Mercury Filmworks

Mercury Filmworks is an independent Canadian animation studio founded in Vancouver in 1997 and headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. The full-service production house creates premium 2D digital animation and hybrid 2D/3D work for television, streaming, feature animation and commercial projects. Its work spans creative development, production and post-production, alongside original IP development and international co-productions.

The studio’s services cover story development, scriptwriting, character and environment design, visual development, storyboarding and animatics. Production capabilities include Toon Boom Harmony animation, rigging, layout, background painting and 3D CGI integration, followed by compositing, visual effects, editing and picture finishing. Mercury Filmworks also provides end-to-end production management and creative partnership for broadcasters and streaming platforms.

Animation craft and production technology

Mercury Filmworks is known for digital paperless animation pipelines designed to retain the fluid, organic qualities of classical hand-drawn work. Its proprietary Seraphim pipeline and collaboration with Toon Boom support vector-based animation, digital ink and paint, rigging, visual development and hybrid production workflows.

The studio has maintained a multi-project relationship with Disney Television Animation since 2010, producing work including Mickey Mouse, The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, The Lion Guard, Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, Wander Over Yonder and Star vs. the Forces of Evil.

Selected productions

Its broader production portfolio includes:

• Hilda and Hilda and the Mountain King
• Kid Cosmic and Centaurworld
• Interrupting Chicken
• The Ghost and Molly McGee
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
• Additional animation for The Bob's Burgers Movie
• Atomic Puppet, Toot & Puddle, Jake and the Never Land Pirates and Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil

Mercury Filmworks continues to operate independently, combining service production with the development of original properties and co-productions for global entertainment partners.