geoffrey Neigher
- Sydney Newman
- Jennifer Siebel Newsom
- David Niven
- Matt Nodella
- Christopher Nolan
- David Nutter
- Steve Oedekerk
- Peter O'Fallon
- Roberto Orci
- David O. Russell
- David Oyelowo
- Frank Oz
- Jared Padalecki
- Peter Paige
- George Pal
- Robert Palm
- Dean Parisot
- Park Chan Wook
- Gwendolyn M Parker
- Aaron Paul
- Jordan Peele
- Ron Perlman
- Mark B Perry
- Michael R Perry
- Lisa Marie Petersen
- Otto Preminger
- Brad Pitt
- David Platt
- Amy Poehler
- Roman Polański
- Sydney Pollack
- Ellen Pompeo
- Robert David Port
- Natalie Portman
- Chris Potter
- Dick Powell
- Deborah Pratt
- Edward R Pressman
- Carrie Preston
- Gina Prince-Bythewood
- Freddie Prinze Jr.
- Mike Quackenbush. Founder, booker, and promoter of CHIKARA and various Podcasts.
- Robert Rabinowitz
- Issa Rae
- Peter Ramsey
- Sam Raimi
- Brett Ratner
- Eric Red
- Ed Redlich
- Carol Reed
- Keanu Reeves
- John C. Reilly
- Ivan Reitman
- Kelly Ripa
- Tim Robbins
- Julia Roberts
- Michael M Robin
- Steven Robman
- James Roday
- Gene Roddenberry
- Robert Rodriguez
- Seth Rogen
- David Clayton Rogers
- Fred Rogers
- Olan Rogers
- Wayne Rogers
- Justin Roiland
- Sy Rosen
- Charles Rosin
- Tracee Ellis Ross
- Craig Ross Jr
- Bobby Roth
- Talbot Rothwell
- Paul Rudd
- Scott Rudin
- Mark Ruffalo
- Dario Russo
- Vince Russo
- Meg Ryan
- Martin Sage
- Matt Salinger
- Angus Sampson
- Adam Sandler
- Ken Sanzel
- Deran Sarafian
- Jonathan Scarfe
- Barry Schindel
- Andrew Schneider
- Dan Schneider
- Martin Scorsese
- Oz Scott
- Ridley Scott
- Thomas Schlamme
- Liev Schreiber
- Amy Schumer
- Michael Schur
- Sherwood Schwartz
- Til Schweiger
- Campbell Scott
- Kyra Sedgwick
- Jason Segel
- Jed Seidel
- Rod Serling
- Hannah Shakespeare
- Garry Shandling
- Helen Shaver
- Allan Sherman
- Jonathan M. Shiff
- Steve Shill
- David Shore
- Joel Silver
- Jonathan Silverman
- David Simon
- Don Simpson
- Bryan Singer
- Michael Slovis
- Robert Smigel
- Charles Martin Smith
- Kevin Smith
- Will Smith
- Zack Snyder
- Aaron Sorkin
- Kevin Spacey
- Douglas Spain
- Aaron Spelling
- J Robert Spencer
- Steven Spielberg
- The Spierig Brothers
- Aaron Springer
- Jerry Stahl
- Hank Steinberg
- Fisher Stevens
- Stuart Stevens
- Noelle Stevenson
- Bob Stewart
- Meredith Stiehm
- Oliver Stone
- Sharon Stone
- J. Michael Straczynski
- Barbra Streisand
- Danny Strong
- Rebecca Sugar
- Kurt Sutter
- Wanda Sykes
- Raven-Symoné
- Jeannot Szwarc
- Eli Talbert
- Rachel Talalay
- Janet Tamaro
- Alan Tang
- Bill Tangradi
- Genndy Tartakovsky
- Max Tash
- Channing Tatum
- Joan Tewkesbury
- Derek Theler
- Charlize Theron
- Gerald Thomas
- Aaron Rahsaan Thomas
- Rob Thompson
- Bruce Timm
- Mark Tinker
- Ashley Tisdale
- J Miller Tobin
- Robert Townsend
- Phil Traill
- Donald Trump
- Stanley Tucci
- Brad Turner
- Rick Ungar
- Jean-Marc Vallée
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Gus Van Sant
- Nia Vardalos
- Matthew Vaughn
- Pam Veasey
- Christina Vidal
- Michael Vittes
- Jeff Vlaming
- David Von Ancken
- Danielle Von Zerneck
- The Wachowskis
- Lena Waithe
- Jay Ward
- Denzel Washington
- Steve Wasserman
- Emma Watson
- Mark Wahlberg
- Jimmy Wang Yu
- Jack Webb
- Zhao Wei
- Jerry Weintraub
- D.B. Weiss
- Paul Weitz
- Orson Welles
- Tom Welling
- Stephen Wertimer
- Wendy West
- Tony Wharmby
- Joss Whedon
- John Whitesell
- James Whitmore Jr.
- Billy Wilder
- Christian Williams
- Greg Williams
- Mo Willems
- Bruce Willis
- Oprah Winfrey
- Gary Winick
- Sonya Winton
- Reese Witherspoon
- Dick Wolf
- Roger Wolfson
- Jay Wolpert
- Joe Wright
- Kyra Zagorsky
- Robert Zemeckis
- Michael Zinberg
- Ed Zuckerman
- Kathleen Zuelch
- Anthony E. Zuiker
- Edward Zwick
- Akon
- Steve Albini
- Babyface
- Sean Combs
- Simon Cowell
- Dr. Dre
- DROELOE
- The Dust Brothers
- Ansel Elgort
- Missy Elliott
- Brian Eno
- Ahmet Ertegün
- David Guetta
- Quincy Jones
- DJ Khaled
- Lenny Kravitz
- Robert John "Mutt" Lange
- John Leckie
- Jeff Lynne
- Jay-Z
- PC Music
- A.G. Cook
- Danny L. Harle
- EASYFUN
- Lil Data
- Marshmello
- George Martin
- Jimmy Miller
- Ne-Yo
- Sam Phillips
- LA Reid
- Mark Ronson
- Rick Rubin
- Todd Rundgren
- The RZA
- San Holo
- Sia
- Skrillex
- Sophie
- Phil Spector
- Jim Steinman
- Robin Thicke
- Timbaland
- Uffie
- Tony Visconti
- Kanye West
- Pharrell Williams
- will.i.am
- Brian Wilson
- Zedd
- Disney
- Walt Disney Animation Units - The main unit is in Burbank (Still active), but there were units in Florida, Canada, Japan, Australia, France and the UK.
