Locksmith Animation

Locksmith Animation
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryComputer animation
Founded2014; 10 years ago (2014)
FounderSarah Smith
Julie Lockhart
Elisabeth Murdoch (financial backing)[1]
Headquarters,
Number of locations
London, England and Los Angeles, California
Key people
Julie Lockhart (President of Prod.)
Natalie Fischer (CEO)
Mary Coleman (CCO)
Britt Gardiner (COO)
Daphne Mather (Head of Culture)
Doug Ikeler (CTO/SVP Digital Prod.)
Shelley Page (Head of Talent)
ProductsFeature films
OwnerSister Group
Number of employees
60 (2022)
ParentSister Pictures
Websitewww.locksmithanimation.com

Locksmith Animation (also known as Locksmith) is an independent computer animation feature film studio owned by Sister Group and based in London, England and Los Angeles, California. Locksmith is best known for producing and developing independent computer-animated feature films for kids and adults of all ages.[2]

Locksmith Animation's first film, Ron's Gone Wrong, was released on 22 October 2021, distributed by 20th Century Studios (which had recently been acquired by Disney two years prior) with positive reviews. Its next films are: That Christmas, a holiday film based on filmmaker Richard Curtis' 2020 children's book of the same name, to be released by Netflix on 4 December 2024; Bad Fairies, a subversive original musical-comedy film set in contemporary London, to be released by Warner Bros. Pictures on 23 July 2027, and The Lunar Chronicles, an animated feature film adaptation project based on the author Marissa Meyer's four young adult science fiction fantasy novels by the same name.

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  2. ^ "About | Locksmith Animation". locksmithanimation.com. Retrieved 5 December 2023.