ShadowMachine is an American animation studio and production company specialized in 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, The Shivering Truth and Titan Maximum for Adult Swim. Afterwards, the company 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.
Filmography Films Release date Film Director Co-producers DistributorJuly 31, 2005March 17, 2006The ZodiacAlex BulkleyMyriad PicturesBlackwater FilmsTHINKFilmOctober 2, 2015Hell and Back Tom GianasRoss ShumanN/AFreestyle ReleasingMay 24, 2019BooksmartOlivia WildeAnnapurna PicturesGloria Sanchez ProductionsAnnapurna PicturesDecember 9, 2022Guillermo del Toro's PinocchioGuillermo del ToroMark GustafsonNetflix Animation StudiosDouble Dare You!The Jim Henson CompanyNetflixTBA The Buried GiantGuillermo del ToroNetflix Animation StudiosDouble Dare You!Bob the BuilderTBAMetro-Goldwyn-MayerMattel FilmsNuyorican ProductionsAmazon MGM Studios
Television series Year Series Creator(s) Co-producers Network 2005–12Robot Chicken (seasons 1–5) Seth GreenMatthew Senreich Stoopid MonkeyWilliams StreetSony Pictures Digital Adult Swim 2005–09Moral Orel Dino Stamatopoulos Fragical ProductionsWilliams Street 2009Titan Maximum Matthew SenreichTom Root Stoopid MonkeyWilliams StreetTom Is Awesome 2010Mary Shelley's Frankenhole Dino Stamatopoulos Fragical ProductionsWilliams Street 2013 Good Morning Today David Javerbaum The Jim Henson Company Fusion 2014–16TripTank Various Comedy Partners Comedy Central 2014–20BoJack Horseman Raphael Bob-Waksberg The Tornante CompanyBoxer vs. Raptor Netflix 2016Greatest Party Story Ever N/A Four Peaks Media GroupDen of Thieves MTV 2017Jeff & Some Aliens Sean DonnellyAlessandro Minoli Video LouComedy Partners Comedy Central 2018–21Final Space Olan Rogers Star CadetConacoStudio T (Season 1)New Form DigitalJam Filled Entertainment TBS (season 1)Adult Swim (seasons 2–3) 2018 Dallas & Robo Mike Roberts N/A YouTube Red The Shivering Truth Vernon Chatman PFFRWilliams Street Adult Swim (season 1 only) 2019–22 Tuca & Bertie Lisa Hanawalt The Tornante CompanyBrave DummyBoxer vs. Raptor (season 1)Vegan Blintzes (seasons 2–3)Williams Street (seasons 2–3) Netflix (season 1)Adult Swim (seasons 2–3) 2019 Human DiscoveriesChris BrunoDavid Howard Lee Ninjas Runnin' WildKirk J. Rudell Productions Facebook Watch 2021–23 Ten Year Old Tom Steve Dildarian Work Friends LLC,Tomorrow StudiosInsane Loon Productions HBO Max (season 1)Max (season 2) 2022 The Afterparty (episode 6 only) Christopher Miller Lord Miller ProductionsSony Pictures Television StudiosTriStar Television Apple TV+ Little Demon Darcy FowlerSeth KirschnerKieran Valla Jersey 2nd AvenueEvil Hag ProductionsHarmonious ClaptrapAtomic CartoonsFXP FXX 2023 Praise Petey Anna Drezen Gorgeous Horse ProductionsThe Monica Padrick CompanyBandera Entertainment20th Television Animation Freeform 2023–24 Clone High (seasons 2–3) Phil LordChristopher MillerBill Lawrence DoozerLord Miller ProductionsMTV Entertainment Studios Max 2023 Strange Planet Dan HarmonNathan W. Pyle Mercury FilmworksHarmonious ClaptrapNathan W PyleApple Studios Apple TV+ 2023–25 The Tiny Chef Show (seasons 2–3) Rachel LarsenOzlem 'Ozi' AkturkAdam Reid Imagine Kids+FamilyTiny Chef ProductionsDunshire ProductionsNickelodeon Animation Studio Nickelodeon 2024 In the Know Mike JudgeBrandon GardnerZach Woods Oregon FilmBandera EntertainmentUniversal Television Peacock 2025–present Lil Kev Matthew ClaybrooksMichael Price Standing Room Only! EntertainmentKing of France ProductionsHartbeat Productions BET+ Long Story Short Raphael Bob-Waksberg The Tornante CompanyVegan Blintzes Netflix TBAGalaga Chronicles Roberto Orci Bandai Namco EntertainmentThe Nuttery Entertainment N/A Milepost 88 Mark Gustafson N/A Firefly Tara ButtersMarc Guggenheim Collision3320th Television Animation
Specials Release date Special Co-producers Network June 17, 2007 Robot Chicken: Star Wars LucasfilmStoopid MonkeyWilliams StreetSony Pictures Digital Adult Swim November 16, 2008 Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II December 19, 2010 Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III December 19, 2014 BoJack Horseman: Sabrina's Christmas Wish The Tornante CompanyBoxer vs. Raptor Netflix May 13, 2018 Chuck Deuce (failed pilot) Adult Swim November 26, 2021 5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas Electric Hot DogUniversal Television NBC
Music videos +YearSongArtistsLabel2000Last TimeDownerRoadrunner Records 2011End to the Lies Jane's Addiction Capitol RecordsIrresistible ForceNarcissistic CannibalKornRoadrunner Records2012Put the Gun DownZZ WardHollywood Records2013Xmas TownGummibärGummybear International2014Blue MoonBeckCapitol Records