- Disney Television Animation
- Disneytoon Studios (defunct)
- Touchstone Pictures (defunct)
- Hollywood Pictures (defunct)
- Pixar
- Marvel Comics (acquired by Disney in 2009)
- Lucasfilm (acquired by Disney in 2012)
- Industrial Light and Magic - Has a Singaporean studio.
- Skywalker Sound - Sister studio of the above.
- Lucasfilm Animation - Has a division in Singapore.
- 20th Century Studios (sale to Disney completed on March 20, 2019)
- Searchlight Pictures
- Blue Sky Studios: An animation studio in Greenwich, Connecticut, they also have a unit in China. Scheduled to close by Disney in April 2021.
- Four Star Television (defunct) - an independent production company created by four/five Hollywood stars that was later bought in 1993.
- 20th Television (formerly 20th Century Fox Television)
- Touchstone Television (formerly Fox Television Studios, and later Fox 21 Television Studios; no relation to the unit now called ABC Signature)
- ABC Signature (formerly Touchstone Television, and later ABC Studios; ABC Signature originally operated as a separate unit of ABC Studios until both were merged in August 2020)
- It's a Laugh Productions
- FX Productions (FXP)
- Paramount (a ViacomCBS company)
- Paramount Animation
- Paramount Television Studios
- MTV Films
- Comedy Central Films
- Nickelodeon Movies
- Desilu Studios (defunct)
- Republic Pictures (defunct) - A film production company acquired in 1999 in the Viacom purchase of Spelling Entertainment.
- CBS Films (defunct) - A film studio that was owned by Viacom's then sister company CBS Corporation, the distribution was handled by Lionsgate. The studio stopped releasing theatrical films in 2019, before the Viacom/CBS re-merger was finalized.
- Miramax (acquired a 49% stake from beIN Media Group in 2019)
- Sony Pictures (a Sony company)
- Columbia Pictures
- Screen Gems
- Stage 6 Films
- Sony Pictures Animation
- Sony Pictures Classics
- Sony Pictures Imageworks - Sony's visual effects and digital animation production studio.
- Sony Pictures Studios - Sony's film/TV studio lot and audio post-production unit (previously owned by MGM and Lorimar-Telepictures).
- Sony Pictures Television
- NBCUniversal
- Universal
- Universal Content Productions
- Universal Animation Studios
- DreamWorks Animation
- Pacific Data Images (defunct) - Also known as PDI/DreamWorks, this served as DWA's northern California branch. The studio was shut down in 2015 as part of a restructuring.
- Illumination Entertainment
- Illumination Mac Guff
- Focus Features
- Gramercy Pictures
- Savoy Pictures (library acquired in the USA Networks acquisition in 2002)
- FilmDistrict
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (defunct, resurrected in 2017 as Universal Music Group's film divisionnote )
- ITC Entertainment (defunct, shut down in 1999 after the sale of the library to Carlton/Granada/ITV)
- WarnerMedia
- Warner Bros.
- DC Films
- New Line Cinema
- Castle Rock Entertainment
- Hanna-Barbera - Technically defunct, living on as the copyright holder of Scooby-Doo works and in spirit as Cartoon Network Studios.
- Warner Independent Pictures (defunct)
- First National Pictures (defunct)
- Lorimar (defunct)
- Allied Artists (defunct)
- HBO Films
- Talent Associates (defunct, a production company acquired by Time-Life Films, a predecessor to HBO)
- Warner Bros. Animation
- Amicus Productions
- Bevanfield Films
- Bleecker Street
- Blumhouse Productions
- Burbank Films Australia
- Daiei
- DreamWorks/Amblin Partners (partially owned by Universal)
- Ealing Studios
- Entertainment One
- FilmCow
- Film4 Productions
- Fizz Sound Creation: A sound effects company in Japan known for providing many of the sound effects you hear in anime (and early tokusatsu) both past and present, to the point where even productions they aren't involved in use their sound library note
- Fox Entertainment
- Golden Films
- GoodTimes Entertainment
- Happy Madison Productions
- Jetlag Productions
- Kidtoon Films
- Legendary Pictures (distribution handled by Warner Bros. from 2005 to 2014 and Universal from 2014 to 2019)
- Lionsgate
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer — currently a "minor", but once the greatest film studio of them all; considered one of the so-called "seven sisters" (along with the former Big Six) during the 1980s and 1990s
- Mondo TV
- Oats Studios
- Pure Flix Entertainment
- The Rank Organisation
- StudioCanal
- STX Entertainment
- Swara Productions: A sound effects company founded by legendary Japanese sound designer Katsumi Ito, a former employee of Fizz Sound Creation
- Tigon British Film Productions
- Toei Company
- Toei Animation: Mostly known for their art films made between 1958 to 1972 (namely their Puss in Boots adaptation made in 1969), all of the Dragon Ball series, most of the 80s Transformers series, One Piece, Sailor Moon , and their Anime First magical girl shows (Ojamajo Doremi, Pretty Cure).
- Toho
- Tsuburaya Productions
- UAV Entertainment
- Village Roadshow: Australian studio known for its work for Warner Bros..
- Vivid Entertainment Group
- The Weinstein Company (defunct) - Asseets sold to Lantern Capital after the Harvey Weinstein scandal
- Dimension Films: Formerly a label of Miramax until 2005
- WWE Studios
- Yoram Gross
- A24
- ACTF
- A Squared Entertainment
- Alcon Entertainment
- Amazon Studios
- Annapurna Pictures
- Arrowstorm Entertainment
- Bang Zoom! Entertainment
- Big Finish
- BKN
- Carolco Pictures
- Carsey Werner
- The Criterion Collection
- Crown International Pictures
- Cup of Tea Productions
- Dark Maze Studios
- Dtoons Productions
- Echo Chamber
- Eon Productions
- Etcetera Group
- Feature Films For Families
- Frederator Studios
- Fremantle Media
- Fresh TV
- Full Moon Features
- Genius Brands International
- GRB Entertainment
- Handmade Films
- Half HP Studio
- Hasbro Studios
- Imagine Entertainment
- IMAX
- Intertrack
- The Jam Handy Organization
- Kenner
- Keystone Studios
- The Kitchen
- Kudos
- Laika
- Man of Action Studios
- Marathon Media
- Mattel Creations
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- Monkeypaw Productions
- Morgan Creek
- Mutant Enemy
- National Film Board of Canada
- New Dominion Pictures
- New Generation Pictures
- NYAV Post
- Omation Animation Studio
- Open Road Films
- PCB Productions
- Pinewood Studios
- Pol-Ka
- Ragdoll Productions
- Regency Enterprises
- Relativity Media
- Renaissance Pictures
- Revolution Studios
- RKO Pictures
- Saban Entertainment
- Seraphim Digital Studios
- Sesame Workshop
- Shaw Brothers
- Shout! Factory
- SDI Media
- Sid & Marty Krofft Productions
- Skydance Media
- Spyglass Media Group
- The Stone Quarry
- Studiopolis
- Sunbow Entertainment
- T-Series produces movies.
