Titmouse, Inc.
Titmouse, Inc. is an American animation studio based in Los Angeles, California founded in 2000 that develops and produces animated television programming, feature films, music videos, title sequences, commercials, and short films.
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| Founded | February 2000 |
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| Founders | Chris Prynoski Shannon Prynoski |
| Headquarters | , U.S.[1] |
Key people | |
Number of employees | over 700[2] |
| Subsidiaries | Titmouse New York Titmouse Canada |
| Website | titmouse |
History
Founder and CEO Chris Prynoski began working at MTV in New York on shows such as Daria, Beavis and Butt-Head, and his own creation, Downtown, which was nominated for a primetime Emmy Award.[3] In the early 2000s, Prynoski opened a small T-shirt company with his wife, Shannon Prynoski. However, upon getting more requests for cartoons than for T-shirts, they decided to abandon screen-printing in favor of animation. The Prynoskis moved to California, and opened the revamped Titmouse, Inc., an animation studio. Antonio Canobbio, who had worked with Chris Prynoski at MTV and both Prynoskis at Cartoon Network in L.A., was hired as creative director.[4] Titmouse opened a games division in 2009.[5]
Due to projects like Cartoon Network's Metalocalypse, Superjail! and The Venture Bros. the company expanded and opened a sister studio in New York City in 2010. The California studio later added a wholly owned subsidiary, Robin Redbreast, which was then unionized in order to produce Motorcity for Disney XD.
The company has a YouTube channel, Rug Burn, launched in December 2012 with 6 Point Harness. Rug Burn was launched with a handful of shows.[6]
In April 2016, Titmouse released its first feature-length film, the R-rated Nerdland, which stars Paul Rudd and Patton Oswalt.[7]
In early 2020, Titmouse signed a multiyear production deal with Netflix.[8]
In October 2020, Titmouse Vancouver became the first animation studio in Canada to join a union. Following a vote that captured 87% of the workforce, 98% of Titmouse Vancouver's workforce voted to join the newly founded Animation Guild IATSE Local 938.[9] In response to this, some said that the issues raised by the workers of Titmouse were the same ones heard "from unrepresented animation workers everywhere" and that the unionization of the Titmouse workers acknowledges the contributions by animation workers to the industry.[10][11][lower-alpha 1]
In January 2022, the employees of Titmouse New York formed a union with Animation Guild IATSE Local 839, the first to do so outside of Los Angeles County in more than 70 years. In the card check process, Titmouse NY employees showed more than 90% of support for the organizing effort. Following the union becoming public, Titmouse management chose to voluntarily recognize the union and agreed to negotiate with the Animation Guild in good faith.[12]
Filmography[13]
Television
Feature films
Short films
| Title | Year | Client | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get in da Club) | 2001 | Redman | Music video; animation |
| Dee Dee and Dexter | 2003 | Cartoon Network | Produced for Klasky Csupo |
| Breaking the Habit | 2004 | Linkin Park | Music video (with Gonzo Digimation) |
| Dirty Little Thing | Velvet Revolver | Music video; animation | |
| The Hidden Life of the Burrowing Owl | 2008 | [47] | |
| Heartless | 2009 | The Fray | Music video |
| Barko | |||
| Pinched | 2010 | [48] | |
| Scott Pilgrim vs. The Animation | Adult Swim | ||
| Black Rain | Soundgarden | Music video | |
| Underworld: Endless War | 2011 | Lakeshore Entertainment | |
| Diablo III: Wrath | 2012 | Blizzard Entertainment | [49] |
| The Wind | Zac Brown Band | Music video | |
| Miss Atomic Bomb | The Killers | Music video; animation | |
| Healthy Teeth, Healthy Me | Sesame Workshop | Captain Super Ultra Mega Smile Man segments | |
| R.I.P.D. | 2013 | Adult Swim | |
| Very Important House | 2015 | Disney Television Animation | |
| Team Hot Wheels: Search for the 5th Driver! | Mattel Playground Productions | ||
| Space Face | Nickelodeon | ||
| Menehunes | |||
| Don Vs. Raph | |||
| We Strike Hard and Fade Away Into the Night | |||
| Toonami Exquisite Corpse | 2017 | Adult Swim | |
| Rick and Morty Exquisite Corpse | |||
| The Story of O.J. | Jay-Z | Music video; character animation | |
| Bluehilda | |||
| Heroes of the Storm: Obey the Call | Blizzard Entertainment | [50] | |
| Imaginary Friend Society: Long Hospital Stays | Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation | ||
| Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures | 2018–20 | Lucasfilm | |
| Lost Kitties | 2018 | Hasbro | |
| Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham | 2019 | Sony Pictures Animation | |
| HBO Backstories | HBO | "Barry" | |
| Hallucinate | 2020 | Dua Lipa | Music video; character animation |
| Don't Cry | MorMor | Music video | |
| Yankee and the Brave | Run the Jewels | Music video | |
Area21
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2021 | Area21 | Music videos |
| WTF is Christmas? | 2021 | 20th Television Animation | Opening animation |
Notes
- A related union is The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839, formerly named the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists, located in Burbank, California
References
- "Titmouse, Inc. - Central Hollywood - 267 visitors". Foursquare.com. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
- "About - Titmouse". Titmouse. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
- "52nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". Television Academy. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
- "Antonio Canobbio". Titmouse. July 30, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
- French, Michael (March 19, 2009). "Animation house Titmouse opens game studio". Develop Online.
- "Six Point Harness and Titmouse launch Rug Burn channel". Animation Magazine. December 7, 2012.
