Industry | Animation |
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Founded | 1997Vancouver, Canada | in
Founder | Clint Eland |
Headquarters | Ottawa, Canada |
Key people
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Clint Eland (CEO, President) |
Number of employees
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250 (2016) |
Website | mercuryfilmworks |
Mercury Filmworks is a Canadian independent animation studio based in Ottawa, Canada, that produces animated features and TV shows for the likes of Disney, Netflix, Warner Brothers and Nickelodeon as well as the firm’s own original projects.
Mercury has provided Toon Boom animation production for several of Disney Television Animation's projects since 2010. Prior to their co-operation with Disney Television Animation, they provided additional animation for the song sequence "Someone Like Me" in DisneyToon Studios' The Tigger Movie.
Mercury Flimworks was founded in 1997 in Vancouver by Clint Eland, who is the current Chief Executive Officer. In 2004, Mercury Filmworks was transferred to Toronto and then Ottawa, where it currently resides. Mercury is about one of five local animation studies that are producing content for customers around the world and have helped Ottawa forge a reputation as an industry leader.
Mercury Filmworks has shown solid growth over the past decade and currently employs 250 people at its Ottawa location.
In 2014, the studio opened a stand-alone operation named Mercury Filmworks Europe in Dublin, Ireland.