ShadowMachine

ShadowMachine is an American animation studio and production company for film, television, commercials and music videos.

Since its early days producing the stop-motion animation show Robot Chicken, the company has been producing such shows as Moral Orel, Mary Shelley's Frankenhole and Titan Maximum for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim.

It has most recently produced BoJack Horseman, for Michael Eisner's Tornante Company, starring Will Arnett, Aaron Paul, and Amy Sedaris, as well as Tuca & Bertie, starring Tiffany Haddish, Ali Wong, and Steven Yeun.^[1]

Films[]

Release date	Film	Distributor	Directed by	Co-producers
March 17, 2006	The Zodiac	THINKFilm	Alexander Bulkley	Myriad Pictures, Blackwater Films
October 2, 2015	Hell and Back	Freestyle Releasing	Tom Gianas, Ross Shuman	N/A
May 24, 2019	Booksmart^[2]	Annapurna Pictures	Olivia Wilde	Annapurna Pictures, Gloria Sanchez Productions
January 1, 2021^[3]	Pinocchio^[4]	Netflix	Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson	The Jim Henson Company, Necropia Entertainment, Double Dare You
TBA	Miss Camel^[5]		Haifaa Al-Mansour

Television[]

Year	Series	Network	Creator(s)	Co-producers
2005 – present	Robot Chicken	Adult Swim	Seth Green, Matthew Senreich	Stoopid Monkey, Williams Street, Sony Pictures Digital
2005 – 2009	Moral Orel	Adult Swim	Dino Stamatopoulos	Fragical Productions, Williams Street
2009	Titan Maximum	Adult Swim	Matthew Senreich, Tom Root	Stoopid Monkey, Williams Street, Tom Is Awesome
2010	Mary Shelley's Frankenhole	Adult Swim	Dino Stamatopoulos	Fragical Productions, Williams Street
2014 – 2016	TripTank	Comedy Central	Various	N/A
2014 – 2020	BoJack Horseman	Netflix	Raphael Bob-Waksberg	The Tornante Company, Boxer vs. Raptor
2016	Greatest Party Story Ever	MTV	N/A	Four Peaks Media Group, Den of Thieves
2017	Jeff & Some Aliens	Comedy Central	Sean Donnelly, Alessandro Minoli	N/A
2018 – present	Final Space	TBS	Olan Rogers	Conaco, Studio T, New Form Digital, Jam Filled
2018	Dallas & Robo	YouTube Premium	Mike Roberts	N/A
2018	The Shivering Truth^[6]	Adult Swim	Vernon Chatman	PFFR, Williams Street
2019	Tuca & Bertie	Netflix	Lisa Hanawalt	The Tornante Company, Brave Dummy, Boxer vs. Raptor
2019	Human Discoveries	Facebook	Chris Bruno, David Lee	N/A
TBA	Chuck Deuce^[7]	Adult Swim	Dan Harmon	N/A
TBA	Galaga Chronicles	N/A	Roberto Orci	N/A

Music Videos[]


Year	Artists	Song	Label
2011	Jane's Addiction	End to the Lies	Capitol Records
2011	Jane's Addiction	Irresistible Force	Capitol Records
2011	Korn	Narcissistic Cannibal	Roadrunner Records
2012	ZZ Ward	Put the Gun Down	Hollywood Records
2014	Beck	Blue Moon	Capitol Records

Commercials[]

Pinto Promos for Fuel TV
Hallmark eCards (Can't Touch This)
- Director: Rohitash Rao
Happy Honda Days Shorts for Honda with Secret Weapon (2012)
- Director: Jed Hathaway
Snow White for Disney
Lake Nona for GE with BBH L.A
Verrado for Cecillian Worldwide
- Director: Rohitash Rao
Boost Mobile Don't Data & Drive for Boost Mobile with 180LA
- Director: Rohitash Rao
ENOS for Comedy Central Super Bowl Special
Pinto for Fuel TV
Happy Honda Days Shorts for Honda with Secret Weapon (2013)
- Director: Jed Hathaway
Red Velvet Oreo for Nabisco with 360i
- Director/Producer: Jed Hathaway
Glide for Oral-B with Publicis
- Director: Rohitash Rao
Farmers for Farmer’s Insurance with RPA
Centaur and the Late Night Munchie Meal for Jack In The Box with Secret Weapon
- Director: Jed Hathaway
Fire House Subs for Fire House Subs with 360i (New York)
- Director/Producer: Jed Hathaway
Happy Honda Days Shorts for Honda with Secret Weapon (2014)
- Director: Jed Hathaway
The Work Revolution for Freelancer’s Union
- Director: Rohitash Rao
Boost Mobile ZTE Warp Sync for Boost Mobile with 180LA
- Director: Rohitash Rao
Omakase for Cartoon Network/Adult Swim with Cutaway Creative
- Director: Jesse Selwyn
Smores Oreo for Nabisco with 360i
- Director/Producer: Jed Hathaway
Happy Honda Days Shorts for Honda with Secret Weapon (2015)
- Director: Jed Hathaway
Subway for Subway with 360i (New York)
- Director: Jed Hathaway
Oreo for Nabisco with 360i
- Director: Ben Bjelejac
Red Nose for Walgreens and BuzzFeed
- Director: Michael Langan
Trolls for M.A.C.
- Director: Tony Kelly
A Christmas Carol for NBC Sports - SNF
- Director: Jed Hathaway
Nissan Star Wars
- Director: Tony Stacchi
Go Deeper for Newport Beach Film Festival
- Director: Jed Hathaway

Awards[]

Television[]

The studio has received a high level of recognition for their work in Television, including multiple Emmy and Annie Awards on behalf of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and ASIFA-Hollywood, respectively.