- Wickline, Dan (October 9, 2015). "NYCC '15: Paul Rudd To Lead Titmouse' First Feature Length Film". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
- Sakoui, Anousha (February 7, 2020). "Titmouse, maker of 'Big Mouth' and other animated series, expands into Burbank". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
- Amidi, Amid (October 20, 2020). "Historic Moment in Canadian Animation: 98% Of Titmouse Vancouver Workers Vote To Unionize". Cartoon Brew. Archived from the original on November 2, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- Larsen, Karin (October 22, 2020). "Vancouver animation workers unionize after precedent-setting vote". CBC News. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- Milligan, Mercedes (October 20, 2020). "Titmouse Canada Becomes Country's First TAG Union Toon Shop". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- Kilkenny, Katie (January 10, 2022). "Animation Guild Expands Beyond L.A. With Unionization of Titmouse New York". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
- Work
- Futter, Mike (October 17, 2014). "The Legend of Korra: Get a Look at the Animation and Combat of The Legend Of Korra". Game Informer. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- Webb, Charles (May 3, 2013). "ECCC 2013: Animation Studio Titmouse Unleashes The 'Disco Destroyer!'". MTV Geek. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- Moody, Annemarie (July 29, 2009). "Jeff Katz and Titmouse Animation Team Up in Four Picture Deal". AWN. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- Aaron (October 29, 2009). "AOTS and Titmouse Attend Slasher School". Cold Hard Flash. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
- Andreeva, Nellie (December 20, 2012). "Adult Swim's 'Black Dynamite' Renewed For Second Season". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
- Beck, Jerry (June 20, 2014). ""Community" goes Anime". Cartoonbrew.com. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
- "2013 Official Selection, film index, Community "Digital Estate Planning"". Annecy. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
- "Candace Bailey Goes Behind The Scenes At Titmouse Studios". G4. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- Zahed, Ramin (March 6, 2012). "Disney's 'Randy Cunningham' Goes into Production". Animation Magazine. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
- Andreeva, Nellie (January 10, 2014). "Comedy Central Greenlights Animated Cop Comedy Series Produced By Rob Lowe & Will Gluck And Voiced By Lowe, Elizabeth Banks, Will Forte & Kate Mara". Deadline. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
- "Demo Reel 2016". Vimeo. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
- "Hasbro: The Next Chapter in Storytelling | License! Global". www.licensemag.com. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
- Amidi, Amid (September 18, 2017). "Watch All The Animated Sequences In The New Netflix Series 'Disjointed'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
- Petski, Denise (April 11, 2018). "Disney Junior Greenlights Animated Comedy 'T.O.T.S.' For 2019 Premiere".
- Bennett, Anita (May 20, 2019). "Cartoon Network Unveils Adventure Comedies 'Mao Mao, Heroes of Pure Heart' And 'Tig N' Seek'".
- Zahed, Ramin (December 19, 2019). "Netflix Nabs New Show from 'Adventure Time' Creator Pen Ward".
- @catsuka (March 16, 2020). "First trailer of Netflix "The..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- @iamkateherron (June 12, 2021). "This thread is awesome. Our..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "Arlo the Alligator Makes His Debut In An All-New Animated Movie Musical and Series On Netflix". Netflix Media Center (Press release). November 12, 2020.
- "'Chicago Party Aunt' Animated Series Ordered at Netflix, Lauren Ash and RuPaul Charles Among Voice Cast". Variety. July 27, 2021.
- Whitten, Sarah (March 4, 2019). "Critical Role fans finance Dungeons & Dragons Kickstarter in an hour". CNBC. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
- "Smash parties, talking vulvas and Big Mouth: inside Titmouse animation studio". The Guardian. March 4, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- Spangler, Todd (October 8, 2021). "Critical Role's 'Legend of Vox Machina' Series Premiere Date Set on Amazon Prime Video". Variety. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
- "AMC+ Slates 'Pantheon' for Sept. 1 with Extended First Look". July 26, 2022.
- "Corus Upfronts Slate More Adult Swim & Kids Toons for Canada". June 8, 2022.
- Among Us (June 27, 2023). "HELLO / 🚨 WE'RE MAKING AN ANIMATED TV SHOW!!!!! 🚨". Twitter. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- Otterson, Joe (June 27, 2023). "'Among Us' Animated Series in the Works at CBS Studios From 'Infinity Train' Creator Owen Dennis (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- Cordero, Rosy (March 29, 2023). "Ali Wong To Star & EP New Netflix Animated Series 'Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
- Petski, Denise (June 6, 2023). "Amazon Orders 'Angry Birds Mystery Island' Animated Series; Harvey Guillén, Kate Micucci, Dominic Monaghan, Nasim Pedrad Among Cast". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
- "Disney Branded Television and Disney EMEA Original Productions Celebrate Next 100 Years of Disney Animated Storytelling at Annecy International Animation Film Festival". June 13, 2023. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- https://twitter.com/_rohitkelkar_/status/1668944377979322368?s=61&t=kmvL-LOuranUNlThj5bGOw
- McLean, Tom (October 2, 2023). "How the 'Trolls Band Together' Team Tuned Up a World-Expanding DreamWorks Reunion". Animation Magazine. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
- "'Ghostbusters' Animated Feature In Works With Jason Reitman & Gil Kenan". Deadline. June 8, 2022.
- "Titmouse's 'Owl' Takes Wing on iTunes". April 9, 2013.
- "The Latest Titmouse Short – Pinched".
- Blauvelt, Christian (May 8, 2012). "'Diablo III': Chris Metzen discusses the inspiration for Peter Chung's 'Diablo: Wrath' video". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
- "Obey the Call – Heroes of the Storm". Archived from the original on December 21, 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
External links
- Official website
- Sean Cubillas, The 10 Greatest Cartoons Made By Titmouse Studios, According To IMDb, Comic Book Resources
