ShadowMachine
{{Short description|American animation studio and production company}}
{{More citations needed|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox company
| name = ShadowMachine
| logo = ShadowMachineLogo.jpg
| logo_caption = Logo used from 2007 to 2015
| industry = Animation
| genre =
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1999}}
| defunct =
| founders = Alex Bulkley
Corey Campodonico
| location_city = Los Angeles, California
| num_locations = 2
| location_country = U.S.
| products = {{ubl|Films|Television series|Specials|Commercials|Music videos}}
| website = {{URL|https://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.{{cite web|last1=Lubin|first1=Gus|title=How A Comedian With No Experience Got Such Huge Names To Join 'BoJack Horseman'|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/bojack-horseman-development-2014-10|website=Business Insider|access-date=February 13, 2018|language=en|date=October 3, 2014|archive-date=February 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213195200/http://www.businessinsider.com/bojack-horseman-development-2014-10|url-status=live}}
Filmography
= Films =
= Television series =
= Specials =
| class="wikitable" |
| style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! style="width:10%;"|Release date ! Special ! Co-producers ! Network |
| June 17, 2007
| rowspan="3" | Lucasfilm, Stoopid Monkey, Williams Street and Sony Pictures Digital | rowspan="3" | Adult Swim |
| November 16, 2008 |
| December 19, 2010 |
| December 19, 2014
| BoJack Horseman: Sabrina's Christmas Wish | The Tornante Company and Boxer vs. Raptor | Netflix |
| May 13, 2018
| Chuck Deuce | (failed pilot) |
| November 26, 2021
| 5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas | Electric Hot Dog and Universal Television | NBC |
= Music videos =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Song !Artists !Label |
| 2000
|Last Time |Downer |
| 2011
|rowspan="2" | Jane's Addiction |rowspan="2" | Capitol Records |
| 2011 |
| 2011
|Korn |
| 2012
|Put the Gun Down |
| 2014
|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.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Year
! Category ! Company ! Advertisement ! Agency ! Director |
|---|
| align="left"|2011
|align="center"|Online |Farmers Insurance | align="left" |“Meet the Wongs” |RPA | align="center" |Jed Hathaway |
| align="left"|2011
|align="center"|Online |Farmers Insurance | align="left" |“The Cat Burglar” |RPA | align="center" |Jed Hathaway |
| align="left"|2011
|align="center"|Online |Farmers Insurance | align="left" |“Dude of Hazards” |RPA | align="center" |Jed Hathaway |
| align="left"|2011
|align="center"|Online |Farmers Insurance | align="left" |“Le Petite Disastre” |RPA | align="center" |Jed Hathaway |
- Pinto Promos for Fuel TV{{Cite web |url=http://www.shadowmachine.com/#/projects/commercials/pinto_promos |title=Pinto Promos for Fuel TV |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2017-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719192627/http://www.shadowmachine.com/#/projects/commercials/pinto_promos |url-status=live }}
- Hallmark eCards (Can't Touch This){{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/91568702 |title=Hallmark eCards (Can't Touch This) |date=9 April 2014 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2023-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308220003/https://vimeo.com/91568702 |url-status=live }}
- Director: Rohitash Rao
- Happy Honda Days Shorts for Honda{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/53541256 |title=Happy Honda Days Shorts for Honda |date=14 November 2012 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2014-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603090103/http://vimeo.com/53541256 |url-status=live }} with Secret Weapon (2012)
- Director: Jed Hathaway
- Snow White for Disney{{Cite web |url=http://www.shadowmachine.com/#/projects/commercials/snow_white_princess |title=Snow White for Disney |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2017-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719192627/http://www.shadowmachine.com/#/projects/commercials/snow_white_princess |url-status=live }}
- Lake Nona for GE{{Cite web |url=http://www.shadowmachine.com/#/projects/commercials/ge_lakenona |title=Lake Nona for GE |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2017-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719192627/http://www.shadowmachine.com/#/projects/commercials/ge_lakenona |url-status=live }} with BBH L.A
- Verrado for Cecillian Worldwide{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/84262730 |title=Verrado for Cecillian Worldwide |date=15 January 2014 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2023-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308215954/https://vimeo.com/84262730 |url-status=live }}
- Director: Rohitash Rao
- Boost Mobile Don't Data & Drive for Boost Mobile{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/127322074 |title=Boost Mobile Don't Data & Drive for Boost Mobile |date=8 May 2015 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2023-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308215921/https://vimeo.com/127322074 |url-status=live }} with 180LA
