Flipbook Studio
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- 2010
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About Flipbook Studio
Flipbook Studio is an independent animation, CGI and visual effects studio based in Manchester, United Kingdom. Founded in 2010, it creates moving-image content for television, film, advertising, video games and immersive installations. Its work combines character-led animation, photorealistic imagery and live-action integration, with production capabilities extending from initial creative development through final post-production.
The studio develops scripts, concepts, storyboards and pre-visualization alongside character and environment designs. Its animation work spans hand-drawn and digital 2D approaches, motion graphics, 3D character performance and creature animation. For visual effects productions, it provides on-set supervision, compositing, green-screen integration, simulated effects and CG set extensions. Editing, conform and color grading support the completion of projects across these disciplines.
Work across screens and formats
Flipbook’s broadcast portfolio includes CGI effects and creature animation for The Worst Witch, documentary reconstructions for History Cold Case, and graphics and animation for factual programming. Its film work includes visual effects and creature animation for Star Wars: Origins, alongside co-production of the animated short Black Slide with The Hive Studio, directed by Uri Lotan. Original intellectual property development also forms part of its creative activity.
In games and advertising, the studio produces cinematic trailers, promotional animation and mixed-media campaigns. Examples include the launch cinematic for Bleeding Edge, animation for Candy Crush Soda Saga 2, a photorealistic tiger for Tiger Sheds, and the combination of 2D character animation with live action in MG Motors’ If The Walls Could Talk. Its advertising work also includes Acer’s Predator Gaming campaign It Lies Within.
Beyond conventional film and broadcast formats, Flipbook creates content for digital out-of-home displays, immersive venues and interactive brand experiences. Its capabilities include virtual and mixed reality production, large-format screen content and live gamification visuals. This range allows the studio to apply animation, visual effects and design to projects with different viewing environments and audience interactions.
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Leadership and production model
- Co-founders Benjamin Giles Haworth and Andrew David Lord are identified as creative director and managing director respectively, and both are active company directors.
- The studio supplements its permanent team with production-specific freelance animators, modelers and VFX compositors.
- Closer & Closer provides international advertising representation; this is an agency relationship rather than a studio branch.
Film recognition
Black Slide, directed by Uri Lotan, won Best Short Film at the British Animation Awards in 2022. The film was an official selection at Annecy 2022, a nominee at the 50th Annie Awards and shortlisted for the 95th Academy Awards. These distinctions relate to the film rather than separate corporate awards for the studio.
Experiential collaboration
For the Printworks Manchester transformation, Flipbook worked with ADI on bespoke visual content and live gamification for a 900m² LED ceiling. The collaboration combined content production with the venue's large-scale display installation.
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Where Flipbook Studio is based
- Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Manchester offices
HeadquartersAbout this office
**Manchester Studio** Status: active Headquarters Address: Suite 1B (1st Floor), Albion Wharf, 19 Albion Street, Manchester, M1 5LN Phone: +44 (0)161 236 0346 Opened: 2025 Overall headquarters, sole current production facility and registered office. Relocated here in April 2025. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 113–115 Portland Street, Manchester, M1 6DW Opened: 2017 Closed: 2025 Former studio premises occupied following the April 2017 relocation and vacated when the studio moved to Albion Wharf in April 2025. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: Quay Street, Manchester Closed: 2017 Original studio premises on Quay Street; a building number is not supplied. The studio relocated to Portland Street in April 2017.
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