2. Aardman Animations Ltd. - UK
- Founded by Peter Lord, David Sproxton, Nick Park
The company was established in 1972 in Bristol. Aardman has won four
Oscars, and over the past 40 years has established itself as a world leader
in model animation. Aardman is a fully integrated company, with successful
TV, commercials and digital divisions too. Films: Chicken Run, Wallace and
Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Flushed Away, Arthur
Christmas, The Pirates
3. Walt Disney Studios - Public - USA
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, is an American
diversified multinational mass media corporation headquartered in Walt
Disney Studios, Burbank, California. It is the largest media conglomerate in
the world in terms of revenue. Disney was founded on October 16, 1923,
by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, and
established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before
diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking
on its current name in 1986, it expanded its existing operations and also
started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, music, publishing, and online
media. In addition, Disney has created new divisions of the company in
order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its
flagship family-oriented brands.
Films: `Snow White, Cinderella, Monsters University, Frozen.
4. Cactus TV – Independent
Company
Cactus TV is an English based independent television show and production
company that Specialises in broad based entertainment, features and chat
shows. Since the company's inception in 1994, Cactus has produced 41
distinct titles in the UK, for 10 different channels.
Shows: Richard and Judy, Saturday Kitchen, The Munch Box, The British
Soap Awards
5. Bwark Productions Ltd –
Independent Company
Bwark Productions is a London based comedy producer founded in 2004 by
two former Channel 4 commissioning editors – Iain Morris and Damon
Beesley. Bwark is best known in the UK for its hit E4 comedy series The
Inbetweeners. The third series drew a record audience in October 2010
(both for E4 and 4OD) and The Inbetweeners movie premiered in the UK in
August 2012 before going on UK and international release. Bwark has also
enjoyed success with television series Free Agents (Channel
Four), Angelo’s (Five), and The Persuasionists (BBC2). Zodiak acquired
Bwark in July 2011, making it the first acquisition since the formation of
Zodiak Media. The Managing Director is Mark Lesbirel.
6. Universal Studios - Subsidiary
Universal Studios Inc. (also known as Universal Pictures), is an American motion
picture studio, owned by Comcast through its wholly owned subsidiary NBC
Universal, and is one of the six major movie studios. Its production studios are
at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California. Distribution and
other corporate offices are in New York City.
Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann,
Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, and Jules Brulatour,
it is the oldest movie studio in the United States of America.
Films: The Road To El Dorado, Gladiator, Shreck, Big Fat Liar
