DreamWorks Animation

DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA) is an American animation studio based in Glendale, California, that creates animated feature films, television programs, and online virtual worlds. They have released a total of 29 feature films, including the franchises of Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, Monsters vs. Aliens and How to Train Your Dragon. As of June 2013, its feature films have made $11 billion worldwide,Movie Brands Sorted by Total Gross - Box Office Mojo with its $430 million average gross surpassing all other studios besides Pixar ($607 million).When added to foreign grosses DreamWorks Animation Movies at the Box Office - Box Office Mojo and are among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time, and fifteen of the films are among the 50 highest-grossing animated films. Even though the studio also made traditionally animated films earlier, as well as a co-production with , all of their films now use computer animation. The studio has so far received three Academy Awards along with numerous Annie & Emmy Awards; as well as multiple Golden Globe & BAFTA nominations. In recent years the animation studio has acquired and created new divisions in an effort to diversify beyond the high-risk movie business.
The studio was formed by the merger of the feature animation division of and (PDI). Originally formed under the banner of DreamWorks in 1997 by some of 's former animation branch alumni, it was spun off into a separate public company in 2004. DreamWorks Animation currently maintains two campuses: the original DreamWorks feature animation studio in Glendale and the PDI studio in Redwood City.
Films produced by DreamWorks Animation were formerly distributed worldwide by the live-action studio, then by Paramount Pictures, a subsidiary of Viacom, who acquired the live-action DreamWorks studio in February 2006, spinning it off again in 2008. In 2013, 20th Century Fox, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox, took over distribution of DreamWorks Animation films for a five-year deal that will last until 2018. Universal bought the studio in 2016. in It's the world's sixth oldest mini-major film studio.
DreamWorks Animation has produced the following animated shows for Nickelodeon:
* The Penguins of Madagascar
* Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
* Monsters vs. Aliens TV Series
==Gallery==
Dreamworks-Studio-Space-Clouds-Logo-Wallpaper.jpg|DreamWorks Animation SKG
==References==
Category:Production companies