- Troma
- Your Family Entertainment
- Walden Media
- Working Dog Productions
- World Events Productions
- WWE Studios
- Zagtoon
- Aardman Animations
- Bento Box Entertainment
- Blur Studio
- BUF
- Cartoon Network Studios
- Cinesite
- Cosgrove Hall
- Digital Domain
- Walt Disney Animation Studios (formerly Walt Disney Feature Animation)
- Dolby Laboratories
- Double Negative VFX
- Film Roman
- Framestore
- Hydraulx
- Image Engine
- Imaginary Forces
- Jim Henson's Creature Shop
- Klasky-Csupo
- Lola Visual Effects - Sister studio to Hydraulx
- Method Studios
- The Mill
- Milk VFX - Spun off from the company.
- Moving Picture Company and Technicolor SA
- Nickelodeon Animation Studios (part of Viacom)
- Rainbow S.r.l. (also part of Viacom)
- Rhythm & Hues - Has an Indian studio.
- Soyuzmultfilm
- Tippett Studio
- Titmouse
- Titra Studios
- WETA - located in New Zealand
Minor
- Aaron Sims Creative
- A. Film
- Animal Logic
- Boulder Media
- Cartoon Saloon
- Composite Image Systems (CIS)
- Digic Pictures
- Digital Dimension
- Digiscope
- D'Ocon Films Productions
- Eden FX
- Engine Room
- Entity FX
- FotoKem
- Furious FX
- fx3x
- Ghost VFX
- Global Mechanic
- Hammerhead Production
- Hybride Technologies - Bought by game company Ubisoft.
- Lapiz Azul - aka Blue Pencil, a studio in Spain that is mostly known for doing two episodes of Batman: The Animated Series. When many people were thinking that the studio went out of business during the making of "Day Of The Samurai", well, they're still in business
. The studio also did 6 episodes of
TaleSpin under contract for Walt Disney Animation France as well.
- Liquid Animation - An Australian studio. Best known for the CG in Duck Dodgers
- Luma Pictures
- Modern Video Film
- MFX
- MrX
- New Deal Studios
- Pacific Ocean Post
- Pannonia Film Studio - Hungary's biggest animation studio.
- Perpetual Motion Pictures
- Pixel Magic - Formerly known as OCS/Freeze Frame/Pixel Magic
- Pixomondo - Despite the Latin sounding name, they're a series of studios originating from Germany.
- Powerhouse Animation Studios
- Prologue Films
- PRPVFX
- Reel FX Creative Studios/Radium
- Rainbow Animation Group
- Renegade Animation
- Rising Sun Pictures
- Rubicon Group Holding
- Scanline
- Spark Plug Entertainment
- Stargate Studios - Also known as Stargate Films and Stargate Digital.
- Stoopid Buddy Studios
- Studio 352 - A studio in Luxembourg. Has done pre-production work for many DiC series.
- Telescreen - A studio in The Netherlands (They did have a unit in Japan, but the unit went out of business).
- Threshold Entertainment
- Todd-AO Studios
- Zoic Studios
Canadian
- 9 Story Media Group
- Brown Bag Films
- Atomic Cartoons - Based in Vancouver.
- Bardel Entertainment - Based in Vancouver.
- Collideascope Digital Productions
- Copernicus Studios - Based in Halifax.
- Elliott Animation
- Guru Studio
- House of Cool
- Jam Filled Entertainment
- Lacewood Productions
- Mercury Filmworks
- Nelvana
- Oasis Animation - Based in Montreal.
- Phoenix Animation Studios
- Pipeline Studios
- PiP Animation Services
- Portfolio Entertainment
- Rainmaker Entertainment - Based in Vancouver.
- Tonic DNA - A relatively new studio located in Montreal.
- WildBrain
- Yowza Animation
- Agogo Media: Formerly known as Animation Services, Hong Kong.
- Alpha Group Co., Ltd. - Also known as Guangdong.
- Base FX
- Danni Animation - Owned by Studio DEEN.
- Enzo Animation - Owned by Mook DLE.
- Colorland Animation
- Creative Power Entertaining
- Dragon Cartoon
- East Animation
- Fantasia Animation - Not to be confused with Studio Fantasia.
- Feitong Cartoon
- Feng Animation Design
- Flying Dragon
- GDC
- Hong Ying (鴻鷹世界股份有限公司) - Its headquarters are in Taiwan.
- Nanjing Hong Ying (南京鴻鷹)
- Shanghai San Ding (上海三県)
- Suzhou Hong Yang (蘇州鴻揚)
- Hong Guang - Spin-off from Wang Film Productions.
- Hosem Animation Studio
- Jiang Toon Animation
- Maliang Animation
- Menfond Electronic Art And Computer Design Company
- Nendai Animation - Also known as Niandai Animation.
- Net Giant
- Original Force
- Shanghai Animation Film Studio (上海美術映画製作所)
- Shanghai Yi Li Mei Animation - Frequent collaborator on Shanghai Animation Film Studio's projects.
- Shift Future Animation - Made up of many former Hong Ying animators.
- Sichuan Top Animation - Mainly known for its co-production with Nelvana for Corduroy, but also did some uncredited work on other series.
- Studio Taishan
- Synergy Animation
- Tiger Paws Animation Co., Ltd.
- Colorchips
- Millitoon (a subsidiary of Colorchips)
- DQ Entertainment
- Future Thought Productions - Has worked on The Buzz on Maggie.
- Prana Studios - Also owns Rhythm & Hues
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- Prime Focus - An effects studio. Also has divisions in the UK and North America.
- Tata Elxsi
- Technicolor India
- Toonz Animation India - Not to be confused with the New Zealand-based Toonz Animation.
- UTV Toons
- Xentrix Studios
- Philippine Animation Studio Inc.
- Seventoon
- Snipple Animation
- Sunwoo Animation Philippines
- Toei Animation Philippines - Toei's Philippines division.
- Toon City
- Toon Manila
- Top Draw
- Top Peg
- Tycoon Animation
- Bicycle Animation Studio
- DOYOPINS Animation Co.,Ltd
- H.C.Studio Animation Co., Ltd.
- Joy-Team Animation Production Co., Ltd. - Formally known as Joy-Team Anime Production Co., Ltd.
- Nada Anime
- SOFA Studio
- Spring House Entertainment Inc.
