We have introduced a lovable curmudgeonly ogre, an overly optimistic pink-haired troll, a noodle-slurping martial arts obsessed panda, a business minded baby and a bashful yet charismatic Viking hero and his pet dragon, to name a few. Thanks to movies like Shrek, Trolls, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, Madagascar, and The Boss Baby, and television series like Gabby's Dollhouse, Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous, Trollhunters, and All Hail King Julien, DreamWorks Animation is recognized across the globe as a leader in quality family entertainment.
We tell stories about dreams and the journeys unconventional heroes take to make them come true. With hilarious characters, genuine emotion, and bold new worlds, our original stories engage audiences across multiple generations. Striving for the highest quality animation and the best storytelling imaginable, DreamWorks has delivered innovative films and television series that encourage us all to imagine something different.
The 13-acre campus in Glendale houses hundreds of employees, including artists, animators, technologists and engineers, across feature film and television.
DreamWorks boasts a vibrant artistic culture that encourages creative pioneers, an open exchange of ideas, and technological innovation in service of storytelling -- all overseen by a leadership team with hands-on creative experience.
Home to some of the world’s most beloved franchises including Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods, Trolls, The Boss Baby, The Bad Guys, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and The Wild Robot, DreamWorks Animation creates award-winning films for a global audience. Dedicated to helping families dream and laugh together, DreamWorks’ incredible cast of artists, storytellers, engineers and innovators have created over 50 breathtaking animated feature films in the last 30 years, generating more than $17 billion at the global box office. Built on the history of brand and legacy, DreamWorks pursues the future of storytelling in all platforms by crafting cutting-edge technology and immersion in fantastical worlds.
In 2013, the DWA’s television division was launched and grew rapidly to produce hundreds of hours of kids and family programming. Driven by the belief that great stories inspire great possibilities, the creative pioneers of our TV division have crafted thousands of episodes of original programming reaching consumers in more than 190 countries. Delivering fully immersive worlds with compelling characters, the prolific studio has launched several award-winning and beloved series such as Gabby’s Dollhouse, The Boss Baby: Back in Business, Tales of Arcadia from Guillermo del Toro, Dragons: Race to the Edge, Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, Spirit Riding Free, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and many more.
A leader in technological innovation, DreamWorks Animation has a 30-year reputation for pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in CG animation. With 8 Scientific and Technical Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - including for our proprietary animation platform Premo - our technology teams continue to develop tools that redefine how stories are brought to life. Our open-source physically based renderer, MoonRay, has set a new standard for visual richness and cinematic scale. Today we’re building on that legacy by designing collaborative, intuitive, and artist-friendly tools of tomorrow... purpose-built to meet the demands of next generation storytelling. We also work closely with strategic partners who share our vision and values, to accelerate technological innovations across infrastructure, workflow, and performance. Whether real-time workflows, production-scale infrastructure, or breakthrough design systems, our technology innovations are always in service of one goal: helping artists reach new creative heights.