Giant Animation
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2012
- Employees
- 51-200
- Offices
- 2
About Giant Animation
Giant Animation is an independent CG animation and digital production studio founded in Dublin in January 2012. It creates animation for television, streaming platforms, feature films and advertising, with a particular focus on character-led storytelling and children's and family entertainment. The studio developed from its founders' early collaborations and short films into a production business working with international broadcasters, producers and entertainment companies.
Its capabilities span development through finished CG production. Pre-production work includes concept art, scriptwriting, character and world design, visual development and storyboarding. Production services cover modeling, texturing, shading, rigging, animation, lighting and compositing, alongside look development, VFX and matte painting. Giant undertakes full animation production, work-for-hire assignments, co-productions and commercial or short-form projects, while also developing original intellectual property.
Series, specials and original work
The studio's television work includes 40 episodes of The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish! and 10 episodes of The Legends of Evergreen Hills. Its portfolio also includes Zog and the Flying Doctors, Remy & Boo, Sherwood, Go! Go! Cory Carson and Go Jetters. These projects sit alongside short films such as Geist and The Overcoat, reflecting a production history that encompasses both commissioned entertainment and filmmaker-led work.
Giant has collaborated with companies including Nickelodeon, Netflix, BBC, Magic Light Pictures and CBeebies. Its original development slate includes the family CG animated feature Milo and the series Rachel's Pet Parlour, both identified as development projects in the supplied research.
European production presence
In February 2025, Giant expanded beyond Ireland with a production hub in Barcelona. The expansion supports international co-productions and work-for-hire services, recruitment of European artistic talent, and production shared between Ireland and Spain. Together, its Irish and Spanish operations support the studio's work across animated series and feature development.
More about Giant Animation
Founders and leadership
The founding partners are Alex Sherwood, Ben Harper, Sean Mullen and Daniel Spencer. The research identifies Sherwood as Chief Executive Officer and Head of Development, Harper as Managing Director, Mullen as Chief Creative Officer, and Spencer as Co-Founder and Producer.
Production infrastructure
The studio maintains three end-to-end CG pipelines, with infrastructure capable of scaling to more than 250 crew members. Its production tools include Autodesk Maya, Arnold and Pixologic ZBrush, alongside custom pipeline workflows. This describes production capacity rather than a current employee count.
Creative collaboration
The Overcoat was co-produced with A Film Estonia and features the voices of Cillian Murphy and Alfred Molina.
Notable credits
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Where Giant Animation is based
- 2nd Floor, Phibsborough Tower, Phibsborough Road, Phibsborough, Dublin 7, D07 XH2D, IrelandDublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Dublin office
HeadquartersOverall headquarters and main production studio, housing executive leadership, development and three CG production pipelines.
- Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Barcelona office
Opened 2025
About this office
International production hub opened in February 2025 for work-for-hire services, international co-productions and shared production with Ireland.
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