- Director: Rohitash Rao
- ENOS for Comedy Central Super Bowl Special{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/129052227 |title=ENOS for Comedy Central Super Bowl Special |date=27 May 2015 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2015-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003190305/https://vimeo.com/129052227 |url-status=live }}
- Pinto for Fuel TV{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/44771021 |title=Pinto for Fuel TV |date=26 June 2012 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2023-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308215921/https://vimeo.com/44771021 |url-status=live }}
- Happy Honda Days Shorts for Honda{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/80412818 |title=Happy Honda Days Shorts for Honda |date=26 November 2013 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2014-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310053107/http://vimeo.com/80412818 |url-status=live }} with Secret Weapon (2013)
- Director: Jed Hathaway
- Red Velvet Oreo for Nabisco{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/119480886 |title=Red Velvet Oreo for Nabisco |date=12 February 2015 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2023-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308220004/https://vimeo.com/119480886 |url-status=live }} with 360i
- Director/Producer: Jed Hathaway
- Glide for Oral-B{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/89967723 |title=Glide for Oral-B |date=24 March 2014 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2023-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308215935/https://vimeo.com/89967723 |url-status=live }} with Publicis
- Director: Rohitash Rao
- Farmers for Farmer’s Insurance{{Cite web |url=http://www.shadowmachine.com/#/projects/commercials/farmers_insurance_dude_of_hazards |title=Farmers for Farmer's Insurance |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2017-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719192627/http://www.shadowmachine.com/#/projects/commercials/farmers_insurance_dude_of_hazards |url-status=live }} with RPA
- Centaur and the Late Night Munchie Meal for Jack In The Box{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/127320163 |title=Centaur and the Late Night Munchie Meal for Jack In The Box |date=8 May 2015 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2023-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308215948/https://vimeo.com/127320163 |url-status=live }} with Secret Weapon
- Director: Jed Hathaway
- Fire House Subs for Fire House Subs[https://vimeo.com/140133428 Fire House Subs for Fire House Subs] with 360i (New York)
- Director/Producer: Jed Hathaway
- Happy Honda Days Shorts for Honda{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/112224909 |title=Happy Honda Days Shorts for Honda |date=18 November 2014 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2023-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308215952/https://vimeo.com/112224909 |url-status=live }} with Secret Weapon (2014)
- Director: Jed Hathaway
- The Work Revolution for Freelancer’s Union{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/111027891 |title=The Work Revolution for Freelancer's Union |date=5 November 2014 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2015-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003181833/https://vimeo.com/111027891 |url-status=live }}
- Director: Rohitash Rao
- Boost Mobile ZTE Warp Sync for Boost Mobile{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/111557173 |title=Boost Mobile ZTE Warp Sync for Boost Mobile |date=11 November 2014 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2023-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308215931/https://vimeo.com/111557173 |url-status=live }} with 180LA
- Director: Rohitash Rao
- Omakase for Cartoon Network/Adult Swim{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/161999423 |title=Omakase for Cartoon Network/Adult Swim |date=7 April 2016 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2023-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308215923/https://vimeo.com/161999423 |url-status=live }} with Cutaway Creative
- Director: Jesse Selwyn
- Smores Oreo for Nabisco{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/128937494 |title=Smores Oreo for Nabisco |date=26 May 2015 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2023-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308215942/https://vimeo.com/128937494 |url-status=live }} with 360i
- Director/Producer: Jed Hathaway
- Happy Honda Days Shorts for Honda{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/151554662 |title=Happy Honda Days Shorts for Honda |date=12 January 2016 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2023-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308215954/https://vimeo.com/151554662 |url-status=live }} with Secret Weapon (2015)
- Director: Jed Hathaway
