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DreamWorks Animation(often referred only asDreamWorksand formerlyDreamWorks Animation SKG) is an American animation studio company based on Glendale, California. It was formerly a division ofDreamWorks Picturesbefore became an independent company in 2004 and since 2016, it is a subsidiary ofNBCUniversal(Comcast) through itsUniversal Picturesunit.

Although DreamWorks Animation was an independent studio from 2004 until 2016, it didn't always release its titles on its own. It once had a distribution deal withParamount Pictures, as a result of Viacom's acquisition of the original DreamWorks, and then20th Century Fox. As a result of the studio's acquisition by Comcast,Universal Picturesholds the distribution rights to all DWA titles.

1998–2004[]

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This logo first debuted with and was used on the trailers forAntz(1998) andThe Prince of Egypt(1998).DreamWorks Animation SKGdid not use an on-screen logo until 2004; prior to that year, theDreamWorks Pictureslogo was used in its place.

2004–2006[]

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2007–2018[]

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2016–present[]

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External Links[]

  • Official website

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A subsidiary of NBCUniversal, a Comcast company

Computer-animated films:
Antz | Shrek | Shrek 2 | Shark Tale | Madagascar | Over the Hedge | Shrek the Third | Bee Movie | Kung Fu Panda | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Monsters vs. Aliens | The Plum Landing Movie | How to Train Your Dragon | Shrek Forever After | Megamind | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Puss in Boots | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Rise of the Guardians | The Croods | Turbo | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Penguins of Madagascar | Home | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Trolls | The Boss Baby | Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

Traditionally-animated films:
The Prince of Egypt | The Road to El Dorado | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Aardman Animations:
Chicken Run | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Flushed Away

Upcoming films:
How to Train Your Dragon 3 | Everest | Trolls 2 | The Croods 2 | The Boss Baby 2 | Spooky Jack

Television shows (past and present):
Toonsylvania | Invasion America | Alienators: Evolution Continues | Father of the Pride | The Penguins of Madagascar | Neighbors from Hell | Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness | DreamWorks Dragons | Monsters vs. Aliens | Turbo FAST | VeggieTales in the House | All Hail King Julien | The Adventures of Puss in Boots | Dinotrux | The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show | Dawn of the Croods | Noddy, Toyland Detective | Voltron: Legendary Defender | Home: Adventures with Tip and Oh | VeggieTales in the City | Trollhunters | Spirit Riding Free

Subsidiaries
DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment | DreamWorks Animation Television (Others) | DreamWorks Classics | Big Idea (On-screen variants) | Harvey Entertainment | Harvey Comics | Bullwinkle Studios1 (75%) | Oriental DreamWorks | DreamWorks Experience

DreamWorksTV | AwesomenessTV (Awesomeness Films | Big Frame) 3

Television networks
DreamWorks Channel4

Defunct
UPA | Tomorrow Entertainment | Rankin/Bass Productions (Others) | Filmation (Others) | PBJ2 | Golden Books Family Entertainment | GoldenVision | Golden Step Ahead | Entertainment Rights | Alan Enterprises | Trans-Lux Television | Felix the Cat Productions | Chapman Entertainment | Pacific Data Images | MoonBoy Animation | Total Television

1Co-owned with Ward Productions.
2Co-owned with Luken Communications.
3Co-owned with Hearst Corporation and Verizon Communications.
4Co-owned with DreamWorks Animation and NBCUniversal International Networks.

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Film studios:

Universal Pictures (Others | Trailer variants | Closing variants) | DreamWorks Animation SKG (On-screen variants | Trailer & Closing variants) | WGBH Movies | Universal 1440 Entertainment | Universal Studios Family Productions | Universal Animation Studios | Focus Features | Focus World | Gramercy Pictures | Working Title Films | Illumination Entertainment (Others) | United International Pictures8 | NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan | NBC Sports Films | Chiller Films

NBCUniversal Television Group/Television studios:
Universal Television (Others) | Universal Television Alternative Studios | NBCUniversal Television Distribution | Universal Cable Productions | Peaco*ck Productions | NBCUniversal International Studios | LXTV | DreamWorks Animation Television (Others) | Working Title Television | Bravo Originals | Syfy Originals

U.S. broadcast networks:
NBC (HD) | Telemundo (HD) | Cozi TV | Telexitos

NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations:
NBC O&Os: KNBC | KNSD | KNTV | KXAS-TV | WBTS-LD | WCAU | WMAQ-TV | WNBC | WRC-TV | WTVJ | WVIT
Telemundo O&Os: KBLR | KDEN-TV | KEJT-LP | KHRR | KNSO1 | KSTS | KTAZ | KTLM | KTMD | KVDA | KVEA | KXTX-TV | WKAQ-TV | WNEU | WNJU | WSCV | WSNS-TV | WWSI
Other: K15CU-D

