HARI
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- Founded
- 2006
- Employees
- 51-200
- Offices
- 2
About HARI
HARI is a French CGI animation studio and production company creating original television, streaming and digital entertainment for children and families. Founded in 2006 by writers and producers Josselin Charier and Antoine Rodelet, the company was historically known as Studio Hari. Its creative identity centres on character-driven slapstick and non-verbal visual comedy, with stories built around expressive animation and comic timing.
The studio develops original intellectual property and combines creative development with CGI production. Its capabilities span concept art, visual development and storyboarding through modelling, texturing, rigging, character animation, lighting, rendering and compositing. It also undertakes executive production and international co-production, bringing together storytelling and technical direction across the production process.
Original series and family entertainment
Early productions including The Owl and The Owl & Co established the studio's approach to visual comedy. Grizzy & the Lemmings, which premiered in 2016, subsequently became a major international franchise, reaching audiences in more than 200 territories. Its distribution spans television broadcasters, streaming platforms and digital channels.
The production slate also includes the mystery-comedy Mystery Lane, The Weasy Family, Pipas & Douglas and Léon (t)erreur de la savane. The supplied research identifies Baby Lemmings as an upcoming preschool spin-off and a fifth, time-travel-themed season of Grizzy & the Lemmings as forthcoming.
Production organisation
HARI's animation production operates across interconnected facilities in Paris and Angoulême. The Angoulême studio opened in 2012, expanding the company's production capacity beyond Paris and bringing animation, lighting and compositing together under unified technical direction.
The production business forms part of a wider group with dedicated activities in international distribution, licensing, technology and publishing. This structure connects original programme development and animation production with the international commercial development of its properties.
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Leadership
As of November 2026, co-founder Antoine Rodelet is Président and co-founder Josselin Charier is Directeur Général. Arthur Bernard is General Manager.
Production model
The company describes its model as keeping all line production and technical pipeline development in-house, supporting its aim of delivering feature-film-calibre CGI for television and digital platforms. Dedicated group technology resources develop proprietary production pipelines and CGI software.
Recognition and collaboration
- Grizzy & the Lemmings received a Kidscreen Award and the French TV Export Award, and was nominated for an International Emmy Kids Award.
- Mystery Lane received a Pulcinella Award and an Emmy nomination.
- The Weasy Family was co-produced with France Télévisions, BBC and Super RTL.
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Where HARI is based
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
Paris offices
HeadquartersAbout this office
**Office** Status: active Headquarters Address: 166 boulevard Voltaire, 75011 Paris, France Phone: +33 1 45 31 39 44 Opened: 2023 Overall headquarters and studio, supporting management, development, storyboarding, editorial and CGI production. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 2 rue de la Roquette, 75011 Paris Opened: 2011 Closed: 2023 Former registered office, relocated to boulevard Voltaire in November 2023. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 36 boulevard de la Bastille, 75012 Paris Closed: 2011 Former studio facility, closed October 11, 2011. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 14 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010 Paris Closed: 2008 Founding registered-office premises, closed June 25, 2008. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 5 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris Closed: 2016 Former Paris facility, closed December 31, 2016.
- Angoulême, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Angoulême offices
About this office
**Office** Status: active Address: 20, rue Guy Ragnaud, 16000 Angoulême, France Phone: +33 5 45 92 62 07 Current animation and line-production premises handling 3D layout, character animation, lighting and compositing. The Angoulême operation began in 2012; the current establishment was registered in 2021. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 49 avenue de Cognac, 16000 Angoulême Opened: 2012 Closed: 2016 Original Angoulême production premises, closed before relocation to rue Guy Ragnaud.
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