Cinesite Vancouver (formerly known as Nitrogen Studios Canada, Inc., commonly referred to as Nitrogen Studios) is a Canadian animation company founded by husband and wife duo Greg Tiernan and Nicole Stinn. The company was founded in October 2003, in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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| Formerly | Nitrogen Studios (2003–2017) |
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| Industry | Animation |
| Founded | October 2003 |
| Founders | Greg Tiernan Nicole Stinn |
| Headquarters | , Canada |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Nicole Stinn (President and CEO) Greg Tiernan (CCO) |
| Owner | Greg Tiernan Nicole Stinn |
Number of employees | 51 - 200 |
| Parent | Cinesite |
On March 7, 2017, Nitrogen was acquired by British visual effects and feature animation studio company Cinesite, becoming their Vancouver operations.[1]
Filmography
editFeature films
editTheatrical
edit| Year | Title | Co-production | Notes |
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| 2006 | Happily N'Ever After | Vanguard Animation Berlin Animation Film Berliner Film Companie Odyssey Entertainment Lionsgate |
Additional animation with The LaB Sydney Mr. X Bardel Entertainment Elliot Animation Quadriga FX |
| 2016 | Sausage Party | Point Grey Pictures Annapurna Pictures Columbia Pictures |
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| 2019 | The Addams Family | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cinesite Studios The Jackal Group United Artists Releasing Bron Creative United Artists Releasing |
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| 2021 | Extinct | Netflix China Lion HB Wink Animation Huayi Brothers Huayi Tencent Entertainment Tolerable Entertainment Cinesite Timeless Films |
Additional animation |
| The Addams Family 2 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer BermanBraun Glickmania Bron Creative Cinesite United Artists Releasing |
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| 2022 | Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank | Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Aniventure Align Brooksfilms Flying Tigers Entertainment GFM Animation Cinesite HB Wink Animation |
Additional pre-production |
| 2024 | Hitpig! | Aniventure Cinesite |
Additional animation |
| 2025 | Animal Farm | Aniventure The Imaginarium Cinesite |
Additional pre-production |
Direct-to-Video
edit| Year | Title | Co-production |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Hero of the Rails | HIT Entertainment |
| 2010 | Misty Island Rescue | |
| 2011 | Day of the Diesels | |
| 2012 | Blue Mountain Mystery |
Television
edit| Premiere Date | End Date | Title | Channel | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 25, 2010 | December 25, 2012 | Thomas & Friends | PBS Kids Channel 5 Treehouse TV |
80 episodes: CGI series; co-produced with HIT Entertainment |
| February 26, 2011 | June 23, 2012 | Dan Vs. | Hub Network | 27 episodes: lip sync; co-produced with Film Roman, The Hatchery, and Starz Media |
| December 23, 2016 | May 25, 2018 | Trollhunters | Netflix | 2 episodes: co-produced with DreamWorks Animation and Double Dare You |
| February 28, 2024 | Iwájú | Disney+ | animation service work: co-produced with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Kugali and Cinesite | |
Other projects
edit| Year | Title | Medium |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | God of War (uncredited) | Video game with Santa Monica Studio, Sony Computer Entertainment, and JP: Capcom |
| 2008 | Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood | Video game with Bioware and Sega |
| 2010 | Kodee’s Canoe | Interactive app series |
| 2021 | Mila | Short with Peppermax Films, Pixel Cartoon, IbiscusMedia, Cinesite, and Aniventure |
Controversy
editSeveral days after the release of Sausage Party, allegations of poor treatment of Nitrogen Studios employees surfaced in the comments section of an interview with Tiernan and co-director Conrad Vernon, featured on the website Cartoon Brew.[3] Various anonymous posters, purporting to be animators who worked on the film in question, made claims including that Nitrogen forced them to work overtime for free and that some employees were threatened with termination. Some animators who complained or left due to stress went uncredited in the film. One poster stated that Tiernan had developed a reputation for "disturbing behaviour and abusive management style".[4] Publications such as the Washington Post[5] the Los Angeles Times[6] and /Film[7] have picked up the story.
References
edit- ^ Regan Reid (March 7, 2017). "Cinesite Studios acquires Nitrogen". Kidscreen. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ^ Burns, Elias; Vlessing, Etan (August 16, 2016). "'Sausage Party' Animators' Pay Dispute Surfaces After Big Opening". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
- ^ Sausage Party's Animators Were Treated Like Shit
- ^ 'Sausage Party' Directors Conrad Vernon & Greg Tiernan On Making 2016’s Most Outlandish Animated Film
- ^ The working conditions for some ‘Sausage Party’ animators were pretty terrible
- ^ 'Sausage Party' anything but a good time at work, some animators say
- ^ 'Sausage Party' Allegedly Forced Animators to Work Overtime for Free, Refused to Credit Artists
External links
edit- Nitrogen Studios info on VFX World Map
- Nitrogen Studios Canada, Inc. on Internet Movie Database