Steamroller Studios Expands to British Columbia, Canada
06 Mayo 2024 - 1:28PM
Steamroller Studios is announcing its recent expansion to British
Columbia, Canada. Steamroller began its journey in 2014, opening in
the back of a T-shirt shop located in the quaint city of Mount Dora
in central Florida. The studio provides animation services in all
sectors of the entertainment industry, specializing in high-quality
animation performances for major clients such as Sony, Paramount,
Apple, Blizzard Entertainment, Epic Games, Framestore, DNEG and
many more. The independent self-funded studio was originally
created by current owners Jalil Sadool (CCO), Keith Lackey, CEO of
affiliate Steamroller Technologies, and Adam Meyer (CDO). Aaron
Gilman, CEO of Steamroller Studios, would eventually join in 2021.
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Steamroller now has studios in Florida, Vancouver
and Mauritius and has expanded its services beyond animation over
the last few years. Through the growth of its I.P. development
division, Steamroller provides clients with storyboard, concept and
character design, layout as well as rigging services. The studio
has been aggressively funding its own storytelling initiatives
since its inception and has nearly a dozen unique projects in
different stages of development. Its most imminent production is
the animated pilot episode of Spice Frontier,
based on its multi-award-winning short film
produced in 2019. Over the past few years, Steamroller has built
its own real-time pipeline, leveraging Unreal Engine. The studio
plans to offer its unique approach to creating stylized feature
animation within Unreal to its clients as part of its one-stop shop
services strategy in the future.
Steamroller Studios currently has 260 staff, with over 130
full-time animators. With artists, technicians and support staff
located in 36 countries, the studio has built a unique operational
infrastructure that prioritizes studio culture and
relationship-building for both remote and in-house workers.
Says CEO Aaron Gilman, “We are beyond excited to be expanding to
my hometown of Vancouver, British Columbia. There is an incredible
source of talent in Canada. We are also continuing to grow our
relationships with our Canadian clients and look forward to
supporting them in VFX, feature animation and games.”
Contact: Andi Schuler
Email:
marketing@steamrollerstudios.com