Lighthouse Studios
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2017
- Employees
- 51-200
- Offices
- 1
About Lighthouse Studios
Lighthouse Studios is a Kilkenny-based animation and story-first content production studio working across traditional 2D, digital rigged animation and hybrid 2D/3D pipelines. Established as an independent joint venture between Mercury Filmworks and Cartoon Saloon, it combines production capability with original intellectual-property development for children’s, family and adult audiences.
The studio provides end-to-end animation production, from content development, scriptwriting, storyboarding and visual development through character and location design, animation, clean-up, compositing, digital effects and post-production. Its technical workflow includes Toon Boom Harmony for rigged 2D animation, alongside ShotGrid/Flow-supported pipeline integration.
Screen and audio work
Lighthouse has worked with entertainment partners and platforms including Apple TV+, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Adult Swim and Warner Bros. Animation. Its credits include El Deafo, The Cuphead Show!, The Bob’s Burgers Movie, Rick and Morty, Little Ellen, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and Bug Diaries.
The studio produced El Deafo for Apple TV+, a project recognised with a BAFTA Children & Young People Award, a Prix Jeunesse Award and a Humanitas Prize. More recent work includes animation for Light of the World, Backyard Sports: The Animated Special and the first season of Adult Swim’s President Curtis.
Original development
Alongside service production, Lighthouse develops proprietary projects and works through co-production and joint-development models. Its slate spans animated films, series and short-form work, while its output also extends beyond screen animation: the company created the RTÉ jr audio drama A Very Autistic Christmas and produces the industry podcast All Lit Up!.
The studio’s creative practice brings together hand-drawn 2D craft, digital animation, compositing, lighting and hybrid CG techniques. This combination supports projects ranging from television and feature animation to micro-series, audio storytelling and original IP development.
More about Lighthouse Studios
Leadership and operating model
- Claire Finn has served as Managing Director since early 2019 and joined the board in late 2020.
- The executive and creative management team includes Head Creative Gilly Fogg, Head of Production Cormac Slevin, Chief Financial Officer Marc Jordan, Executive Producer Ed Moline and Director of Technology and Innovation Mark Saunders.
- Lighthouse was conceived as an independent studio combining Mercury Filmworks’ technical pipeline and volume-production experience with Cartoon Saloon’s creative heritage.
Recognition
El Deafo received a BAFTA Children & Young People Award, a Prix Jeunesse Award and a Humanitas Prize.
Notable credits
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Where Lighthouse Studios is based
- Saint Kieran’s College, College Road, Walkinslough, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, R95 Y99T, IrelandKilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Lighthouse Studios Headquarters & Production Facility
HeadquartersGlobal headquarters, creative and production studios, and audio and editing suites.
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