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ICON Creative Studio

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Founded
2013
Employees
501-1000
Offices
2

About ICON Creative Studio

ICON Creative Studio is an independently owned Canadian CG animation and digital-entertainment production company founded in 2013. The studio delivers feature-quality animation for episodic series, theatrical features, themed entertainment, advertising, music videos and live-action visual-effects work.

Its end-to-end production capability spans scriptwriting, visual development, character and environment design, sculpting, storyboarding, modeling, texturing, rigging, grooming, layout, character animation, technical animation, lighting, look development, FX simulation, compositing, editorial, color finishing, sound and mastering. ICON also supports live-action production and commercial VFX, alongside animation for immersive and theme-park attractions.

Screen, Streaming & Original Work

The studio's credits include The Search for WondLa, Monsters at Work, Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures, Transformers: EarthSpark, Batwheels, Supernatural Academy, Action Pack, Elena of Avalor, Super Monsters and Rocket Club. Its themed-entertainment work includes Monstropolis for Walt Disney Imagineering and Pixar.

Alongside service production, ICON develops and produces proprietary animated IP. Its original CG feature Charlie the Wonderdog received theatrical distribution through Viva Kids and Cineplex Pictures in early 2026, while Dragoons is in production in partnership with Global Constellation.

Production Approach

ICON combines animation and visual-effects production with live-action filmmaking experience. Its pipeline covers both creative development and final delivery, including a dedicated DaVinci Resolve color-grading capability. The company works with international entertainment partners and platforms across television, streaming, feature-film, gaming-franchise and location-based entertainment projects.

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Leadership & Operating Model

  • Shea Wageman is Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer.
  • Michael Balfry, CSC is Co-Founder, Owner and Director of Photography.
  • Carson Loveday is Vice President and Executive Producer.

ICON was developed around a holistic studio philosophy intended to streamline production workflows, reduce non-essential administrative overhead and direct resources toward visual and technical quality on screen.

Pipeline Technology

The studio's production infrastructure integrates Autodesk Maya, Foundry Nuke, ShotGrid, DaVinci Resolve and scalable cloud-based compute environments.

Notable credits

16 credits
  • Charlie the Wonderdog
  • Dragoons
  • The Search for WondLa
  • Monsters at Work
  • Transformers: EarthSpark
  • Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
  • Batwheels
  • Disney Junior's Ariel
  • Alice's Wonderland Bakery
  • Firebuds
  • Supernatural Academy
  • Action Pack
  • Elena of Avalor
  • Super Monsters
  • Rocket Club
  • Monstropolis

Offices

Where ICON Creative Studio is based

2 locations

  • Vancouver offices

    Headquarters
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    About this office

    **Vancouver Headquarters (Head Office)** Status: active Headquarters Address: 21 Water Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 1A1, Canada Global head office with executive leadership, technical pipeline and main CG animation production floor. --- **Vancouver Gastown Facility (Second Office)** Status: active Address: 341 Water Street, Suite 200, Vancouver, BC V6B 1B8, Canada Secondary Gastown studio operations and artist production floors.

  • Los Angeles Creative Hub (US Office)

    5200 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601, United StatesLos Angeles, California, United States

    Opened 2026

    About this office

    First permanent U.S. creative hub, established August 2026, with showrunners, directors, writers, storyboard artists, editorial teams, executive production leadership and a DaVinci Resolve DI color-grading suite.

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