Bix Pix Entertainment
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 1998
- Employees
- 51-200
- Offices
- 2
About Bix Pix Entertainment
Bix Pix Entertainment is an independent American animation studio specializing in hand-crafted stop-motion and mixed-media production. Founded by Kelli Bixler in Chicago in 1998, the company moved to Southern California in 2006 and now operates from Burbank. Its work spans preschool and family series, television comedy, commercials, animated shorts and feature development.
The studio combines character fabrication, miniature environments and practical photography with digital post-production. Its production capabilities extend from original concept development and episodic showrunning through storyboards, animatics, puppet and mold design, voice casting, soundtrack integration, animation and final compositing. This breadth supports both original entertainment properties and commissioned productions for broadcasters, streaming platforms and commercial clients.
Series and television
Bix Pix created Tumble Leaf for Amazon MGM Studios, a preschool stop-motion series that ran for four seasons. In 2023, it produced Shape Island for Apple TV+, adapting the picture books by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen into stop-motion television.
Its television work also includes the stop-motion Adventure Time episode “Bad Jubies” and Christmastime for the Jews, a musical short for Saturday Night Live’s TV Funhouse. Other productions include guest sequences for Bob’s Burgers, the holiday special Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen, and the puppet and paper-animation interstitial series Moonlight Storytime.
Commercials and developing projects
The company applies its miniature filmmaking and animation capabilities to branded storytelling as well as entertainment. Its commercial work includes the 2026 Expedia Super Bowl spot “Going Places with Ken,” produced in collaboration with BUCK, while its short-form work includes Google’s Celebrating Mister Rogers animated tribute.
Alongside commissioned production, Bix Pix continues to develop original television and feature projects. Its announced feature slate includes Tumble Leaf: The Movie, being developed in partnership with Citizen Skull. Across these formats, the studio’s production approach centers on physically constructed characters and worlds supported by digital finishing.
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Leadership
- Kelli Bixler is the owner and an executive producer, alongside her founding role.
- Drew Hodges is a creator, director and executive producer.
- Jodi Downs is producer and head of finance.
- Matthew Cuny is producer and head of production.
Materials and production methods
The studio combines clay, wood, foam, paper, wire armatures and found objects with digital cinematography and VFX compositing. Its practical production capabilities include machining ball-and-socket armatures, lighting miniature sets and digitally removing animation rigs.
Recognition
The report attributes 16 Emmy Awards, three Annie Awards, a BAFTA Children's Award and an Annecy Jury Award to the series Tumble Leaf. It also identifies Shape Island as the recipient of an Annecy 1st Jury Prize in 2023 and Emmy recognition. These honors are associated with the productions rather than presented as separate corporate awards.
Founder's background
Before establishing the animation studio, Kelli Bixler produced and directed live-action programming in Chicago.
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Current and former locations of Bix Pix Entertainment
- 2840 N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505, USABurbank, California, United States
Burbank office
HeadquartersAbout this office
Current overall headquarters and production facility, with administrative suites, puppet fabrication workshops and stop-motion soundstages. The same property parcel also includes 2810 N. Lima St.
- Los Angeles, California, United States
Los Angeles office
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
Chicago office
Former officeClosed 2006
About this office
Original headquarters location before the studio permanently relocated to the Los Angeles metropolitan area in 2006. No current physical office is supported.
- 11630 Tuxford St, Sun Valley, CA 91352Sun Valley, California, United States
Sun Valley office
Former officeFormer headquarters and multi-stage production studio. Bix Pix vacated the premises and transferred production operations to Burbank.
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