Private company

Skydance Animation

American animation studio

Skydance Animation, LLC is an American animation studio based in Santa Monica, California. A division of Paramount Pictures, which is owned by Skydance Corporation, it was founded on March 16, 2017.2 It was founded by David Ellison.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Mar 16, 2017Founded1

See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards

Skydance Animation New Logo
Photo: Skydance Media, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Skydance Animation, LLC is an American animation studio based in Santa Monica, California. A division of Paramount Pictures, which is owned by Skydance Corporation, it was founded on March 16, 2017.2

Corporate structure

Skydance Animation is part of a group headed by Skydance Corporation. 80 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by David Ellison on Mar 16, 2017, in Monica of Hippo.1

Leadership

Who has led Skydance Animation, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • animated film

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Former owners and parents

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2025Acquired Acquired by Paramount Pictures1
  2. Mar 16, 2017Founded Founded in Monica of Hippo1
  3. 2017Acquired Acquired by Skydance Media1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3