Lupus Films
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About Lupus Films
Lupus Films is an independent animation and live-action production company based in London, specialising in family entertainment. Founded in January 2002 by Camilla Deakin and Ruth Fielding, the studio develops and produces television specials, series and feature films, with a particular focus on adaptations of children’s literature, illustrated picture books and graphic novels.
Traditional hand-drawn animation is central to its work, alongside digital 2D, CGI and mixed-media techniques. Its production capabilities span storyboarding, layout, background art and compositing. The company also undertakes literary adaptation and intellectual property development, international co-productions and co-financing, as well as bespoke promotional animation and broadcast network idents.
From picture books to television specials
The studio produced The Snowman and The Snowdog in 2012 to mark the 30th anniversary of Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman. Its subsequent television adaptations include We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, based on Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury’s book, and Judith Kerr’s The Tiger Who Came to Tea and Mog’s Christmas. Its wider television work includes the CGI preschool series The Hive and the Halloween special The Ghastly Ghoul.
These productions reflect a sustained focus on translating illustrated stories into animation for children and family audiences. Alongside its seasonal specials, Lupus Films has produced promotional idents featuring characters from its adaptations for Channel 4.
Feature film production
Its feature work includes Ethel & Ernest, the 2016 hand-drawn adaptation of Raymond Briggs’ biographical graphic novel. The studio also produced Kensuke’s Kingdom, adapted from Michael Morpurgo’s novel and directed by Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry, followed by the 2024 animated musical The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland, featuring the voices of Emilia Clarke and Gerard Butler.
Lupus Films works across broadcast television, theatrical distribution and streaming markets. Its business combines development and production with international partnerships, commercial licensing, brand management and broadcast distribution consulting.
More about Lupus Films
Founders and governance
Camilla Deakin and Ruth Fielding previously worked as Arts and Animation commissioning executives at Channel 4. Both are identified as company directors and persons with significant control in the supplied corporate research; no current managing-director title is established.
Production model and collaboration
The studio expands its permanent core through project-based freelance crews, including animators, clean-up artists, layout specialists and compositors. Dedicated production companies are established for individual projects rather than operated as separate animation studios.
International production partnerships include Cloth Cat Animation and Melusine Productions on Ethel & Ernest, Bumpybox on Kensuke’s Kingdom, and Dream Logic Animation Studios on The Ghastly Ghoul.
Industry participation and training
The report identifies Lupus Films as an Animation UK member and describes its adherence to BFI/BAFTA Albert sustainability and Dignity at Work standards. It also reports collaborations with ScreenSkills and the JGA Group to train emerging animators.
Production recognition
The Tiger Who Came to Tea won an International Emmy Kids Award, while Mog’s Christmas received Best Long Form at the British Animation Awards. Kensuke’s Kingdom premiered in official competition at Annecy in 2023, won three British Animation Awards and received a BAFTA Children’s & Family Award nomination. These distinctions concern the named productions.
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Where Lupus Films is based
- 339 Upper Street, London, N1 0PB, United KingdomLondon, England, United Kingdom
London Studio & Headquarters
HeadquartersOverall company headquarters and core animation production facility in Islington.
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