- Wang Film Productions (宏廣股份有限公司) - A studio in Taiwan, as well as one the biggest overseas studios in the world.
- CGCG - Their CG division.
- Yu-Sheng Animation Studio - A studio in Taiwan.
- AKOM
- ANIK
- Artplusm
- Atoonz
- B.I. Group
- Big Star
- Boxfish
- Cyber Chicken
- Dai Won: currently known as Dae Won.
- DesignStorm
- DEXS
- Digital eMation
- Dong Woo Animation: Owned by Studio Gallop.
- DR Movie: A studio owned by Madhouse, originally independent.
- Echo
- G&G Entertainment
- Golden Bell
- GK Entertainment: A South Korean studio owned by GONZO as GK stands for "GONZO Korea".
- Hanho Heung-Up
- Han Il Animation - Often works for Magic Bus, among other studios.
- Hanjin Animation
- Hebaraki
- Hyoin Animation
- Jiwoo Animation
- JM Animation: Was founded to outsource for Japanese studios.
- K Production: Oldest South Korean studio in existence.
- Kyung Kang
- Lotto Animation
- Magic Image Co., Ltd.: Also known as MICO Animation Studio. Ltd.
- Maven Image Platform
- Mizo Planning: Another South Korean studio owned by TMS.
- Mua Film
- NE4U - A new studio.
- NARA Animation Studio
- NAMU Animation
- Neon Pumpkin
- Nic Entertainment
- Pak Production
- Rough Draft Studios / Orange: Headquartered in Los Angeles but the studio has a unit in South Korea as well.
- SAMG
- Saerom
- Soul Creative: The Spiritual Successor to Seoul Movie.
- Spinart
- Studio Blue: Formally known as AniVillage, Studio Blue is a South-Korean subsidiary owned by Kyoto Animation.
- Studio Goindol
- Studio Mir: A newer studio founded by Ex-JM staff.
- Studio Reve
- Sugarcube
- Sung San: Also known as Hoshiyama Planning.
- Sunmin Animation
- Sunwoo Entertainment / Sunwoo Asia Pacific: Has also distributed many Transformers toys since 2007.
- Synod
- Toiion
- Toonzone Studios: Headquartered in Los Angeles but the studio has a unit in Canada and South Korea as well.
- White Line
- Yearim Productions
- Yeson Entertainment
- A.C.G.T. (エー・シー・ジー・ティー): Owned by OB Planning.
- AIC (アニメ・インターナショナルカンパニ) - stands for Anime International Company.
- Aniplex: Owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan.
- A-1 Pictures (株式会社A-1 Pictures)
- Arms Corporation (アームス)
- Ashi Productions (葦プロダクション): Founded by ex-Tatsunoko staff, known as Production REED from 2007 to 2018, but then changed their name back to Ashi Pro in 2019
- Bandai Namco Pictures (バンダイナムコピクチャーズ): Formed as a spin off from Sunrise to handle all of Bandai Namco's internal IP animations and kid shows that Sunrise used to handle, as well as the forth season of Gintama.
- Studio BONES (ボンズ)
- Brains Base (ブレインズ・ベース)
- Diomedea ((ディオメディア)) - formerly known as Studio Barcelona.
- Eiken (エイケン)
- Feel (フィール) - formed by ex-Pierrot employees.
- Studio Gainax (ガイナックス)
- Studio Ghibli (スタジオジブリ): Hayao Miyazaki's studio.
- GONZO (ゴンゾ)
- Happinet Pictures (株式会社ハピネット)
- JCStaff (ジェー・シー・スタッフ)
- Knack (ナック)
- Kyoto Animation (京都アニメーション): Established in 1981 as an outsourcing company.
- Madhouse (マッドハウス)
- Marine Entertainment (マリン・エンタテインメント)
- Mushi Productions (虫プロダクション)/Tezuka Productions (手塚プロダクション)
- Nippon Animation (日本アニメーション)
- P. A. Works (ピーエーワークス)
- Pony Canyon
- Studio Pierrot (ぴえろ)
- Production I.G (プロダクション・アイジー): Founded by Ex-Tatsunoko staff.
- Satelight (サテライト)
- Seven Arcs (セブン・アークス)
- Studio Shaft (シャフト)
- Shin-Ei Animation (シンエイ動画) - A spin-off from TMS.
- SILVER LINK. (シルバーリンク)
- Sunrise (サンライズ)
- Studio DEEN (スタジオディーン)
- Studio Khara (株式会社カラ) - Hideaki Anno's studio after he left Gainax.
- Studio Trigger (トリガー): - A newer studio founded by Ex-Gainax staff.
- Tatsunoko Production (竜の子プロダクション ): One of the older Japanese studios.
- TMS Entertainment (トムス・エンタテインメント)/Telecom Animation Film (テレコムアニメーションフィルム): One of the most (if not the most) famous and well-respected studio(s) in Japan.
- TNK
- ufotable (ユーフォーテーブル)
- White Fox
- ZEXCS
- 8bit
- Actas (アクタス)
- Animal Ya (あにまる屋)/Studio Comet (スタジオコメット)
- The Answer Studio (アンサー・スタジオ) - Founded by Motoyoshi Tokunaga after Walt Disney Animation Japan went out of business.
- APPP - a.k.a. Another Push Pin Planning (アナザープッシュピン・プランニング).
- Bridge (ブリッジ)
- C-Station (シーステイション) - Once a unit of Bee Train it has since split off. Mostly focusing on sub-contracting for other studios but is now getting into full animation production.
- David Production (デイヴィッドプロダクション )
- Dogakobo (動画工房)
- Gaina
- Hoods Entertainment (フッズエンタテインメント)
- Kinema Citrus (キネマシトラス)
- Lerche (ラルケ)
- Liden Films (ライデンフィルム)
- Magic Bus (マジックバス): A studio founded by Satoshi Dezaki (Osamu Dezaki's brother).
- MAPPA - Formed by former Madhouse staff.
- OLM Incorporated (オー・エル・エム)
- Ordet - Formed by ex-Kyoto Animation staff.
- Passione - Formed in 2011. Known for Rail Wars!, Haitai Nanafa, the fourth season of High School D×D and the 2020 remake of Higurashi: When They Cry.
- Polygon Pictures (ポリゴン・ピクチュアズ)
- REMIC
- Science SARU (サイエンスSARU)
- Studio 4°C (スタジオよんどしい)
- Studio Fantasia (スタジオ・ファンタジア)
- Studio Gallop (ぎゃろっぷ)
- Studio Gokumi (Studio五組) - Formed by former GONZO members.
