Subsidiary | |
Industry | Entertainment, Animation |
Fate | Absorbed by parent company (WildBrain name now used for online streaming service) |
Predecessor | Colossal Pictures |
Founded | 1994 |
Founders |
John Hays Phil Robinson Jeff Fino |
Defunct | 2014 |
Headquarters |
Los Angeles, California, New York City, New York, United States |
Area served
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Worldwide |
Products | television series, special, television commercials, licensed merchandise |
Parent | Independent (1994–2010) DHX Media (2010–present) |
Divisions | animation, Kidrobot collectables, Ghostbot |
Website | http://www.wildbrain.com/ |
WildBrain (stylized as W!LDBRAIN) is an American entertainment company that develops and produces television programming, motion pictures, commercial content and licensed merchandise. Established in 1995 and acquired by Canadian media company DHX Media in 2010, it maintained offices in Los Angeles and New York City until it started operating DHX Media's YouTube channels.
Film productions include the Annie Award-winning CGI short Hubert's Brain, while television work includes Nick Jr. series Bubble Guppies and Yo Gabba Gabba!, and highly rated Disney Channel series Higglytown Heroes. WildBrain also produced earlier animated shorts and television specials of Monster High for Mattel.
They have produced national commercials for clients like Esurance,Chiclets, Target, Nike, Honda, Kraft, the Wall Street Journal and Lamisil, (featuring Digger the Dermatophyte). Their ad work has won Clio Awards, Addy Awards, BDA Awards, and Annie Awards.
A subsidiary, Kidrobot, creates limited edition toys, clothing, artwork, and books. It has stores in New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Miami.