JAM Media
{{Short description|Animation studio based in Dublin, Ireland}}
{{Infobox company
| logo =
| industry = Animation
| founded = 2002
| divisions = JAM Media Dublin
JAM Media Belfast
| website = {{url|http://www.jammedia.com/}}
}}
JAM Media is an Irish animation studio based in Dublin, Ireland with production facilities in Belfast, UK.{{Cite web |title=JAM Media opens a service division |url=https://kidscreen.com/2024/01/03/jam-media-opens-a-service-division/ |access-date=2024-08-10}}{{Cite news |date=2013-03-13 |title=Jam Media set to create up to 40 new jobs in Belfast |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-21766953 |access-date=2024-08-10 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}} They are best known for creating the children's television series Roy (TV series) for CBBC, and Becca's Bunch for Nick Jr.
History
Jam was founded in 2002 by animator friends Mark Cumberton, John Rice and Alan Shannon in Dublin.{{Cite web |title=JAM Media |url=https://animationireland.com/studios/jam-media/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Animation Ireland |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2006-04-18 |title=Spreading the Jam . . . kids' TV goes global |url=https://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/spreading-the-jam-kids-tv-goes-global/26390114.html |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Irish Independent |language=en}}
In 2013 they opened a second studio in Belfast, Northern Ireland{{Cite news |date=2013-03-13 |title=Jam Media set to create up to 40 new jobs in Belfast |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-21766953 |access-date=2024-08-11 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}} to help produce their own shows. In 2024 the Belfast studio also became the base of their services division, offering animation services to third parties.
Productions
= Animated Series =
= Feature Film =
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!Film Name !Year !Co-production with !Notes |
| A Greyhound of a Girl{{Cite web |title=A Greyhound of a Girl by italian director Enzo D'Alò at Berlinale - Animation World |url=https://www.animationworld.net/indexamp.php?what=news&id=6639 |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=www.animationworld.net}}{{Cite web |date=2023-02-08 |title=Irish animation film to screen at Berlin Film Festival |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2023/0208/1354471-irish-animation-film-to-screen-at-berlin-film-festival/ |website=RTÉ.ie}}
|2023 |Fabrique d'images |An animated adaption of the book written by Roddy Doyle |
= Short Films =
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|+ !Short Film Name !Year !Co-production with !Notes |
| Badly Drawn Roy{{Cite web |date=2020-03-24 |title=Watch: Badly Drawn Roy - the short film that inspired the TV show |url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2020/0324/1125016-watch-badly-drawn-roy-the-short-film-that-inspired-the-tv-show/ |website=RTÉ.ie}}
|2006 | | |
| The Wiremen{{Cite web |title=The Wiremen |url=https://www.screenireland.ie/directory/view/9054/the-wiremen |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=Screen Ireland |language=en}}
|2018 | |Winner of the James Horgan Award for Best Animation at the Galway Film Fleadh 2018 |
| Featherweight
|2019 | | |
| The Voyage
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| Candlelight
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| Worry World
|2024 | |Winner of the James Horgan Award for Best Animation at the Galway Film Fleadh 2024 |