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ShadowMachine
IndustryAnimation
Founded1999; 24 years ago (1999)
FoundersAlex Bulkley
Corey Campodonico
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
Number of locations
2
Products
Websitewww.shadowmachine.com

ShadowMachine is an American animation studio and production company for 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 and Titan Maximum for Cartoon Network’s 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]

Films

Release date Film Director Co-producers Distributor
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!, The Jim Henson Company and Taller del Chucho Netflix
TBA The Buried Giant[4] Guillermo del Toro Netflix Animation
Miss Camel[5] Haifaa Al-Mansour N/A N/A

Television

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
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 and Ralph Ducek Ducek Television YouTube Premium
2018–2020 The Shivering Truth[6] Vernon Chatman PFFR and Williams Street Adult Swim
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)
2019 Human Discoveries Chris Bruno and David Lee Ninjas Runnin' Wild and Kirk J. Rudell Productions Facebook Watch
2021–present Ten Year Old Tom Steve Dildarian Work Friends LLC, Tomorrow Studios and Insane Loon Productions HBO Max
2022 The Afterparty (episode 6) Christopher Miller Lord Miller Productions, Sony Pictures Television Studios and TriStar Television Apple TV+
2022–present Little Demon[7] Darcy Fowler, Seth Kirschner and Kieran Valla Jersey 2nd Avenue, Evil Hag Productions, Harmonious Claptrap, Atomic Cartoons and FXP FXX
2023 Clone High[8] Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Bill Lawrence Doozer, Lord Miller Productions and MTV Entertainment Studios HBO Max
TBA Chuck Deuce[9] Dan Harmon Harmonious Claptrap and Williams Street Adult Swim
Galaga Chronicles[10] Roberto Orci Bandai Namco Entertainment and The Nuttery Entertainment N/A
Praise Petey[11] Anna Drezen 20th Television Animation and Bandera Entertainment Freeform
Strange Planet[12] Dan Harmon and Nathan W. Pyle Harmonious Claptrap and Apple Studios Apple TV+

Specials

Release date Special Co-producers Network
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
November 26, 2021 5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas Electric Hot Dog and Universal Television NBC

Music videos

Year Song Artists Label
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

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

Awards

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.

Year Award Category Winner
2006 Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Sarah E. Meyer - Robot Chicken: Easter Chicken
2007 Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Thomas Smith - Robot Chicken: Lust For Puppets
Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Sihanouk Mariona - Moral Orel: The Lord's Prayer
2008 Annie Outstanding Character Animation In a TV Production Eric Towner - Robot Chicken
Annie Best Directing in an Animated Television Production Seth Green - Robot Chicken: Star Wars
2009 Annie Best Voice Acting In a TV Production Ahmed Best - Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
Annie Best Writing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
Annie Best Animated Television Production Robot Chicken: Star Wars
Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Savelen Forrest - Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Elizabeth Harvatine - Moral Orel: Sacrifice
2010 Annie Best Animated Short Subject Robot Chicken: Star Wars
Emmy Outstanding Costumes for a Variety/Music Program or a Special Jeanette Moffat - Titan Maximum: Went to Party, Got Crabs
Emmy Outstanding Short Form Animated Program Robot Chicken: Full-Assed Christmas Special
2016 Critics' Choice Best Animation Series BoJack Horseman
2022 Golden Globes Best Animated Feature Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

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