- Subway for Subway{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/154082922 |title=Subway for Subway |date=3 February 2016 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2022-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315053323/https://vimeo.com/154082922 |url-status=live }} with 360i (New York)
- Director: Jed Hathaway
- Oreo for Nabisco{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/154082922 |title=Oreo for Nabisco |date=3 February 2016 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2022-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315053323/https://vimeo.com/154082922 |url-status=live }} with 360i
- Director: Ben Bjelejac
- Red Nose for Walgreens and BuzzFeed{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/214221731 |title=Red Nose for Walgreens and BuzzFeed |date=21 April 2017 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2023-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308222954/https://vimeo.com/214221731 |url-status=live }}
- Director: Michael Langan
- Trolls for M.A.C.{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/177638412 |title=Trolls for M.A.C. |date=4 August 2016 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2022-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315053556/https://vimeo.com/177638412 |url-status=live }}
- Director: Tony Kelly
- A Christmas Carol for NBC Sports - SNF{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/204590435 |title=A Christmas Carol for NBC Sports - SNF |date=17 February 2017 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2022-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325084844/https://vimeo.com/204590435 |url-status=live }}
- Director: Jed Hathaway
- Nissan Star Wars{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/200106257 |title=Nissan Star Wars |date=18 January 2017 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2023-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308220002/https://vimeo.com/200106257 |url-status=live }}
- Director: Tony Stacchi
- Go Deeper for Newport Beach Film Festival{{Cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/213760201 |title=Go Deeper for Newport Beach Film Festival |date=18 April 2017 |access-date=2017-07-13 |archive-date=2023-03-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308220003/https://vimeo.com/213760201 |url-status=live }}
- Director: Jed Hathaway
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.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| Year
! Award ! Category ! Winner |
|---|
| align="left"| 2006
| align="left"| Emmy | align="left"| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | align="center"| Sarah E. Meyer - Robot Chicken: Easter Chicken |
| rowspan="2"| 2007
| align="left"| Emmy | align="left"| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | align="center"| Thomas Smith - Robot Chicken: Lust For Puppets |
| align="left"| Emmy
| align="left"| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | align="center"| Sihanouk Mariona - Moral Orel: The Lord's Prayer |
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| align="left"| Annie | align="left"| Outstanding Character Animation In a TV Production | align="center"| Eric Towner - Robot Chicken |
| align="left"| Annie
| align="left"| Best Directing in an Animated Television Production | align="center"| Seth Green - Robot Chicken: Star Wars |
| rowspan="5"| 2009
| align="left"| Annie | align="left"| Best Voice Acting In a TV Production | align="center"| Ahmed Best - Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II |
| align="left"| Annie
| align="left"| Best Writing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form | align="center"| Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II |
| align="left"| Annie
| align="left"| Best Animated Television Production | align="center"| Robot Chicken: Star Wars |
| align="left"| Emmy
| align="left"| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | align="center"| Savelen Forrest - Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II |
| align="left"| Emmy
| align="left"| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | align="center"| Elizabeth Harvatine - Moral Orel: Sacrifice |
| rowspan="3"| 2010
| align="left"| Annie | align="left"| Best Animated Short Subject | align="center"| Robot Chicken: Star Wars |
| align="left"| Emmy
| align="left"| Outstanding Costumes for a Variety/Music Program or a Special | align="center"| Jeanette Moffat - Titan Maximum: Went to Party, Got Crabs |
| align="left"| Emmy
| align="left"| Outstanding Short Form Animated Program | align="center"| Robot Chicken: Full-Assed Christmas Special |
| align="left"| 2016
| align="left"| Critics' Choice | align="left"| Best Animation Series | align="center"| BoJack Horseman |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.shadowmachine.com/}}
- ShadowMachine on [https://my.studiosystem.com/c/shadowmachine StudioSystem]
{{Animation industry in the United States}}
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Category:Film production companies of the United States
Category:Television production companies of the United States
Category:Companies based in Los Angeles
Category:American animation studios