# Jellyfish Pictures

Jellyfish Pictures was a British VFX and animation company specialising in the creation of digital visual effects and animation.

## History

The company was founded in 2001 by Philip Dobree and Will Rockall, with a team of three artists and one producer, moving to their first studio in Soho, Central London in Poland Street in 2003. In 2005, they started their first long form TV series The Story of One, following this with work on the BBC series Fight For Life in 2007, for which they won multiple industry awards including a BAFTA, RTS and VES award for 'Outstanding Visual Effects. Over the next few years they continued to expand, working on the long form CGI series Planet Dinosaur for the BBC and Discovery Channel in 2011, followed by multiple nominations and wins for their work on Inside the Human Body in 2012. In 2017, Jellyfish Pictures launched its own original content division, Jellyfish Originals - focused on the development, distribution, rights management, financing and commercialisation of original animated properties.
Jellyfish Pictures has undergone rapid growth in recent years as the studio joined Key Capital Partners over a minority investment, expediting the global scaling of their VFX and animation teams, and advance the development and production of its original kids and family content through Jellyfish Originals. David Patton joined Jellyfish Pictures as CEO in December 2022 while Mark Warburg joined as COO. The on-location studio locations have also expanded significantly, with a studio division opening in Sheffield in 2020 (overseen by animation director Kevin Spruce), and a new Mumbai studio recently opening in 2023. Operations in Canada were announced in June 2024.
On 11 March 2025, Jellyfish Pictures suspended its operations because of rising costs stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike and others, and announced it was exploring options for sale and investments. Its studio in Mumbai would also be closed with the London studio being on sale.

## Production
### TV series

| Title | Release date | Studio(s) | Notes |
| The Story of 1 | 2005 | BBC | Documentary |
| Fight for Life | 9 July 2007 | BBC One | TV series Documentary 2008 winner Bafta special effects prize |
| Planet Dinosaur | 14 September 2011 | BBC Discovery Channel ZDF | TV animated series Documentary |
| Doctor Who | 23 November 2013 | BBC One BBC Wales | TV series Day of the Doctor Special Additional VFX |
| Your Inner Fish | 2014 | Tangled Bank Studios PBS | TV animated series Documentary |
| Floogals | 15 January 2016 | Nevision Studios Zodiak Kids Studios Banijay Group | TV animated series |
| Black Mirror | October 2016 | Netflix House of Tomorrow Endemol Shine UK | TV series Hated in the Nation only |
| Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! | 6 November 2017 | Beano Studios CBBC | TV animated series |
| Bitz & Bob | 12 March 2018 | BBC Children's Productions FremantleMedia Kids & Family Boat Rocker Rights | TV animated series |
| The Innocents | 24 August 2018 | Netflix New Pictures | TV series |
| Watchmen | 20 October 2019 | HBO White Rabbit Paramount Television DC Entertainment Warner Bros. Television | TV series Limited |
| How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming | 3 December 2019 | DreamWorks Animation NBCUniversal | TV animated special Production services |
| Gangs of London | 23 April 2020 | Sky Atlantic Pulse Films Sister Pictures Sky Studios NBCUniversal Global Distribution | TV series Series finale only |
| White Lines | 15 May 2020 | Netflix Left Bank Pictures Vancouver Media Sony Pictures Television | TV series |
| Hanna | 3 July 2020 | NBCUniversal International Studios Tomorrow Studios Working Title Television Focus Features Amazon Studios | TV series Season 2 only |
| Sex Education | 17 September 2021 | Netflix Eleven Film | TV series Season 3 only |
| The Book of Boba Fett | 29 December 2021 | Disney+ Lucasfilm | TV miniseries |
| This Is Going to Hurt | 8 February 2022 | Sister Pictures Terrible Productions AMC Studios BBC | Miniseries |
| The Baby | 24 April 2022 | HBO Sister Pictures Sky Studios Proverbial Pictures | TV series |
| Prehistoric Planet | 23 May 2022 | Apple TV+ BBC | Documentary Concept art only VFX by Moving Picture Company |
| Stranger Things | 27 May 2022 | Netflix 21 Laps Entertainment Monkey Massacre | TV series Season 4 only |
| Wolf King | 2025 | Lime Pictures | Netflix original animated series |
| Ivy and the Inklings | TBA | Bomanbridge Media | TV animated series |
| Hughman | TBA | | TV animated series |
| Stan & Gran | TBA | Jollywise Milkshake! | TV animated series |
| Battle of the Bugs | TBA | Alpha Group | TV animated series |

### Films
#### Live Action VFX

| Title | Release date | Studio(s) | Notes |
| Kingsman: The Secret Service | 13 February 2015 | 20th Century Fox Marv Studios Cloudy Productions TSG Entertainment | With Prime Focus World, Baseblack, Panton Creative, Doc & A Soc, Peerless Camera Company and BUF |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | 16 December 2016 | Lucasfilm Ltd. | Main VFX from Industrial Light & Magic Additional VFX with Ubisoft Hybride, Ghost VFX, Whiskytree, Atomic Fiction, Scanline VFX, and Raynault VFX. |
| Star Wars: The Last Jedi | 15 December 2017 | Lucasfilm Ltd. | Main VFX from Industrial Light & Magic Additional VFX with Ubisoft Hybride, One of Us, Base FX, Rodeo FX, Ghost VFX, Virutos, Animatrik Film Design, Exceptional Minds, Important Looking Pirates, and Yannix. |
| Solo: A Star Wars Story | 25 May 2018 | Lucasfilm Ltd. | Main VFX from Industrial Light & Magic Additional VFX with Ubisoft Hybride, Raynault VFX, Tippet Studio, Exceptional Minds, Virutos and Lola/VFX |
| Captive State | 15 March 2019 | Focus Features Participant Media | |
| Fear Street Part One: 1994 | 2 July 2021 | Netflix Chernin Entertainment | Uncredited |
| Fear Street Part Two: 1978 | 9 July 2021 | Netflix Chernin Entertainment | Uncredited |
| Fear Street Part Three: 1666 | 16 July 2021 | Netflix Chernin Entertainment | Uncredited |
| Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical | 2 December 2022 | Netflix TriStar Pictures Working Title Films The Roald Dahl Story Company | |

#### Animation

| Title | Release date | Studio(s) | Notes |
| Trolls World Tour | 10 April 2020 | Universal Pictures DreamWorks Animation | Marketing custom animation services (with Minimo VFX) |
| Spirit Untamed | 4 June 2021 | Universal Pictures DreamWorks Animation | Production services Additional animation services by 88 Pictures |
| The Boss Baby: Family Business | 2 July 2021 | Universal Pictures DreamWorks Animation | Asset production services |
| The Bad Guys | 22 April 2022 | Universal Pictures DreamWorks Animation | Additional asset production services |
| Kung Fu Panda 4 | 8 March 2024 | Universal Pictures DreamWorks Animation | Additional asset production services |
| Dog Man | 31 January 2025 | Universal Pictures DreamWorks Animation | Production services |
| The Twits | 2025 | Netflix | Production services |

## Accolades
### Annie Awards

| Year | Film | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
| 2020 | How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming | Best Animated Special Production | DreamWorks Animation | Won |
| 2020 | How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming | Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Manuel Reyes Halaby, Cristiana Covone, Koya Masubuchi, Jean Claude Nouchy, Dustin Henning | Nominated |
| 2020 | How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming | Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production | Andrew Muir | Nominated |
| 2022 | Spirit Untamed | Best Storyboarding | Gary Graham | Nominated |