- Studio Hibari (スタジオ雲雀)
- Studio Nue (スタジオぬえ)
- Studio Ponoc (スタジオポノック)
- Synergy SP (シナジーSP)
- TROYCA (トロイカ)
- TYO - A Japanese studio with ownership over Tsuburaya Productionsnote , Hal Film Maker and Yumeta Company. As of 2017, the animation department was acquired by Graphinica.
Major/notable sub-contractors:
- A-Line (エー・ライン)
- Ajia-Do/Asia-Do (亜細亜堂)
- Angle (アングル)
- Anime R/Anime Roman (アニメアール/アニメ浪漫)
- Asahi Production (旭プロダクション)
- asread (アスリード)
- Atelier Musa (アトリエムサ)
- Bibury Animation Studio (バイブリーアニメーションスタジオ)
- C2C
- Dragon Production (ドラゴンプロダクション)
- ENGI
- FAI International: Formerly Studio Junio.
- Graphinica (グラフィニカ)
- Imagica
- Jumondo (寿門堂)
- Kamikaze Douga (神風動画)
- Kino Production(きのプロダクション)
- Kusanagi (草薙)
- M.S.J. Musashino Production (MSJ武蔵野制作所)
- Nakamura Productions (中村プロダクション)
- Nexus
- Oh Production (オープロダクション)
- Q Tec (キュー・テック)
- RIC (リバース·イメージ·クリエイション)
- Sanzigen Animation Studio (サンジゲン)
- Seigasha (菁画舎)
- Shirogumi (白組)
- Studio Bihou (美峰)
- Studio Cosmos (スタジオコスモス)
- Studio Dub (スタジオダブ)
- Studio Easter (スタジオイースター)
- Studio Elle (スタジオエル)
- Studio Jack (スタジオじゃっく)
- Studio Live (スタジオ ライブ)
- Studio Mark (スタジオマーク)
- Studio Mu (スタジオムー)
- Studio Pastoral (スタジオパストラル)
- Studio Takuranke (スタジオたくらんけ)
- Studio Twinkle (スタジオトゥインクル)
- Sunshine Corporation/SCC (サンシャイン・コーポレーション)
- Takahashi Production/T2 Studio (高橋プロダクション/T2 スタジオ)
- Tokyo Laboratory
- Triple A
- Creator/Tripod (トライパッド) - A spiritual successor to T Nishimura.
- WaoWorld (ワオワールド)
- Wish
- Wombat (ウォンバット)
Others:
- Acca Effe
- ACCEL/Axel
- Ad Cosmo/Studio Cosmo
- Albion
- AMGA/IMG
- Anime Torotoro (アニメトロトロ)
- Anime Workshop Basara (アニメ工房婆娑羅)
- Anitus Kobe (アニタス神戸)
- Arcturus
- Asterism
- Asunaro Studio (あすなろスタジオ)
- Asura Film
- AZETA Pictures
- Azuhata Production
- Baku Productions
- Beat Frog
- Beep
- BeStack
- Big Owl
- Buyu
- Chiptune (チップチューン)
- CLC (aka CL Corporation)
- Code
- Core
- Creators in Pack (also has an Indonesian branch)
- C-Station
- Cube Emotion
- Dangun Pictures
- D-Motion
- DCI
- DEF.C
- Delta Peak Production
- Design Office MECHAMAN
- Digicrafts
- Eagle Nest
- Fan Out
- Gingaya
- GoHands
- Group ZEN (グループゼン)
- Hayashi (ハヤシ株式会社)
- Headworks
- I&S Factory
- ingresA
- Ishigaki Production (石垣プロダクション)
- Japan Vistec
- Jinbun
- Lightfoot
- Marvy Jack
- Meta Studio
- Mouse
- Ogura Kobo
- PEACE
- Peace & Kindness
- PRA
- Production AI (プロダクション・アイ)
- Raretrick (レアトリック)
- Rocket Vision
- Sanko Production (三晃プロダクション)
- Seethrough Studio (シースルースタジオ)
- Shogakukan Music And Digital Entertainment: Shogakukan's music publishing arm and CGI unit.
- Soratia
- Studio Add (スタジオアド)
- Studio Blanc
- Studio Boomerang (スタジオブーメラン)
- Studio Core: Also known as Studio COA.
- Studio Fuga (スタジオ風雅)
- Studio Gash (スタジオガッシュ)
- Studio Giants (スタジオジャイアンツ)
- Studio Gimlet (スタジオギムレット)
- Studio Izena
- Studio Kelmadick
- Studio Liberty (スタジオリバティ)
- Studio Lings
- Studio Myu (スタジオミュウ; AKA Studio μ)
- Studio Peacock (スタジオピーコック): Also just known as Peacock.
- Studio Ribla (スタジオりぶら)
- Studio Road (スタジオロード)
- Studio Victory (st.ビクトリー)
- Studio Who (スタジオ WHO)
- Studio Zaendou (スタジオ座円洞)
- Tanto
- Wafu Animation
- Xenron (also has a branch in Thailand)
- Yuhodo (遊歩堂)
- Armada TMT - A studio in Vietnam.
- Infinite Frameworks - A studio in Singapore, with a sister studio in Indonesia.
- Inspidea - A studio in Malaysia.
- Oktobor Animation - A studio in New Zealand which has mostly worked on Nick's CGI series.
- Pitchi Poy - A studio in Israel.
- Scrawl Studios - A studio in Singapore.
- Sparky Animation Studio - A studio in Singapore.
- Studio Paek-ho - A studio in North Korea.
- Sao Sang
- A studio in Vietnam.
- Nam Hai Art
- A studio in Vietnam
- SEK Studio - A studio in North Korea that mostly does contract work for South Korean studios, which said studios get their contracts from the United States. The studio has also done shows for Europe as well.
- Vision Animation - Based in Malaysia.
North American:
- 4-Ward Productions
- Animation Associates - Worked on Q.T. Hush and nothing more.
- Animation Collective
- Apogee Productions - Also made Sewer Shark.
- Arc Productions - Absorbed into Jam Filled Entertainment.
- Asylum Visual Effects
- Atkinson Film-Arts - Canadian animation studio.
- Available Light Productions
- Boss Film Studios
- Cafe FX
- Canuck Creations
- Carbunkle Cartoons
- Character Builders - An animation studio owned by Bone creator Jeff Smith
- Cinema Research
- Cinesite's American branch.
- Columbia Cartoons
- Cookie Jar Entertainment - Absorbed into DHX Media (now WildBrain).
- C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures - A Canadian visual effects studio co-founded by William Shatner (we are not making this up).
- De Patie Freleng Enterprises
- DiC Entertainment - Absorbed into DHX Media (now WildBrain).
