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Jellyfish Pictures
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Jellyfish Pictures was a British VFX and animation company specialising in the creation of digital visual effects and animation.
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The company was founded in 2001 by Philip Dobree and Will Rockall, with a team of three artists and one producer,[3] moving to their first studio in Soho, Central London in Poland Street in 2003.[4] In 2005, they started their first long form TV series The Story of One,[4] following this with work on the BBC series Fight For Life in 2007, for which they won multiple industry awards including a BAFTA, RTS and VES award for 'Outstanding Visual Effects.[4] Over the next few years they continued to expand, working on the long form CGI series Planet Dinosaur for the BBC and Discovery Channel in 2011,[4] followed by multiple nominations and wins for their work on Inside the Human Body in 2012.[4] In 2017, Jellyfish Pictures launched its own original content division, Jellyfish Originals - focused on the development, distribution, rights management, financing and commercialisation of original animated properties.[citation needed]
Jellyfish Pictures has undergone rapid growth in recent years as the studio joined Key Capital Partners over a minority investment, expediting the global scaling of their VFX and animation teams, and advance the development and production of its original kids and family content through Jellyfish Originals.[5][6] David Patton joined Jellyfish Pictures as CEO in December 2022 while Mark Warburg joined as COO.[7][8] The on-location studio locations have also expanded significantly, with a studio division opening in Sheffield in 2020 (overseen by animation director Kevin Spruce), and a new Mumbai studio recently opening in 2023. Operations in Canada were announced in June 2024.[citation needed]
On 11 March 2025, Jellyfish Pictures suspended its operations because of rising costs stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike and others, and announced it was exploring options for sale and investments. Its studio in Mumbai would also be closed with the London studio being on sale.[9]
In June 2025, a new company, JFX (short for Jellyfish FX) was launched by Troubadour Studios.[10]
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