Salty Dog Pictures
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About Salty Dog Pictures
Salty Dog Pictures was an Irish animation production studio founded in 2013 by producer Deirdre Barry and director and animator Clifford Parrott. Based in Dublin, it developed, financed and produced original animated intellectual property alongside international co-productions and overseas animation services. Its work focused on digital 2D animation for television, children's entertainment and commercial advertising.
The studio combined original development with production support for international partners. Its capabilities included content development and series bibles, character design, pre-production, rigging and animation, as well as co-production financing and packaging. Toon Boom Harmony and Storyboard Pro formed part of its production pipeline.
Original productions and development
The studio originated and produced Brewster the Rooster, a preschool series created by Parrott for RTÉjr. The production comprised 26 seven-minute episodes and was distributed internationally by Monster Entertainment. It also co-produced Sir Mouse with Fabrique Fantastique and broadcast partners RTÉjr, Ketnet and SWR, bringing together Irish, Belgian and German participation.
Its development slate included The Mooneys, a futuristic animated sitcom pitched at Cartoon Forum in 2016 with Pete Michels attached to direct. Another development project, Danny's Awesome World, targeted an upper-preschool audience. These development projects represented a different stage of work from the studio's completed series and animation service credits.
International animation work
Salty Dog Pictures provided 2D animation for The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special, the NBC and Saturday Night Live television special starring Tom Hanks. Its overseas service work also included Warner Bros. Animation's Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs!, a Flintstones spin-off for Boomerang. Commercial production included a series of ten animated Blue Insurance television advertisements for Irish and UK networks.
Across these projects, the studio's production model connected its own programme development with commissioned animation and collaboration with broadcasters, distributors and other production companies.
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Production milestones
- The report identifies Salty Dog Pictures as the first Irish studio to implement a dedicated full-pipeline Toon Boom Harmony workflow for television series production.
- In 2017, the studio announced a 30-job expansion connected to its collaboration with Los Angeles-based Stoopid Buddy Stoodios.
Founders' backgrounds and later roles
- Before co-founding the studio, Deirdre Barry worked in production with HBO and Overseas Filmgroup in Los Angeles, served as Head of Production at Monster Entertainment and established the live-action company Avalon Films.
- Clifford Parrott previously spent more than a decade writing, directing and animating in Los Angeles, including work for Disney, Renegade Animation, Cartoon Network and Comedy Central.
- Barry was named Programme Director of Ireland's National Talent Academy for Animation in September 2021. The report identifies Parrott's subsequent role as Creative Director at the separate company Magpie 6 Media.
Recognition
- Sir Mouse received a Kids' Choice nomination at the 2021 Irish Animation Awards; the recognition was for the series.
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Current and former locations of Salty Dog Pictures
- 186 Barton Road East, Dundrum, Dublin 14, IrelandDublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Dublin office
Former officeOpened 2013 · Closed 2023
Former registered office and production base, operating from 2013 until the company's dissolution in January 2023.
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