List of animation studios owned by The Walt Disney Company
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| Industry | Entertainment |
| Fate | Closed |
| Successor | Disney Circle 7 Animation |
| Founded | Bay Lake, Florida (May 1989) |
| Founder | Max Howard |
| Defunct | January 12, 2004 |
| Headquarters | The Magic of Disney Animation, Animation Courtyard, Disney-MGM Studios, Walt Disney World, Bay Lake, Florida, United States |
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Key people
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Production output
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Animation |
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Number of employees
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~400 (peak, mid-1990s) 258 (final) |
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Walt Disney Feature Animation (Walt Disney Studios) |
The Secret Lab's former location in Burbank, California
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| Division | |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Fate | Closed |
| Predecessor | Dream Quest Images |
| Founded | Santa Monica, CA |
| Defunct | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Burbank, California, United States |
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Key people
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Andrew Millstein (GM, VP) |
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Production output
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VFX, Animation |
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Number of employees
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350 (2001) |
| Parent | Walt Disney Feature Animation (1999–2001) |
| Divisions | DQ Films |
| Disney Animation Australia DisneyToon Studios Australia |
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Fate | Closed |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Defunct | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia |
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Key people
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Philip Oakes (general manager) |
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Production output
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Animation |
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Number of employees
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~ 250 (2005) |
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| Disney Animation Canada | |
| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Fate | Closed |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Defunct | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Canada |
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Number of locations
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2 |
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Area served
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Vancouver and Toronto |
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Production output
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Animation |
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Number of employees
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200 (2000) |
| Parent |
Walt Disney Television Animation (Walt Disney Feature Animation) |
| Disney Animation France | |
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Formerly called
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Brizzi Films (1986–1989) |
| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Fate | Closed |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Founder | Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi |
| Defunct | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Montreuil, France |
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Key people
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David Stainton |
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Production output
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Animation |
| Parent |
Walt Disney Television Animation (Walt Disney Feature Animation) |
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Native name
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株式会社ウォルトディズニーアニメーションジャパン |
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Romanized name
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Kabushiki gaisha Uoruto Dizunī Animēshon Japan |
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Formerly called
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Pacific Animation Corporation |
| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Fate | Closed |
| Predecessor | Topcraft |
| Successor | The Answer Studio Co. Ltd. |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Defunct | June 2004 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
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Key people
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Motoyoshi Tokunaga (VP, GM) |
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Production output
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Animation |
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Number of employees
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103 (2003) |
| Parent |
Disney Television Animation (Walt Disney Feature Animation) |
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Genre | Animation |
| Fate | Inactive |
| Successor | Cartoon Pizza |
| Founded | July 20, 1990 |
| Founders |
Jim Jinkins David Campbell |
| Defunct | December 2001 |
| Headquarters | New York, United States |
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Production output
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Animation |
| Parent | Walt Disney Television |
The Walt Disney Company has owned and operated several animation studios since the company's founding on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; the current Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, California is the company's flagship feature animation studio and claims heritage from this original studio. Adding to the growth of the company and its motion picture studio division The Walt Disney Studios, several other animation studios were added through acquisitions and through openings of satellite studios outside the United States. These expanded the company's animation output into television, direct-to-video, and digital releases, in addition to its primary feature animation releases.
Currently Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, DisneyToon Studios and Lucasfilm Animation (through Lucasfilm) are parts of The Walt Disney Studios unit. This article does not include other animation studios whose films were released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (the company's distribution unit) and not acquired by the company, nor does it count the Laugh-O-Gram Studio (1921–23), Disney's first animation studio, which predated the founding of The Walt Disney Company. For example, certain Studio Ghibli films were distributed by Disney internationally but never owned by the company. Also, Miramax, a independently operating unit of the Walt Disney Studios, also purchased US rights to foreign animated movies.
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