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Nitrogen Studios

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Cinesite Vancouver
FormerlyNitrogen Studios (2003–2017)
IndustryAnimation
FoundedOctober 2003; 21 years ago (2003-10)
FoundersGreg Tiernan
Nicole Stinn
Headquarters,
Canada
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Nicole Stinn (President and CEO)
Greg Tiernan (CCO)
OwnerGreg Tiernan
Nicole Stinn
Number of employees
51 - 200
ParentCinesite

Cinesite Vancouver (formerly known as Nitrogen Studios Canada, Inc., commonly referred to as Nitrogen Studios) is a Canadian animation company founded by husband and wife duo Greg Tiernan and Nicole Stinn. The company was founded in October 2003, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

On March 7, 2017, Nitrogen was acquired by British visual effects and feature animation studio company Cinesite, becoming their Vancouver operations.[1]

Filmography

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Feature films

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Theatrical

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Year Title Co-production Notes
2006 Happily N'Ever After Vanguard Animation
Berlin Animation Film
Berliner Film Companie
Odyssey Entertainment
Lionsgate
Additional animation with
The LaB Sydney
Mr. X
Bardel Entertainment
Elliot Animation
Quadriga FX
2016 Sausage Party Point Grey Pictures
Annapurna Pictures
Columbia Pictures
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2019 The Addams Family Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cinesite Studios
The Jackal Group
United Artists Releasing
Bron Creative
United Artists Releasing
2021 Extinct Netflix
China Lion
HB Wink Animation
Huayi Brothers
Huayi Tencent Entertainment
Tolerable Entertainment
Cinesite
Timeless Films
Additional animation
The Addams Family 2 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
BermanBraun
Glickmania
Bron Creative
Cinesite
United Artists Releasing
2022 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank Paramount Pictures
Nickelodeon Movies
Aniventure
Align
Brooksfilms
Flying Tigers Entertainment
GFM Animation
Cinesite
HB Wink Animation
Additional pre-production
2024 Hitpig! Aniventure
Cinesite
Additional animation
2025 Animal Farm Aniventure
The Imaginarium
Cinesite
Additional pre-production

Direct-to-Video

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Year Title Co-production
2009 Hero of the Rails HIT Entertainment
2010 Misty Island Rescue
2011 Day of the Diesels
2012 Blue Mountain Mystery

Television

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Premiere Date End Date Title Channel Note
January 25, 2010 December 25, 2012 Thomas & Friends Channel 5 80 episodes: CGI series; animation production for HIT Entertainment
February 26, 2011 June 23, 2012 Dan Vs. Hub Network 27 episodes: lip sync; co-produced with Film Roman, The Hatchery, and Starz Media
December 23, 2016 May 25, 2018 Trollhunters Netflix 2 episodes: co-produced with DreamWorks Animation and Double Dare You
February 28, 2024 Iwájú Disney+ animation service work: co-produced with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Kugali and Cinesite

Other projects

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Year Title Medium
2005 God of War (uncredited) Video game with Santa Monica Studio, Sony Computer Entertainment, and JP: Capcom
2008 Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood Video game with Bioware and Sega
2010 Kodee’s Canoe Interactive app series
2021 Mila Short with Peppermax Films, Pixel Cartoon, IbiscusMedia, Cinesite, and Aniventure

Controversy

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Several days after the release of Sausage Party, allegations of poor treatment of Nitrogen Studios employees surfaced in the comments section of an interview with Tiernan and co-director Conrad Vernon, featured on the website Cartoon Brew.[3] Various anonymous posters, purporting to be animators who worked on the film in question, made claims including that Nitrogen forced them to work overtime for free and that some employees were threatened with termination. Some animators who complained or left due to stress went uncredited in the film. One poster stated that Tiernan had developed a reputation for "disturbing behaviour and abusive management style".[4] Publications such as the Washington Post[5] the Los Angeles Times[6] and /Film[7] have picked up the story.

References

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  1. ^ Regan Reid (March 7, 2017). "Cinesite Studios acquires Nitrogen". Kidscreen. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  2. ^ Burns, Elias; Vlessing, Etan (August 16, 2016). "'Sausage Party' Animators' Pay Dispute Surfaces After Big Opening". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  3. ^ Sausage Party's Animators Were Treated Like Shit
  4. ^ 'Sausage Party' Directors Conrad Vernon & Greg Tiernan On Making 2016’s Most Outlandish Animated Film
  5. ^ The working conditions for some ‘Sausage Party’ animators were pretty terrible
  6. ^ 'Sausage Party' anything but a good time at work, some animators say
  7. ^ 'Sausage Party' Allegedly Forced Animators to Work Overtime for Free, Refused to Credit Artists
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