Mighty Oak

Mighty Oak is a woman- and queer-owned animation and creative production studio based in New York City. Publicly launched in 2015 following its legal formation in 2014, the independently owned company began in Brooklyn and now operates in Manhattan. Its work combines handmade materials with digital animation techniques across branded content, documentary storytelling, episodic entertainment and original films.

The studio specializes in stop-motion, 2D and mixed-media animation. Cut-paper elements, custom puppets, miniature sets and tactile props give its productions a physical foundation, while hand-drawn animation, digital compositing and visual effects extend the finished imagery. Its production capabilities span concept development, scriptwriting, storyboarding, direction, fabrication, animation and finishing, allowing projects to move from an initial creative idea through completed delivery.

Animation for entertainment and brands

Mighty Oak has created work for Netflix, HBO, Amazon, Adult Swim, TruTV and Nick Jr. Its entertainment portfolio includes stop-motion segments for Random Acts of Flyness, educational animated storytelling for The Principles of Pleasure, and promotional work associated with Only Murders in the Building, Smiling Friends and Rick and Morty. Commercial projects include animation for The New York Times, Airbnb, Etsy, Coca-Cola, Samsung, General Electric, Shopify and Lego Duplo.

Documentary production is another substantial part of the studio's practice. Its work includes archival graphics and animated sequences for Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print, And So It Goes and Being Mary Tyler Moore, as well as tactile stop-motion sequences for the nature docuseries Octopus!. These projects bring animation into non-fiction formats alongside the studio's advertising and entertainment commissions.

Original filmmaking also forms part of its creative output. Its first original short, Under Covers, was written and directed by Michaela Olsen and premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.