NBCUniversal Cable:
Bravo | Chiller | CNBC (World) | E! | Golf Channel | MSNBC | NBCSN | Universo | NHL Network | Olympic Channel16 | Oxygen | Sprout | Syfy (HD | Other) | USA Network (HD) | New England Cable News | The Weather Channel9

NBCUniversal International Networks:
Universal Channel (UK | Latin America | Africa) | Syfy | (Latin America) | DreamWorks Channel | 13th Street Universal | (Calle 13 Universal | 13ème Rue Universal) | Diva Universal | Studio Universal (Italy | Latin America | Africa) | E! (Canada | Latin America) | Telemundo Internacional11 | Golf Channel (Latin America)13 | CNBC (Africa | Arabia | Asia | Australia | Awaaz | Europe | Latin America | Pakistan) | Movies 24 | Movies 24+ | EuronewsNBC15

NBC Sports Regional Networks:
Bay Area | California | Chicago | Mid-Atlantic | New England | Northwest | Philadelphia | Comcast Network | SportsNet New York

Universal Parks & Resorts:
Universal Studios Hollywood | Universal Orlando Resort | (Universal Studios Florida | Universal's Islands of Adventure) | Universal Studios Japan | Universal Studios Singapore | Universal Studios Dubailand | Universal CityWalk | Universal Creative

Other assets:
DailyCandy | Fandango | Movieclips | Flixster | Rotten Tomatoes | Movies.com | Hulu (30%) | iVillage | NBC Sports Group | Universal Pictures Home Entertainment | Green is Universal | NBC News | NBC Sports | NBC Olympics | NBC Kids | NBC On Demand | NBCUniversal News Group | NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises | NBCUniversal International Distribution | Universal Brand Development | Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment12 | NBC Sports Digital | PictureBox Films | Hayu | Seeso | Telemundo Deportes | RTI Producciones(40%) | Amblin Partners (Minority) 14 | Craftsy

Defunct/Dissolved
Universal Cartoons | MCA Family Entertainment | Walter Lantz Productions | Revue Studios | Kayro-UTV Productions | MCA Inc. | MCA TV | MCA Television Entertainment | MCA DiscoVision | Seagram's | Universal Eight | NBC Films | NBC Studios | NBC Enterprises | NBC International | NBC Home Video | Castle Films | Universal Pay Television | Multimedia Entertainment | Universal Worldwide Television | Universal Television Entertainment | USA Network Originals | Studios USA | International Pictures | Island Pictures | October Films | Universal Focus | USA Films | NBC Plus | Diva TV | Exercise TV | Hallmark Channel (International) | MountainWest Sports Network | Good Machine | Cinema International Corporation9 |CIC Video8 | Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast | Comcast Sports Southwest | KidsCo5 | Fearnet2 | ITC Entertainment Group6 | ITC Film Distributors6 | Multimedia Motion Pictures | Associated Film Distribution7 | PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | PolyGram Television | PolyGram Video | Interscope Communications | USA Home Entertainment | USA Cartoon Express | NBC Universal Television Studio | Universal Media Studios | Universal Network Television | Propaganda Films | G4 (HD) | MSNBC Canada | Universal Sports4 | Qubo10 | CBS Telenoticias | FilmDistrict | Cloo | Esquire Network3 | Universal HD

Notes
1NBCUniversal owns the station, but it is operated by Serestar Communications.
2Co-owned with Sony Pictures and Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation.
3Co-owned with Hearst Corporation.
4Owns a minority share, InterMedia Partners owns a majority share.
5Co-owned with Corus Entertainment.
6NBCUniversal acquired some of ITC's assets when Universal Pictures merged with PolyGram, but ITV plc still owns ITC's films and shows.
7NBCUniversal has some of AFD's assets, but Vivendi now owns EMI's films and ITV plc owns ITC's films.
8Co-owned with Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom.
9Co-owned with The Blackstone Group and Bain Capital; NBCUniversal owns 25% of the channel under The Weather Company.
10Joint venture with Ion Media Networks, DreamWorks Classics, Corus Entertainment and Scholastic.
11Joint venture with Televisa.
12Joint venture with Sony Pictures Entertainment.
13Operated as a joint-venture between DirecTV Latin America and Carlos Avila, under brand licence
14Minority stake Acquisition by NBCUniversal.
15Merge with Euronews.
16Co-owned with the United States Olympic Committee.