- DNA Productions
- Dream Quest Images - Best known for National Lampoon's Vacation and being bought out by Disney
- Encore Cartoons - Worked on 3 episodes of Tiny Toon Adventures and nothing more.
- Famous Studios
- Fantasy II Film Effects
- Filmation
- Fleischer Studios
- Fred Calvert Productions
- Funbag Animation
- The Howard Anderson Company
- Illusion Arts - Best known for their contributions in the Star Trek franchise.
- Imagi Animation Studios
- Light Matters Inc/Pixel Envy
- LOOK Effects
- Manex Visual Effects - Formerly known as Mass Illusions.
- Matte World Digital
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Animation
- Metrolight Studios
- Natterjack Animation - A studio in Canada.
- Nerd Corps Entertainment - Absorbed into DHX Media (now WildBrain).
- Nitrogen - Rebranded into Cinesite Vancouver
- The Orphanage
- Pacific Title
- The Post Group
- R/Greenberg Associates - Left the film industry in the mid-1990s, currently known as R/GA Media, Inc.
- Rainmaker Entertainment - The original Mainframe Entertainment incarnation; Still exists in its present day form as Rainmaker.
- Rankin/Bass Productions
- Red Apple Group - Worked on 2 episodes of Peter Pan & the Pirates and nothing more.
- Ruby-Spears
- Santa Barbera Studios - Famous for Star Trek, infamous for An American Werewolf in Paris.
- Soup2Nuts - Responsible for Home Movies, WordGirl, and O'Grady, among many others.
- Spumco
- StarToons - Its last work was in 2000.
- Studio B Productions - Absorbed into DHX Media (now WildBrain).
- Terrytoons
- Toon Us In
- Total Television
- Van Beuren Studios
- Video House Inc. - Worked on made-for-TV Out of the Inkwell shorts and nothing more.
- VIFX
- VisionArt
- Visual Concept Engineering
- Will Vinton Studios - Became Laika.
- XAM! Productions
Asian - Non-South Korean or Japanese:
- Animasia - A studio in Singapore. Did Magic Adventures of Mumfie, the first season of Chucklewood Critters, and the intro to The Wacky World of Tex Avery.
- Animation Studio Taishan - A studio in China who's mainly done some very obscure European cartoons, one of them being Blanche.
- Anitime - A studio in Taiwan that did a few episodes of ¡Mucha Lucha! and uncredited work on many other shows.
- Bang On Animation - Merged into Tycoon Animation.
- Banyu Bening Studio
- Chinese Cartoon Production Co., Ltd. - A studio in Taiwan.
- Crest Animation Productions - Headquartered in America but has a Unit in India.
- DOT Production
- Far Eastern - A studio in Taiwan.
- Form Toonworks Manila
- Fil-Cartoons - A studio in The Philippines that's best known for working with Hanna-Barbera during The '90s, and working on the first season of Ren & Stimpy. Its last work was on Fairy Tale Police Department in 2002.
- Gabah Studio Yogayakarta - A studio in Indonesia. Worked on Ali Baba & the Gold Raiders and seemingly not much else.
- Island Animation - A studio in The Philippines. Hasn't worked on a production since 1992.
- Jade Animation - A studio in China. Hasn't worked on a production since 2009.
- Jadooworks - A studio in India. Worked on ¡Mucha Lucha! and Higglytown Heroes.
- Kennedy Cartoons - Based in Canada, but the studio has a unit in the The Philippines as well. Its last work under its old name was in 1997. It is now known as Kennedy Animation.
- Morning Sun - A studio in China. Hasn't worked on a production since 2002.
- Moving Images International - Sort of a precursor to Toon City, sharing many of the same staff members. Went down in the late '90s.
- New Dawn Studios - A studio in The Philippines. Worked on Hoze Houndz, Simsala Grimm, and a few other shows. Last credits listed are well over a decade ago.
- One Shot Pro - A studio in The Philippines, operated by Glen Kennedy. Seemingly, its only credits were for Hoze Houndz.
- Optifex - Based in the Philippines. Mostly worked on Hanna-Barbera series, uncredited.
- Pacific Rim Animation - A studio in China, with a sister studio in the Philippines. Hasn't been credited on a show since 1995.
- Pan Sang East Co.
- PT Asiana Wang - A division of Wang Film Productions based in Indonesia. It worked on the second season of Chucklewood Critters, and apparently did uncredited work on Doraemon, Sailor Moon, and Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures, according to this article.
- Rainbow Animation - See Rainbow Group below.
- Rash Animation Production - A studio in Iran.
- SMEC Media and Entertainment - Based in Taiwan. Last activity was in 2005.
- Thai Wang Film Productions - A division of Wang Film Productions based in Thailand. Hasn't worked on a show since 2003.
- Tradewinds - Based in The Philippines. Last work was in 2002.
- Wissta Animation Team
South Korean:
- A-1 Productions - Hasn't been credited on a show since 1995.
- A.C. Productions - Worked on the sixth season of The Real Ghostbusters with Sei Young. Something of a precursor to Plus One Animation, since Choon Man Lee was an animation director there.
- A.D. Productions - Worked on the first season of Wild West COW Boys Of Moo Mesa, with no other credits to its name.
- Amisong Production - Mostly worked on direct-to-video features based on fairy tales, but also worked on James Bond Jr. and King Arthur & the Knights of Justice.
- Andre Lee Productions / Neurones Coree
- Anima Sam Won - Last activity was in the late '90s.
- Animagic Studio - Worked on The Ripping Friends, Roboroach, and a few Pausoka series.
- Animax Enterprise
- Anirom Films - Worked on Bureau of Alien Detectors with Big Star.
- Anitec Animation Production - Worked on Red Planet with Sunwoo Animation.
- Anivision & Grimsaem - Both absorbed into Sunwoo.
- Bon Art: Defunct since the early '90s.
- C-Ne Group: An obscure studio whose only work appears to be the Thugaboo TV specials.
- Chaung Sul Media - An obscure company whose only work seems to be seasons 3 and 4 of Cyberchase.
- Click Ani
- Da Vinci Animation - Worked on Mr. Bogus, Widget the World Watcher and The Legend of Korra.
- Dinosaur Animation Production - Worked on Denver the Last Dinosaur, Mr. Bogus, Fairy Pink and Widget the World Watcher.
- Dong-Seo - The Spiritual Predecessor to Hanho Heung-Up.
- Enemes
- GIMC - aka Gangwon Information and Multimedia Corporation; worked on Danger Rangers and several anime titles such as Glass Fleet and Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS during the mid-late 2000s.
- Hahn Shin Corporation - Hasn't been credited on a production since 2004.