Year	Award	Category	Winner
2006	Emmy	Individual Achievement in Animation	Sarah E. Meyer - Robot Chicken
2007	Emmy	Individual Achievement in Animation	Thomas Smith - Robot Chicken
2007	Emmy	Individual Achievement in Animation	Sihanouk Mariona - Moral Orel
2008	Annie	Best Character Animation In a TV Production	Eric Towner - Robot Chicken
2008	Annie	Best Directing In a TV Production	Seth Green - Robot Chicken
2009	Annie	Best Voice Acting In a TV Production	Ahmed Best - Robot Chicken: Star Wars
	Annie	Best Writing in a TV Production	Robot Chicken: Star Wars
	Annie	Best Animated Television Program	Robot Chicken: Star Wars
	Emmy	Individual Achievement in Animation	Joshua A. Jennings - Robot Chicken
	Emmy	Individual Achievement in Animation	Elizabeth Harvatine - Moral Orel
2010	Annie	Best Animated Short Subject	Robot Chicken: Star Wars
	Emmy	Individual Achievement in Costume Design	Jeanette Moffat - Titan Maximum
	Emmy	Outstanding Short Format Animated Program	Robot Chicken
2016	Critics' Choice	Best Animation Series	BoJack Horseman

Advertising[]

As the studio has grown, they have also taken on work with various advertising campaigns with high-profile clients such as Honda. It was also honored at the ADDY Awards for an ad campaign with Farmers Insurance, directed by Jed Hathaway.

Year	Category	Company	Advertisement	Agency	Director
2011	Online	Farmers Insurance	“Meet the Wongs”	RPA	Jed Hathaway
2011	Online	Farmers Insurance	“The Cat Burglar”	RPA	Jed Hathaway
2011	Online	Farmers Insurance	“Dude of Hazards”	RPA	Jed Hathaway
2011	Online	Farmers Insurance	“Le Petite Disastre”	RPA	Jed Hathaway

References[]

↑ Lubin, Gus (October 3, 2014). "How A Comedian With No Experience Got Such Huge Names To Join 'BoJack Horseman'" (in en). http://www.businessinsider.com/bojack-horseman-development-2014-10. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
↑ "Booksmart (2019) - Full Cast & Crew". https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1489887/fullcredits. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
↑ https://www.cartoonbrew.com/internet-television/netfiixs-new-animation-slate-includes-craig-mccracken-nora-twomey-and-jorge-gutierrez-analysis-166163.html
↑ Lang, Brent (October 22, 2018). "Guillermo del Toro Directing ‘Pinocchio’ for Netflix". https://variety.com/2018/film/news/guillermo-del-toro-pinocchio-netflix-1202987621/. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
↑ Wiseman, Andrew (April 13, 2018). "‘Wadjda’ Director Haifaa Al-Mansour Sets Up Animation ‘Miss Camel’ At ‘BoJack Horseman’ Producer ShadowMachine". https://deadline.com/2018/04/wadjda-director-haifaa-al-mansour-sets-animation-miss-camel-bojack-horseman-producer-shadowmachine-1202363676/. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
↑ Barsanti, Sam (May 17, 2017). "Adult Swim announces new stop-motion series The Shivering Truth". https://www.avclub.com/article/adult-swim-announces-new-stop-motion-series-shiver-255511. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
↑ O'Connell, Michael (May 12, 2016). "Adult Swim Orders Live-Action Pilot From Dan Harmon, 'Rick and Morty' Scribe" (in en). https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/adult-swim-orders-live-action-893243. Retrieved February 13, 2018.

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[1] Lubin, Gus (October 3, 2014). "How A Comedian With No Experience Got Such Huge Names To Join 'BoJack Horseman'" (in en). http://www.businessinsider.com/bojack-horseman-development-2014-10. Retrieved February 13, 2018.

[2] "Booksmart (2019) - Full Cast & Crew". https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1489887/fullcredits. Retrieved May 28, 2019.

[3] ttps://www.cartoonbrew.com/internet-television/netfiixs-new-animation-slate-includes-craig-mccracken-nora-twomey-and-jorge-gutierrez-analysis-166163.html

[4] Lang, Brent (October 22, 2018). "Guillermo del Toro Directing ‘Pinocchio’ for Netflix". https://variety.com/2018/film/news/guillermo-del-toro-pinocchio-netflix-1202987621/. Retrieved October 22, 2018.

[5] Wiseman, Andrew (April 13, 2018). "‘Wadjda’ Director Haifaa Al-Mansour Sets Up Animation ‘Miss Camel’ At ‘BoJack Horseman’ Producer ShadowMachine". https://deadline.com/2018/04/wadjda-director-haifaa-al-mansour-sets-animation-miss-camel-bojack-horseman-producer-shadowmachine-1202363676/. Retrieved April 13, 2018.

[6] Barsanti, Sam (May 17, 2017). "Adult Swim announces new stop-motion series The Shivering Truth". https://www.avclub.com/article/adult-swim-announces-new-stop-motion-series-shiver-255511. Retrieved February 13, 2018.

[7] O'Connell, Michael (May 12, 2016). "Adult Swim Orders Live-Action Pilot From Dan Harmon, 'Rick and Morty' Scribe" (in en). https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/adult-swim-orders-live-action-893243. Retrieved February 13, 2018.

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