Tiny Island Productions
| Partnership | |
| Industry | Animated films and |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder | David Kwok |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
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Key people
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David Kwok, CEO Sharon Tan, Business Development Director [1] |
| Products | Theatrical animated feature films Television animated series |
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Number of employees
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120 (2012) |
| Website | www |
Tiny Island Productions (a.k.a.Tiny Island Productions Pte Ltd) is a CG animation production company based in Singapore. It specializes in both normal CG and stereoscopic 3D productions. It was the animation studio for the Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens CG movie which won the Best 3D Animated Program category at the Asian Television Awards 2012[2][3] as well as the award-winning Dream Defenders television series.
History
Tiny Island Productions was founded in 2002 by David Kwok, an animation veteran of 14 years, and has a company strength of 120 staff.[4]
In 2009, it worked on co-development and production on the Shelldon animated TV series.[5] In 2012, the studio produced Cartoon Network's Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens for both regular and 3D screens.[6][7] The movie would be the first time the Ben 10 universe would be interpreted in full CG.[8][9] The film was nominated for the Best 3D Animated Program award at the Asian Television Awards 2012, which it won.[2][3]
The production house also created Singapore's first 3D Stereoscopic animated series Dream Defenders Adventures,[4] which debuted on 3net in 2011, and was the 3D channel's first stereoscopic-3D cg animated Series[10][11]
Awards
Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens won the Best 3D Animated Program category at the Asian Television Awards 2012[2][3] as well as the Gold Award for Best Movie Campaign in the 2012 ProMax Awards.[12] The award demonstrated the high level of animation talent on show in Asia and the talent available here, commented Sunny Saha from Turner International.[13]
Dream Defenders won the Best 3D Animation category at the Asia Image Apollo Awards 2013[14] as well as 2nd place for the Best Animation category at the 14th TBS Digicon 6 awards.[citation needed]
Upcoming productions
It is currently working with Shellhut Entertainment, the owners of Shelldon, to produce the stereoscopic 3D animated film which will be based on the TV series.[15]
In 2013, the company began production on G-Fighters, a new CGI action-adventure superhero television series. This is a co-production between South Korean animation production house Electric Circus and Tiny Island Productions, and is the first international co-production between Korea and Singapore animation companies. The animated TV series is supported by SBA, Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), Educational Broadcasting System (EBS), SK Broadband and CJ E&M Pictures.[16]
Productions
- Shelldon (2009)
- Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens (2012)
- Dream Defenders (2011-2012)
References
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