King and Country
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2006
- Employees
- 11-50
- Offices
- 1
About King and Country
King and Country is an independent creative production studio based in Los Angeles, combining design, motion graphics, animation, visual effects and live-action commercial filmmaking. Founded in 2006, the company develops audiovisual work for television networks, streaming platforms, advertising agencies and consumer brands. Its output spans broadcast identities, main titles, promotional campaigns, commercials and digital content.
The studio offers concept development, art direction and script-to-screen production. Its animation capabilities include 2D and 3D character work, motion typography, photorealistic environments and graphic design, alongside live-action directing and production. Visual effects services encompass planning, supervision, CGI and compositing, with editorial finishing and color grading completing the production offering. Campaign work can extend across television, digital, print, out-of-home and experiential formats.
Broadcast design and entertainment
King and Country's television portfolio includes the sword-and-runic “V” identity and launch branding for History Channel's Vikings, logo and promotional work for Hatfields & McCoys, and main title design for Texas Rising. Other title projects include The Good Lord Bird, The Gray House and Death By Lightning. For Treadstone, the studio's work encompasses main titles, branding and television, digital and print packaging.
Sports presentation is another part of its practice. The supplied portfolio includes NBC Sports opens for Sunday Night Football, Sunday Night Baseball and Sunday Night Basketball, alongside NFL Network's International Games and promotional work.
Commercial campaigns
The commercial portfolio combines animation, design and live-action work for brands including Adobe, Hulu, Ford, American Express, Uber, Dickies, Jack in the Box and Xbox. Projects range from Adobe Express campaigns and Ford Transit's Metamorphosis commercial to Hulu's Dame D.o.l.l.a. campaign. This work applies the studio's production and post-production capabilities across broadcast advertising, social video and digital campaigns.
More about King and Country
Founders and production model
- Commercial directors Rick Gledhill and Efrain Montañez founded the studio with executive producer Jerry Torgerson. The report also identifies Torgerson as an Executive Producer / Partner.
- The company describes a production model that involves directors throughout creative development, pre-visualization, shoot supervision and final post-production. Its in-house team is supplemented by an international network of artists.
Industry recognition
In 2021, King and Country won the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design for The Good Lord Bird. The report identifies Efrain Montañez as director and Jerry Torgerson as executive producer of the sequence.
Notable credits
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Current and former locations of King and Country
- 1941 Pontius Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90025, United StatesLos Angeles, California, United States
LA Studio
HeadquartersOverall headquarters and primary production facility, bringing creative development, editorial, animation, CG/VFX and finishing together.
- 1808 Stanford St, Santa Monica, CA 90404Santa Monica, California, United States
Santa Monica office
Former officeFormer studio premises before relocation to West Los Angeles. The relocation year is not supplied.
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