Doberman Pictures

Doberman Pictures is an independent, artist-owned animation studio based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Founded in 2018, it specializes in pre-production and post-production for 2D and CG animated series, serving television, streaming, and children’s and family entertainment. Its work connects early visual development and storytelling with production direction, editorial finishing, and delivery.

From development to final delivery

The studio’s pre-production work includes character, environment, prop, and background design, alongside visual development, story editing, storyboards, and animatics. These disciplines establish the visual language and storytelling structure of a production before downstream animation begins. Editorial work continues through animatic editing and final picture cutting.

Doberman’s operating model combines an in-house creative and editorial team with external animation production partners. Internal Animation Directors and Lighting/Rendering/Compositing Directors supervise work carried out by those partners, including animation and asset construction. Completed animation returns to Doberman for post-production, connecting its early creative work with the final presentation of each episode.

Post-production capabilities include final picture conforming, dialogue, music and sound editorial, audio mixing, color finishing, and delivery of broadcast-ready masters. This focus allows the studio to participate across several stages of a series while maintaining a compact internal operation centered on design, storytelling, direction, and finishing.

Episodic animation

Doberman has maintained a multi-year working relationship with DreamWorks Television Animation and Netflix. Its credited projects include Rhyme Time Town, Not Quite Narwhal, Mighty MonsterWheelies, and Megamind Rules!, with responsibilities spanning design, storyboards, animatics, production direction, and post-production depending on the title. Other work includes storyboards, animatics, and design for Gabby’s Dollhouse, and design for Archibald’s Next Big Thing.

The portfolio spans preschool and family series, with projects distributed through services including Netflix, Peacock, and YouTube.