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Bix Pix Entertainment is an American animation studio based in Burbank, California. They are internationally known for their high-quality stop motion animation. It was founded by Kelli Bixler in 1998.[1]
Overview
[edit]Initially based in Chicago and working only in clay animation, Bix Pix’s first projects included Dinner Time, an original interstitial series for The Disney Channel, and animating Dick Clark for the television series Bloopers, Bleepers & Blunders. The studio also created a spec commercial celebrating NBC’s 75th anniversary that, after viewing, NBC subsequently bought.
Bix Pix soon expanded into a multi-material approach to stop-motion animation. This approach can be seen in Christmastime for the Jews, a sketch produced in 17 days for Robert Smigel’s “TV Funhouse” segment on Saturday Night Live.
Bix Pix has a history of taking on projects that expand the artform of stop-motion animation. Early examples of this include an art installation with stop-motion elements for Sam Zell, American businessman/media mogul and philanthropist, and the sand-based stop motion used in the music video for singer/songwriter Delta Goodrem’s In This Life.
In 2006, Bix Pix relocated to Los Angeles, CA and began production on the television special Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn’t Happen, which featured the voices of Fred Savage and Fred Willard.[2] Their 2008 original web series, The Roadents, aired on Sony Network’s Crackle.com and won the 2009 Webby Award for Best Use of Special FX/Motion Graphics in a Video.
Bix Pix fabricated the puppets used in “Abed’s Uncontrolable Christmas,” the holiday episode of the television series Community in 2010.
In 2013, Bix Pix’s original preschool series Tumble Leaf was part of the first round of television pilots ordered for the Amazon Video service. The series was officially picked up for a thirteen-episode season that premiered on Amazon Prime Video in 2014.
In its four seasons on Amazon, Tumble Leaf won sixteen Emmys (including three for Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Animated Series), eight Parent’s Choice Gold Awards, three consecutive Annie Awards for Best Animated TV Production for Preschool Children, a Special Jury Award from the 2014 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, a Peabody Nomination in 2016, and a 2018 BAFTA for Best International Pre-School production.
In 2016, Bix Pix produced “Bad Jubies,” a stop-motion episode of Adventure Time written and directed by Kristen Lepore.[3] The episode won an Emmy for Individual Achievement in Animation and an Annie Award for Best Animated TV Production for Children.
That same year, Bix Pix produced Moonlight Storytime, an original interstitial series created for HMH Publishing’s Curious World app. Animated primarily in paper-based stop-motion, the series was an official selection of the 2016 the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
In 2017, the studio animated a sequence for the “Brunchsquatch” episode of Bob’s Burgers.
In 2018, Bix Pix worked with the Google Doodle team to produce a special tribute to honor the 51st anniversary of the first taping of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. The Doodle received millions of views and trended on Twitter. Joanne Rogers, Mr. Rogers’ widow stated, “This stroll through the Neighborhood is delightful, and Fred’s gentle kindness is beautifully captured in the Doodle.” [4].
In 2023, Bix Pix produced Shape Island, an Apple TV+ original series based on the best-selling “Shapes Trilogy” books by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen. The series won a Special Jury Award at the 2023 Annecy International Film Festival and an Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Animation.[5]
Other Bix Pix clients have included: Nickelodeon, Disney, Sony, HBO, MAX, Amazon, Cartoon Network, Mattel, NBC, FOX, Hasbro, Jim Henson, ABC, Netflix, Apple & Warner Brothers.
TV, Film, Shorts, & Web Credits
[edit]| Title | Year | Notes | Client |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinner Time | 1998 | TV Interstitial Series | The Disney Channel |
| Bloopers, Bleepers, & Blunders | 1998 | TV Series | Dick Clark Productions |
| Squash & Stretch | 1999 | TV Interstitial Series | The Disney Channel |
| Miss Twiggley's Tree | 1999 | Book Adaptation Short | |
| NBC 75 Year Anniversary[6] | 2002 | TV Promotion | NBC |
| Doh Doh Island[7] | 2003 | Video | Hasbro |
| Red Planet Blues[8] | 2004 | Short | Carol Singer Enterprises |
| Saturday Night Live/TV Funhouse
"Christmastime for the Jews"[9] |
2005 | Short | NBC |
| Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen | 2006 | TV Special | ABC |
| The Roadents[10] | 2008 | Web Series | Sony |
| In This Life | 2008 | Music Video | Delta Goodrem |
| Coalesse | 2010 | Promotion | |
| MAD Moments[11]
“Mummy Visits Dry Cleaner”, “Jacob Wolf”, “Waterproof Laptop”, “History Arm Fart”, “History Wet Willy”, “Vampire Helper”, “The Spatula”, “Fantastic Megan Fox” |
2010 | Shorts Series | Warner Brothers Animation |
| The Hard Times of RJ Berger
"Hakuna Matata Part 2" |
2010 | TV Episode | MTV |
| Doggity's Diner | 2010 | Series | PBS Kids Sprout |
| Community | 2010 | Puppet Fabrication | Starburns Industries |
| The Chica Show
"Chica's Halloween Adventure" |
2014 | TV Episode | PBS Kids Sprout |
| Tumble Leaf[12][13][14] | 2014-2019 | TV Series | Amazon Prime |
| Adventure Time | 2016 | TV Episode | Cartoon Network |
