Brown Bag Films
Description
Brown Bag Films are a twice Oscar nominated animation company based in the heart of Dublin, Ireland! Brown Bag Films is one of the world’s most exciting, original and successful creative-led animation studios. With studio locations in Dublin, Toronto and Manchester and an office in LA, Brown Bag Films creates cutting-edge animation for the international market. Founded in Dublin, Ireland in 1994 by Managing Director Cathal Gaffney and Creative Director Darragh O’Connell, and acquired by 9 Story Media Group in 2015, we remain 100% creatively-driven with a focus on producing the highest quality, cross-platform animation with strong stories and engaging characters.
The studio’s much-loved TV shows are viewed by millions of children worldwide and include Doc McStuffins, Daniel Tiger’s Neigbourhood, Henry Hugglemonster, Bing, Peg + Cat, Peter Rabbit, Wild Kratts, Olivia, Noddy in Toyland, The Magic School Bus: Rides Again, and Octonauts. Brown Bag Films has earned numerous awards and nominations
including fourteen Emmy® Awards and two Oscar nominations.
Brown Bag Films is among the most technically-advanced studios in the world, with full animation, picture and audio post-production facilities in-house. Our motto is simple: “We love animation.” In fact, we love it so much we trademarked it! 'We Love Animation™.’
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facebook.com📢Kidscreen Summit is around the corner! Are you attending? Check out our Brown Bag and 9 Story highlights here and find out what we are up to at this year’s event!😎
⏰ Time for a tutorial! CG Generalist Darko Mitev takes us through a breakdown of some epic scenery!
Sound the Octo-Alert! 📣 The Octonauts brought home the Annie Award for Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children for the episode: Operation Deep Freeze! 🎉
Happy Groundhog Day! Time for a trip down memory lane. We’ve compiled all our Numb Chucks' past Groundhog Day predictions together for your viewing pleasure! 🐹❄️🌷
🌟Brown Bag Stacks Up SEVEN Parents’ Choice Awards!🌟
🎬 Dublin International Film Festival is just around the corner! Check out their awesome line-up of animations and grab your tickets quick!
We caught up with animation supervisor Diane Aarts, to talk tools of the trade and get her unique thoughts on what it takes to animate! 🎨
🎨 Our Background Artist Kirsten Shiel is on the DailyEdge.ie '25 cool Irish illustrators you need on your Instagram feed' list! 👏🎉 📷 Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kirstenshiel
🎉 Doc McStuffins has been nominated for a GLAAD Award for "The Emergency Plan" episode in the Outstanding Kids & Family Programming category!
Check out the trailers for this year's Oscar nominated animated shorts! Got a fave? 🎬
Dublin International Film Festival program is UP! 🎉 #ADIFF18
Need a recipe for an amazing evening of art… why not try mixing Life Drawing & Lightsabers! 🎨⚔️