Reel FX Animation

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Reel FX Animation

Logo used as of 2020
Formerly	Reel Magic (1993–95) Reel FX Creative Studios (1995–2020) Reel FX Animation Studios (2020–2023)
Company type	Private
Industry	Animated feature films Television series
Predecessor	DNA Productions
Founded	1993; 31 years ago (1993)
Headquarters	717 North Harwood Street Floor 27, Dallas, Texas , U.S.
Number of locations	1575 N. Gower St Suite 380 Hollywood, California, United States 1751 Richardson St Suite 5400 Montreal, Quebec
Key people	Steve O'Brien (CEO, Chairman) Donna Henry (President) Chuck Peil (EVP/Partnerships) David Parrish (SVP/Animation) Joanna Ferguson (SVP, Feature Production) Emmanuel Laurent (SVP, Real-Time Production) Lucas Koppel (Director, Development)
Number of employees	350 (2013)[1]
Divisions	Reel FX Animation Reel FX Originals ATKPLN Flight School Studio
Website	www.reelfx.com

Reel FX Animation (Reel FX), formerly known as Reel FX Creative Studios, is an American visual effects and computer animation studio with studios in Dallas, Texas, Hollywood, California, and Montreal, Quebec.

The studio primarily produces animated features, short films, and television series. Among them is the studio's first original animated feature film, Free Birds, released in 2013. A year later, The Book of Life was released. The film received several nominations, including Best Animated Feature Nominations from the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice Awards, Producers Guild Awards and Annie Awards.^[2] In 2020, Reel FX Animation teamed up with Warner Animation Group on Scoob!. In addition, the studio released Rumble, a co-production with Paramount Animation and Back to the Outback with Netflix Animation, both in 2021. Most recently, Reel FX teamed up again with Netflix Animation to create The Monkey King in 2023.

The studio’s upcoming slate of films includes The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants with Paramount Animation and a film titled Diya with Good Karma Productions.