Blink Industries

Blink Industries is an Emmy, BAFTA and Anniehttps://www.iol.co.za/sunday-tribune/entertainment/kizazi-moto-generation-fire-wins-prestigious-annie-award-46d999ef-85d9-4aa9-af33-9f8e0587dbb3#:~:text=The%20ground%2Dbreaking%20Disney%2B%20Original,Angeles%20on%20Saturday%2C%20February%2017. award winning production company and animation studio based in London. Founded in 2012 by James Stevenson Bretton, Blink Industries is home to the distinctive and the authored; Specialising in bringing an inventive approach to their slate of both broadcast and digital projects that look and feel like no other.
The studio is best known for producing the puppet comedy horror viral web series 'Don't Hug Me I'm Scared' and the subsequent television show of the same name for Channel 4. Blink Industries has a 120-seat animation studio, as well as a recording studio, and develops and produces projects across kids & family, live action scripted comedy, adult animation and feature films.
==Overview==
Blink Industries was founded as a partner company to commercial production company, Blink Productions and Blink Ink, as well as the music supervision company Major Tom and Blink Games. The company was created to focus on long form development for Film & TV.
Since amassing over 350 million views and more than 3 million subscribers on Youtube for the viral web series ‘Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared’, Blink Industries has produced many notable projects such as; ‘Dead End: Paranormal Park’, an animated series for Netflix developed from the ‘Deadendia’ graphic novels by Hamish Steele (who also served as Creator and Showrunner of the series), ‘All Through the House’, an episode of animated anthology series ‘Love, Death + Robots’ for Netflix, 'Enkai', an episode of the afro-futuristic animation anthology 'Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire' for Disney+ and ‘Peter & The Wolf’,https://www.bmg.com/us/news/BMGs-newest-film-Peter-and-the-Wolf-premieres-on-MAX.html a half-hour special made in collaboration with BMG for HBO Max, with international distribution through BBC Studios.
Blink Industries is currently in production on 'The Sunnyridge 3', a 20 x 22-minute original series for Disney+. Created by Stevie Gee & Essy May.
==Productions==
Title 	Format	Release Date 	Broadcaster 	Notes
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared - Web Series	Series	29th July 2011 	N/A 	
The Grumpy King 	Series	20th August 2012 	Cartoon Network	
Marilyn Myller 	Short 	July 2013 	N/A 	A co-production with Parabella Animation Studio
Werebeast 	Short 	3rd February 2016 	Nickelodeon 	Produced for the Nickelodeon International Animated Shorts Program
The Tall Tales of Urchin 	Short 	12th February 2016 	Nickelodeon 	Produced for the Nickelodeon International Animated Shorts Program
Waiting for Gumball 	Series	8th October 2017 	Cartoon Network	
Regular 	Short 	2017 	Channel 4 	A co-production with Little Dot Studios
Angry Birds On The Run 	Series	17th November 2018 	N/A 	A co-production with Popcorn Digital and Rovio Entertainment
Three Cool Days 	Short 	25th October 2018 	N/A 	
Jarressey 	Short 	29th October 2018 	N/A 	
Hamsbury 	Short 	28th March 2019 	N/A 	
Teddles 	Series	1st June 2019 	N/A 	
Stong Theory 	Short 	10th October 2019 	N/A 	
Get Real Dude 	Short 	13th December 2019 	Channel 4 	
Remote Comedy From The Paddock 	Series	26th May 2020 	Channel 4 (E4) 	
Off The Air 	Short 	4th January 2021 	Adult Swim 	
Headspace Guide to Meditation 	Series	2nd May 2021 	Netflix 	Produced animation for 2 episodes of the series
Love, Death + Robots 	Series	14th May 2021 	Netflix 	Produced Series 2 Episode 6, "All Through The House".
Blind Love on First Dates Island 	Series	23rd June 2021 	Channel 4 (E4) 	
This Time With Alan Partridge 	2021 	Example 	BBC 	Produced animation for Series 2 Episode 4
Dead End: Paranormal Park 	Series	16th June 2022 	Netflix 	
The Future Of 	Series	2022 	Netflix 	Produced in collaboration with Territory Studios
Inside No.9 	Series	2022 	BBC 	Produced animation for Series 7 Episode 6
Jazz Emu 	Short 	2022 	N/A 	
Freelancer 	Short 	27th February 2023 	N/A 	
Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire 	Series	5th July 2023 	Disney+ 	Produced Series 1 Episode 10, 'Enaki'
We Used To Be 	Short 	2nd August 2023 	N/A 	
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 	Series	23rd September 2023	Channel 4 	
Peter & The Wolf 	Short 	19th October 2023 	HBO Max 	Produced in collaboration with BMG
Such Brave Girls 	Series	22nd November 2023 	BBC 	Produced the animated title card for the series
Alan The Infinite 	Short 	13th February 2024 	N/A 	
Caller Number Nine 	Short 	9th March 2024 	N/A 	
==Awards==
Year	Award 	Project 	Category 	Result
2012	Children's BAFTA 	The Grumpy King 	Short Form 	Nominated
2012	SXSW 	Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 	Midnight Shorts Award 	Won
2018	Sundance 	Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 	Indie Episodic Program 	Selected
2019	LOCO Film Festival 	Jarressey 	Best Script Award 	Won
2019	Writer's Guild Award 	Three Cool Days 	Best Online Comedy 	Nominated
2020	Broadcast Digital Awards 	Get Real Dude 	Best Short Form Scripted 	Nominated
2021	Emmy Awards 	Love, Death + Robots - All Through The House	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation - Dan Gill	Won
2022	1.4 Awards 	Love, Death + Robots - All Through The House	Filmmaking 	Won
2022	D&AD Graphic Pencil 	Love, Death + Robots - All Through The House	Scripted Long Form 	Won
2023	Comedy.co.uk Awards 	Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 	Best New TV Sitcom 	Won
2023	Comedy.co.uk Awards 	Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 	Comedy of the Year 	Nominated
2023	Broadcast Awards 	Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 	Best Original Programme 	Nominated
2023	Channel 4 Comedy Awards 	Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 	Best Scripted Comedy 	Nominated
2023	50th Daytime Emmy 	The Future Of 	Education and Information 	Nominated
2023	BAFTA Craft Awards 	Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 	Production Design 	Won
2023	BAFTA Craft Awards 	Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 	Costume Design 	Nominated
2024	Annie Awards 	Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire - Enkai 	Best TV/Media - Limited Series 	Won
2024	British Animation Awards 	Peter & The Wolf 	Best Longform 	Nominated
2024	British Animation Awards 	Dead End: Paranormal Park 	Children's Choice 	Won
2024	British Animation Awards 	Dead End: Paranormal Park 	Writer's Award 	Nominated
2024	Cleveland International Film Festival	Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire - Enkai 	Short Film 	Selected
Category:Companies established in 2012
Category:Animated television films
Category:Companies based in London