- Hana Animation - Sort of a spin-off of Sunwoo Entertainment (it featured many of the same staff members).
- Han Yang
- Heewon Entertainment
- Holy Viva - Worked on the first episode of Vytor: The Starfire Champion and nothing more.
- Hyun Young - Hasn't been credited on a production since 2007.
- Interior Designers
- Ji-Reh Animation - Hasn't been credited on a show since 2002.
- Koko Enterprises/Dong Yang: South Korean studios owned by TMS Entertainment, mostly known for working for Bruce Timm on the DCAU. It is listed here because the studio hasn't been credited for anything since 2005.
- K-Land Animation Production
- KBS Media Enterprises - Worked on Widget the World Watcher.
- KMC Films - Worked on Free For All, Nine Dog Christmas, and The Legend of the Three Trees, and did layouts for a few The Oblongs episodes.
- KP Animation
- Luk Film - Infamous for making black and white cartoons into color back in the 60's; the studio also did the ink and pant for Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings and StarToons's "Henny Youngman Day".
- Mi-Hahn Productions
- Mirinae Production - Worked on Denver the Last Dinosaur.
- MOI Animation
- My Plan - Possibly an off-shoot of Toon Us In (see article).
- New Millennium - Worked on Spawn, Mission Hill and Godzilla: The Series.
- New Vision International - Worked on the second season of The Mask, a few episodes of Jumanji, and The Kids From Room 402.
- Nightstorm Media - Worked on Wunschpunsch with AKOM and Jason & the Heroes of Mount Olympus.
- Noxxon Enterprise - Was briefly busy with Wolverine and the X-Men, Marvel Super Hero Squad, and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes!, but seemingly hasn't worked on anything since then.
- P&A Animation Production - Seemingly only worked on Extreme Dinosaurs.
- Plus One Animation - Mostly known for working for Mike Judge's shows, but also a client for Disney during the late '90s. Hasn't been credited on a show since 2011.
- Point Animation - Worked on DiC shows. Hasn't been credited since 2001.
- Rainbow Group - Also has a unit in China (Rainbow Animation) and The Philippines. Became Galaxy World, which itself hasn't been credited on a show since the early 2000s.
- RG Prince Films - Hasn't been credited on a production since the mid-2000s.
- Sae Hahn Productions - Hasn't been credited on a show since 2007.
- Samil Animation - Hasn't been credited on a show since 1997.
- Sam Young Animation - Hasn't been credited on a production since 1989.
- San Ho Studio - Responsible for the infamous "yashigani" episode of Lost Universe. Also worked on Trigun.
- Sei Young - Mostly known for the first two Super Mario Bros. cartoons. Became Animagic Studio.
- SEM Animation - Worked on Sky Dancers, Creepy Crawlers (season 2), and X-Men.
- Seoul Movie: Like Koko Enterprises, Dong Yang and Mizo Planning, Seoul Movie is another Korean Studio owned by TMS.
- Starburst Animation - Mostly known for Kim Possible. Hasn't been credited on a show since 2007.
- Steven Hahn Productions - Last work was in 1992.
- Studio Tae Sang - Worked on Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Little Dracula, and Peter Pan & the Pirates before folding.
- Take One - A studio founded by Jerry Smith, who also founded Fil-Cartoons. Folded into Hyun Young.
- Team's Art
- Toon Town Animation - Worked on Baby Looney Tunes and did some uncredited layouts for other shows.
- Toonzone Entertainment - Only worked on ChalkZone, The Simpsons and King of the Hill from 2002-2003.
- Um
- Woo Nam Animation - Worked on Stunt Dawgs and The Hurricanes.
- Y.R. Studio - Hasn't been credited on a show since 2003.
- Yoon Sang
- Young Woo Production - Hasn't been credited on a production since 2000.
Japanese:
- ACC Production
- Animation 21
- Anime Friend
- Anime Spot - Asorbed into Studio Elle in 2012.
- Araki Productions
- Artland
- Aubec
- Bebow
- Bee Train - Once a unit of Production I.G but has split off.
- Canvas Inc. - Did the openings for Super Mario World and ProStars, and a few episodes of Real Story Of....
- DAST Corparation - also known as Dust.
- Daume
- Decoloco
- Dream Force
- E&G Films - Originally known as Easy World Pro.
- EIV Pro - Worked on Burn Up!.
- EMUAI - Succeeded by Wish.
- Frontier Enterprises - A Tokyo-based English-dubbing house.
- Frontline - Several of its staff would go on to form SILVER LINK..
- Green Box
- Green Bunny: No productions since 2006.
- Group TAC - Mostly known for Tama and Friends and Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie.
- Hal Film Maker - Became TYO in 2009.
- Hoso Doga Seisaku
- Japan Tele-Cartoons: Currently known as "Fuji TV Enterprise".
- Jec.E - Became Studio Elle's animation department in 2005.
- Jin Productions
- J.O. Studio: Later renamed "Toho Eiga Kyoto Satsueijo".
- Kamenari World - Worked on Burn Up!.
- Kaname Productions
- Kitahara Production
- Kitty Films: Established in 1972 and best known for Ranma ½. Not technically defunct, but majorly shifted gears in the 2000s to become a talent agency.
- KK C&D Asia - Founded by Tetsuo Katayama and Shigeru Akagawa after they left TMS, the studio is mostly known for The Real Ghostbusters
- Kobayashi Production
- KSS
- Maki Pro
- Manglobe - Filed for bankruptcy on September 30, 2015.
- Märchen-Sha
- Marcus
- Min Pro - Worked on Burn Up!.
- Miyuki Production
- MOE: Hasn't been credited on a series since 2005.
- Mook DLE
- Movie International Co.Ltd.
- Nihon Manga Film Kenkyu-jo
- Nippon TV Doga
- Otogi Productions
- Pacific Animation Corporation: Sometimes known as Pacific Animation Company, the studio is mostly known for Thunder Cats and SilverHawks. They were shortly bought by Disney and became Walt Disney Animation Japan and was mostly ran by Ex-Sanrio and TMS staff members. There is also another studio with the same name in Japan as well.
- Pastel - Owned by OB Planning.
- Picture Magic
- Po10tial: Was a unit of TMS, worked on Lupin II The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, merged with Telecom Animation Film in 2013 and has since worked on ZX Ignition and episode 2 of Space Dandy for Bones after the merger.
- P Productions
- Production IMS - Formed by ex-AIC staff.
- Public & Basic
- Radix - Known for Kikaider.
- Sanrio Animation: At one point, Sanrio had a animation studio that made art films, but went out of business in the mid 80's
- Shochiku Doga Kenkyujo: Formerly known as "Shochiku Kamata Satsueijo".