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“The Cat Burglar”“Dude of Hazards”“Le Petite Disastre”
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 SubsFire 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 and nominations Film Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 16, 2022 Music Themed Film, Biopic or Musical Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards December 11, 2022 Best Animated Film Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards December 12, 2022 Best Animated Feature Chicago Film Critics Association Awards December 14, 2022 Best Animated Film Pinocchio Utah Film Critics Association December 17, 2022 Best Animated Feature Pinocchio St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards December 18, 2022 Best Animated Film Pinocchio Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association December 19, 2022 Best Picture Best Animated Film Florida Film Critics Circle December 22, 2022 Best Animated Film Pinocchio Alliance of Women Film Journalists January 5, 2023 Best Animated Film Pinocchio San Diego Film Critics Society January 6, 2023 Best Animated Film Pinocchio Best Visual Effects Toronto Film Critics Association January 8, 2023 Best Animated Film San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle January 9, 2023 Best Animated Feature Austin Film Critics Association January 10, 2023 Best Animated Film Pinocchio Golden Globe Awards January 10, 2023 Best Animated Feature Film Pinocchio Georgia Film Critics Association January 13, 2023 Best Animated Film Pinocchio Critics' Choice Movie Awards January 15, 2023 Best Animated Feature Seattle Film Critics Society January 17, 2023 Best Animated Feature Pinocchio Online Film Critics Society January 23, 2023 Best Animated Feature Visual Effects Society Awards February 15, 2023 Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Aaron Weintraub, Jeffrey Schaper, Cameron Carson, Emma Gorbey Houston Film Critics Society February 18, 2023 Best Picture Pinocchio Best Animated Feature Art Directors Guild Awards February 18, 2023 Excellence in Production Design for an Animated Film Guy Davis, Curt Enderle British Academy Film Awards February 19, 2023 Best Animated Film Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley Hollywood Critics Association Awards February 24, 2023 Best Animated Film Pinocchio Producers Guild of America Awards February 25, 2023 Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures Guillermo Del Toro, Gary Ungar, and Alex Bulkley Annie Awards February 25, 2023 Best Animated Feature Pinocchio Golden Reel Awards February 26, 2023 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation Scott Martin Gershin, Masanobu "Tomi" Tomita, Andrew Vernon, Dan Gamache, Dan O'Connell, John Cucci Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Feature Motion Picture Lewis Morison, Eric Caudieux, Chris Barret Satellite Awards March 3, 2023 Best Motion Picture – Animated or Mixed Media Pinocchio Cinema Audio Society Awards March 4, 2023 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Animated Jon Taylor, Frank Montaño, Peter Cobbin, Tavish Grade American Cinema Editors Awards March 5, 2023 Best Edited Animated Feature Film Ken Schretzmann, Holly Klein Academy Awards March 12, 2023 Best Animated Feature Film Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley
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 Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Sarah E. Meyer - Robot Chicken: Easter Chicken 2007 Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Thomas Smith - Robot Chicken: Lust For Puppets Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Sihanouk Mariona - Moral Orel: The Lord's Prayer 2008 Annie Outstanding Character Animation In a TV Production Eric Towner - Robot Chicken Annie Best Directing in an Animated Television Production Seth Green - Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2009 Annie Best Voice Acting In a TV Production Ahmed Best - Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II Annie Best Writing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II Annie Best Animated Television Production Robot Chicken: Star Wars Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Savelen Forrest - Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Elizabeth Harvatine - Moral Orel: Sacrifice 2010 Annie Best Animated Short Subject Robot Chicken: Star Wars Emmy Outstanding Costumes for a Variety/Music Program or a Special Jeanette Moffat - Titan Maximum: Went to Party, Got Crabs Emmy Outstanding Short Form Animated Program Robot Chicken: Full-Assed Christmas Special 2016 Critics' Choice Best Animation Series BoJack Horseman
References
External links
ShadowMachine on StudioSystem