ShadowMachine
American animation studio and production company
ShadowMachine Logo used from 2007 to 2015
Industry Animation Founded 1999; 25 years ago (1999 ) Founders Alex Bulkley Corey CampodonicoHeadquarters , U.S.
Number of locations
2 Products Films Television series Specials Commercials Music videos Website www .shadowmachine .com
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]
Filmography
Films
Television series
Year
Series
Creator(s)
Co-producers
Network
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
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–present
Clone High (season 2–present)[ 11]
Phil Lord , Christopher Miller and Bill Lawrence
Doozer , Lord Miller Productions and MTV Entertainment Studios
Max
Strange Planet [ 12]
Dan Harmon and Nathan W. Pyle
Mercury Filmworks , Harmonious Claptrap, Nathan W Pyle and Apple Studios
Apple TV+
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
TBA
Galaga Chronicles [ 14]
Roberto Orci
Bandai Namco Entertainment and The Nuttery Entertainment
N/A
Milepost 88 [ 15]
Mark Gustafson
N/A
Specials
Music videos
Advertising
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
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
Pinto Promos for Fuel TV [ 16]
Hallmark eCards (Can't Touch This) [ 17]
Happy Honda Days Shorts for Honda [ 18] with Secret Weapon (2012)
Snow White for Disney [ 19]
Lake Nona for GE [ 20] with BBH L.A
Verrado for Cecillian Worldwide [ 21]
Boost Mobile Don't Data & Drive for Boost Mobile [ 22] with 180LA
ENOS for Comedy Central Super Bowl Special [ 23]
Pinto for Fuel TV [ 24]
Happy Honda Days Shorts for Honda [ 25] with Secret Weapon (2013)
Red Velvet Oreo for Nabisco [ 26] with 360i
Director/Producer: Jed Hathaway
Glide for Oral-B [ 27] with Publicis
Farmers for Farmer’s Insurance [ 28] with RPA
Centaur and the Late Night Munchie Meal for Jack In The Box [ 29] with Secret Weapon
Fire House Subs for Fire House Subs [ 30] with 360i (New York)
Director/Producer: Jed Hathaway
Happy Honda Days Shorts for Honda [ 31] with Secret Weapon (2014)
The Work Revolution for Freelancer’s Union [ 32]
Boost Mobile ZTE Warp Sync for Boost Mobile [ 33] with 180LA
Omakase for Cartoon Network/Adult Swim [ 34] with Cutaway Creative
Smores Oreo for Nabisco [ 35] with 360i
Director/Producer: Jed Hathaway
Happy Honda Days Shorts for Honda [ 36] with Secret Weapon (2015)
Subway for Subway [ 37] with 360i (New York)
Oreo for Nabisco [ 38] with 360i
Red Nose for Walgreens and BuzzFeed [ 39]
Trolls for M.A.C. [ 40]
A Christmas Carol for NBC Sports - SNF [ 41]
Nissan Star Wars [ 42]
Go Deeper for Newport Beach Film Festival [ 43]
Awards and nominations
Film
Television
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.
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^ "Farmers for Farmer's Insurance" . Archived from the original on 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2017-07-13 .
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^ "Boost Mobile ZTE Warp Sync for Boost Mobile" . 11 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2017-07-13 .
^ "Omakase for Cartoon Network/Adult Swim" . 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2017-07-13 .
^ "Smores Oreo for Nabisco" . 26 May 2015. Archived from the original on 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2017-07-13 .
^ "Happy Honda Days Shorts for Honda" . 12 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2017-07-13 .
^ "Subway for Subway" . 3 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2022-03-15. Retrieved 2017-07-13 .
^ "Oreo for Nabisco" . 3 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2022-03-15. Retrieved 2017-07-13 .
^ "Red Nose for Walgreens and BuzzFeed" . 21 April 2017. Archived from the original on 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2017-07-13 .
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^ "Nissan Star Wars" . 18 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2017-07-13 .
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