| Moonlight Storytime[15] | 2016 | Shorts Series | HMH |
| Bob's Burgers | 2017 | Animated Sequence | Fox |
| Wendall & Wild | 2018 | Development Puppet Fabrication | Netflix |
| Google Doodle: Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood[16][17] | 2018 | Google Doodle | |
| Shape Island[18][19] | 2023 | TV Series | Apple TV+ |
Commercial Credits
[edit]Awards and Nominations
[edit]| Show | Year | Awards Program | Award/Nomination |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Twiggley's Tree | 2000 | Intercom International Communications Film & Video Competition | Silver Plaque Award for Animation |
| 2002 | Parents' Choice Awards | Silver Honors | |
| NBC Memories | 2003 | Intercom International Communications Film & Video Competition | Gold Plaque for Network Promotions |
| Silver Plaque for Institutional Corporate Identity | |||
| Red Planet Blues | 2005 | Phoenix Film Festival | Best Animated Short |
| IFFF | Short - Animation | ||
| Houston International Film Festival | Silver Remi Award - Short Subject Film & Video Awards Animated (Clay & Other) | ||
| The Roadents | 2009 | 13th Annual Webby Award | Official Honoree - Best Use of Special FX/Motion Graphics |
| Tumble Leaf Season 1 | 2014 | Annecy International Animation Film Festival | Jury Award for a Television Series |
| 2015 | 42nd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Pre-School Children's Animated Program | |
| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Honorees: Character Animation, Colorist, Character Design, and Production Designer | |||
| Annie Awards (ASIFA International Animated Film Society) | Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children | ||
| Nominated:
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated TV/Broadcast | |||
| CYNOPSISKIDS !magination Awards | Preschool Series/Special | ||
Nominated:
| |||
| Parents' Choice Awards | Gold Award for Television | ||
| Young Artist Award | Best Performer in a Voice-Over Role - 10 and under | ||
| Tumble Leaf Season 2 | 2016 | 43rd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Pre-School Animated Program |
| Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program | |||
| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Honorees: Character Animation | |||
| Nominated: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Honorees: Colorist | |||
| Annie Awards (ASIFA International Animated Film Society) | Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children | ||
| Nominated:
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated TV/Broadcast | |||
| CYNOPSISKIDS !magination Awards | Nominated:
| ||
| Parents' Choice Awards | Gold Award for Television | ||
| Young Entertainer Award | Best Ensemble Cast - Voice-Over | ||
| Adventure Time
"Bad Jubies" |
Annie Awards (ASIFA International Animated Film Society) | Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production for Children | |
| 43rd Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation: Product Design | ||
| Tumble Leaf Season 3 | 2017 | 44th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing in a Pre-School Animated Program |
Nominated:
| |||
| British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) | International Animated Preschool Series | ||
| Annie Awards (ASIFA International Animated Film Society) | Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children | ||
| Parents' Choice Awards | Gold Award for Television | ||
| 2018 | 45th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Pre-School Animated Program | |
| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Honoree: Colorist | |||
| Parents' Choice Awards | Gold Award for Television | ||
| Tumble Leaf "Trick-or-Treat Trek" | 2019 | Parents' Choice Awards | Gold Award for Television |
| Tumble Leaf Season 4 | 46th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Cinemetography | |
Nominated:
| |||
| 2020 | Parents' Choice Awards | Gold Award for Television | |
| 47th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing for a Preschool Animated Program | ||
| Outstanding Cinematography | |||
| Nominated:
Oustanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Program | |||
| Shape Island Season 1 | 2023 | Annecy International Animation Film Festival | First Jury Award for a TV Series |
| Annie Awards (ASIFA International Animated Film Society) | Nominated:
| ||
| 50th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Oustanding Individual Achievement in Animation Honoree: Character Animation | ||
| Nominated:
Visual Effects for a Live Action Program |
References
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- ^ "Good Jubies: The making of "Bad Jubies" | Adventure Time | Cartoon Network". Stop Motion Magazine. 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ Gibbs, Adrienne. "Google Honors Mister Rogers With Stop-Motion Doodle". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
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- ^ "Bix Pix "Doh Doh Island" Hasbro video hits national Toys ?R' Us stores". Reel Chicago News. 2003-06-02. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
- ^ "Bix Pix Entertainment's "Red Planet Blues" is festbound and "Tree" heads for Wal-Mart". Reel Chicago News. 2004-11-06. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
- ^ Saturday Night Live (2013-09-20). TV Funhouse: Christmastime For The Jews - SNL. Retrieved 2024-06-05 – via YouTube.
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