ShadowMachine

ShadowMachine

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Industry	Animation studio
Genre	Comedy
Founded	1999
Founders	Alexander Bulkley Corey Campodonico
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California, United States
Products	Film, Television, Commercial and Music video

ShadowMachine is an American animation studio and production company for film, television, commercials and music videos.

Current projects

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. It is currently producing TripTank for Comedy Central, and BoJack Horseman, for Michael Eisner's Tornante Company, starring Will Arnett, Aaron Paul, and Amy Sedaris.

ShadowMachine is currently in post-production for a stop-motion animated feature film, Hell & Back, starring Mila Kunis, Bob Odenkirk and Susan Sarandon, and the studio has also begun pre-production on Pinocchio, another stop-motion animated feature film directed by Guillermo del Toro.

Filmography

Film

• Hell & Back (2015)
• Lucy and the Anvil (TBA)
• Pinocchio (TBA)

Television

• BoJack Horseman (2014)
• TripTank (2014)
• Mary Shelley's Frankenhole (2010)
• Titan Maximum (2009)
• Moral Orel (2005-2008)
• Robot Chicken (2005-2012)

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	Individual Achievement in Animation	Sarah E. Meyer - Robot Chicken
2007	Emmy	Individual Achievement in Animation	Thomas Smith - Robot Chicken
2007	Emmy	Individual Achievement in Animation	Sihanouk Mariona - Moral Orel
2008	Annie	Best Character Animation In a TV Production	Eric Towner - Robot Chicken
2008	Annie	Best Directing In a TV Production	Seth Green - Robot Chicken
2009	Annie	Best Voice Acting In a TV Production	Ahmed Best - Robot Chicken: Star Wars
2009	Annie	Best Writing in a TV Production	Robot Chicken: Star Wars
2009	Annie	Best Animated Television Program	Robot Chicken: Star Wars
2009	Emmy	Individual Achievement in Animation	Joshua A. Jennings - Robot Chicken
2009	Emmy	Individual Achievement in Animation	Elizabeth Harvatine - Moral Orel
2010	Annie	Best Animated Short Subject	Robot Chicken: Star Wars
2010	Emmy	Individual Achievement in Costume Design	Jeanette Moffat - Titan Maximum
2010	Emmy	Outstanding Short Format Animated Program	Robot Chicken

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 recently honored at the ADDY Awards for an ad campaign with Farmers Insurance, directed by Jed Hathaway.

Year	Category	Advertisement	Winner
2011	Online	Farmers Insurance - “Meet the Wongs”	Jed Hathaway/Director
2011	Online	Farmers Insurance - “The Cat Burglar”	Jed Hathaway/Director
2011	Online	Farmers Insurance - “Dude of Hazards”	Jed Hathaway/Director
2011	Online	Farmers Insurance - “Le Petite Disastre”	Jed Hathaway/Director
2011	Animation or Special Effects	Farmers Insurance - “Meet the Wongs”	Jed Hathaway/Director
2011	Animation or Special Effects	Farmers Insurance - “The Cat Burglar”	Jed Hathaway/Director
2011	Animation or Special Effects	Farmers Insurance - “Dude of Hazards”	Jed Hathaway/Director
2011	Animation or Special Effects	Farmers Insurance - “Le Petite Disastre”	Jed Hathaway/Director

External links

• ShadowMachine's website
• ShadowMachine Films at the Internet Movie Database