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Amblin Partners

Amblin Entertainment (On-screen variants) | Amblin Television | DreamWorks Pictures (On-screen variants | ) | DreamWorks Home Entertainment (On-screen variants) | Mister Smith Entertainment | Reliance Entertainment

Former, Defunct and Dissolved/Split subsidaries:
Amblimation |DreamWorks Records | Go Fish Pictures | DreamWorks Animation SKG (On-screen variants | Trailer & Closing variants) | WGBH Movies | DreamWorks Television |Pacific Data Images | DreamWorks Interactive

Minority acquisition by NBCUniversal.

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FAQs

Is DreamWorks Animation still in business? ›

Currently, DreamWorks operates out of offices at Universal Studios Hollywood. DreamWorks is also distinct from its former animation division of the same name, which was spun off in 2004 and became a subsidiary of NBCUniversal in 2016.

Is DreamWorks still with Disney? ›

On June 21, 2016, the acquisition was approved by the United States Department of Justice. The purchase was closed on August 22, 2016; the company now operates as a subsidiary of Universal Pictures.

Why is DreamWorks shutting down? ›

The closure will lead to more than 500 people losing their jobs. DreamWorks' Glendale campus remains open, and the president of the firm, Jeffrey Katzenberg has admitted that the company tried to grow too fast. We send our very best wishes to all affected.

How many animated movies does DreamWorks have? ›

As of 2024, DreamWorks Animation has released 48 feature films, with their first being Antz on October 2, 1998 and their latest being Kung Fu Panda 4 on March 8, 2024.

What happened to DreamWorks in 2024? ›

Open as of June 14, 2024, the all-new DreamWorks Land has interactive and immersive experiences for the whole family. Catch beloved characters from a variety of films and TV shows, including "Shrek," "Trolls," "Kung Fu Panda" and "Gabby's Dollhouse." We frogs are so frogcited to share all the must-know info with you!

What has happened to DreamWorks? ›

In 2004 DreamWorks spun off DreamWorks Animation as an independent company, and Katzenberg stayed on as chief executive officer. In August 2016 the corporation was acquired by NBC Universal (also known as NBCUniversal), a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation, which was originally a cable television operator.

Who is DreamWorks owned by? ›

DreamWorks Animation is owned by NBCUniversal, whose parent company is Comcast Corporation and they are both based in the United States. CBS, CNBC and ABC are all also owned by American companies.

What is DreamWorks' highest grossing movie? ›

Shrek 2 holds steady as DreamWorks Animation's highest-grossing film ever, and it is also regarded as one of the best sequels ever made.

Is DreamWorks losing money? ›

On Tuesday, DreamWorks Animation announced a fourth-quarter net loss of $263.2 million (or $3.08 per share). The majority of that loss—$210.1 million—is the pretax charge related to the company's recent restructuring efforts.

Did Netflix buy DreamWorks? ›

In a groundbreaking agreement announced in July 2021, Netflix secured a deal with Universal's renowned animation studios, DreamWorks and Illumination. This exclusive partnership grants Netflix the limited-time streaming rights to all new animated movies released by these studios, for the US audience.

Is DreamWorks declining? ›

However, as the years have progressed, DreamWorks has found itself grappling with dwindling box office returns. That reached a new low in 2023, as Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken was a box office bomb.

What is the oldest DreamWorks movie? ›

DreamWorks Animation's first movie was Antz, released two months before A Bug's Life, and thus this studio was born into incessant comparison to Pixar's output, molded by it, becoming the snarky and sarcastic foil to its competitor's earnestness.

Is Pixar bigger than DreamWorks? ›

In addition, DreamWorks Animation has several original television series under its belt. Then again, Pixar is part of The Walt Disney Company, so by proxy, it's much, much larger than DreamWorks Animation.

Is DreamWorks closing their studio? ›

As part of its restructuring announced today, DreamWorks Animation will be shutting down PDI/DreamWorks, its computer animation production company in Redwood City, CA. Half of PDI's 450 workers will lose their jobs; the others will be offered positions at the DWA campus in Glendale.

Who bought DreamWorks Animation? ›

NEW YORK --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Advancing its position in kids and family entertainment, NBCUniversal , a division of Comcast Corporation ( NASDAQ : CMCSA), today announced it has completed its acquisition of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.

Why is DreamWorks laying off employees? ›

EXCLUSIVE: DreamWorks Animation is making cuts and slashing 4% of its staff. We understand that the cuts are due to the downward cyclical turn in the business, rising production costs and the strikes.

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