- Spectrum Animation - A studio founded by Ex-TMS staff members. Its most well-known project was some episodes of Batman: The Animated Series.
- Studio Bogey
- Studio Cockpit - Shut down in 2016, exists in name only.
- Studio G 1 Neo: Formerly Studio G1, Masami Obari's former studio.
- Studio Galapagos
- Studio Junio - Became FAI International
- Studio Jungle Gym
- Studio Kikan
- Studio Korumi - Hasn't been credited since 1996.
- Studio Kuma - Shut down in 2017 after the death of its founder.
- Studio Line
- Studio Look
- Studio Matrix
- Studio MIN
- Studio PIA
- Studio Rong
- Studio Take One (aka Studio Take)
- Studio Wanpack - Ceased operations with the founder and CEO's passing.
- Studio Wood
- Studio Zero
- T Nishimura
- Tama Productions/drop - Tama shut down in 2011 due to bankruptcy, drop would follow suit in 2018.
- Teleimage
- Telescreen Japan - Telescreen's former Japanese unit.
- Tokyo Kids
- Topcraft - Rankin/Bass's unit in Japan, the studio also did Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
- Trans Arts - A company known mainly by being a support studio and The Prince of Tennis.
- Triangle Staff: Best known for Serial Experiments Lain.
- Trinet Entertainment
- Tsuchida Production
- Viewworks
- Visual 80
- Wako Pro
- Walt Disney Animation Japan - Folded in 2004. Many of its employees formed The Answer Studio.
- Xebec - Sold off to Sunrise.
- Youmex
European
- Anima 3 GmbH - Based in Germany. Worked on The Ketchup Vampires & Little Monsters: The Adventures of Koby & the Oakey Dokeys and nothing more.
- Alfonso Productions S.A. - Based in Spain and mostly known for Count Duckula. Last credit was in 2001.
- Borisfen-Lutece - An animation studio in the Ukraine. May still be active, but its website is offline.
- The Computer Film Company - A British firm that was later bought out, then absorbed by Framestore.
- Estudios Filman - Based in Spain.
- Estudios Moro - Based in Spain.
- ICA - Based in Hungary. Worked on The Ketchup Vampires and Carland Cross.
- Milimetros Dibujos Animados S.A. - Based in Spain. Mostly worked for DiC Entertainment and MGM Animation.
- Studio 100 - Based in Belgium. Worked on Samson En Gert, Kabouter Plop, and the 2012 Maya the Bee reboot.
- Varga Studio - Based in Hungary. Did animation for Baby Blues, one short of Animaniacs, and many other shows.
- Walt Disney Animation France - Folded in 2003.
- Walt Disney Animation U.K. - Worked on a few episodes of TaleSpin.
Oceanian (excluding Indonesia):
- Animation Works - An Australian studio that worked on The Silver Brumby and Dogstar.
- Freelance Animators New Zealand - A studio in New Zealand.
- Mr. Big Cartoons - A studio in Australia that worked on various Hanna-Barbera shows, as well as several Games Animation episodes of The Ren & Stimpy Show.
- Project X Animation - Based in New Zealand.
- Slightly Off Beat Productions - Based in New Zealand.
- Toonz Animation - Based in New Zealand. Worked on Timon & Pumbaa, Quack Pack, and The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show (with Wang Film Productions), among other projects.
- Walt Disney Animation Australia - Folded in 2006.
Other:
- Anima Studios - An animation studio in Israel. It did the Sniz & Fondue short "A Toxic Tail" and the 1998 version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame for Mondo TV.
- Chile Animación - Worked on What's with Andy? and The Kids From Room 402, and did additional animation on Chile's first animated film, Ogu and Mampato in Rapa Nui.
- Denge Animation - Based in Turkey. Worked on Baydog and Albert sagt... Natur - aber nur!.
- Eastman Kodak: Yes, the camera company. Also owned Cinesite until 2012.
- Gamma Productions S.A. de C.V. - A studio in Mexico. Worked on Rocky and Bullwinkle.
- Guimaraes Productions - Based in Brazil. Worked on four of the Disney Afternoon shows (Gummi Bears, Goof Troop, Bonkers, Aladdin) before closing.
- Jamie Diaz Productions - Based in Argentina. Worked on Fish Police, one episode of Aladdin: The Series ("Snowman is an Island"), one episode of Timon & Pumbaa ("Can't Take a Yolk"), and did storyboards for Capitol Critters, among a few other projects. Hasn't been active since 1996.
- Rabbit Ears Productions
- Animeigo (Rarely distributes anime anymore)
- Anime Limited
- Anime Network
- Aniplex USA
- Crunchyroll
- Discotek Media
- Funimation
- GKIDS (primarily releases anime films, although they also distribute several other international animated films as well)
- Madman Entertainment (though anime is just one out of many genres that they distribute)
- Manga Entertainment
- Media Blasters
- NIS America
- The Ocean Group (A Canadian dubbing company)
- Ponycan USA (Pony Canyon's U.S. distributor)
- Right Stuf:
- Section 23 Films (Distributor of former ADV Films properties and new stuff)
- A Esir Holdings (Owns library formerly held by ADV Films)
- Sentai Filmworks (Licenses and releases new anime for broadcast by the Anime Network and media sold by Section 23 Films).
- Switchblade Pictures (Licenses new Asian live-action drama for broadcast by the Anime Network and media sold by Section 23 Films).
- VIZ Media
Defunct or no longer distributing anime
- 4Kids Entertainment (Shut down all but their licensing units after bankruptcy; certain properties split between Konami and Saban Brands)
- 4Licensing Corporation (The Spiritual Successor to 4Kids Entertainment. Later shut down also due to bankruptcy)
- ADV Films (split into separate companies: Section 23 Films, AEsir Holdings, The Anime Network, and Seraphim Digital Studios)
- American National Enterprises (Among other films, distributed several anime, including a bunch of Frontier Enterprises English dubs)
- Bandai Entertainment
- Central Park Media
- Crimson Star Media (Only licensed Looking Up at the Half-Moon and nothing more.)
- Geneon
- Kidpix
- Kiseki Films
- Star Anime Enterprises (Only licensed Dragon League & Homeroom Affairs and nothing more.)
- Streamline Pictures
- Synch-Point
- Tokyopop (Used to distribute anime, but only distributes manga today- Gone completely.)
- US Renditions
- Actors Equity (union for actors and stage managers in the U.S.}
- Bollywood (the film industry in India)
- Equity (British actors' union)
- History of Hollywood
- Nollywood (the film industry in Nigeria)
- Unions In Hollywood
- Vivendi (French mass media conglomerate)
See also Vanity Plate.