Passion Pictures

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Passion Pictures is a British film production company established by Andrew Ruhemann in 1987. The company has studios in London, Melbourne, Paris, Toronto, and New York City.

IndustryAnimation
Film production
Founded1987; 39 years ago (1987)
FoundersAndrew Ruhemann
Alan Dewhurst
Number of locations
5[a]
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Passion Pictures
IndustryAnimation
Film production
Founded1987; 39 years ago (1987)
FoundersAndrew Ruhemann
Alan Dewhurst
Number of locations
5[a]
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsVideo production
Animation
Digital media
Motion pictures
Documentaries
Commercials
Brands
  • PASSION Commercials
  • PASSION Animation
  • PASSION Documentaries
  • PASSION Planet
  • PASSION Games
  • PASSION Paris
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Film production

The company's core business is in commercial and animation output, which includes work for Cartoon Network, music videos for Gorillaz, and the Compare the Market commercial campaign featuring Aleksandr Orlov (meerkat). Passion Australia produced The Lost Thing, directed by Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan, which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2011.[1][2]

The department's first film, One Day in September, won an Academy Award in 2000.[3][4] They have since been involved in the 2013 Oscar-winning Searching for Sugar Man,[5][6] 2015's Listen to Me Marlon[7] and 2016's Oscar-nominated Pear Cider and Cigarettes.[8][9]

In 2017, the company produced the Netflix docuseries Five Came Back based on the book by Mark Harris. They also work on 101 Dalmatian Street.[10] Its Passion Planet subsidiary produces nature documentaries such as The Serengeti Rules.[citation needed]

Passion Animation Studios created several promotional cinematic for the computer game League of Legends.[11]

In 2020, Passion Paris placed second at the Berlin Music Video Awards in the Best Animation category for S+C+A+R+R - "The Rest Of My Days" music video.[12] In 2021, the production company received two nominations for Best Animation by the Berlin Music Video Awards, for their work on the music video "I Had To Leave" by S+C+A+R+R[13] and "Moving Men" by MYD.[14] Passion Pictures produced the 2021 documentary Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In.[15]

In 2024, Passion Paris worked on a Genshin Impact - themed animated short, named "Moonlit Bamboo Forest", for HoYoverse's HoYoFair program.[16][b] The animated short was later nominated as best sponsored in the 52nd Annie Awards.[17]

Filmography

Film

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Title Release date Distributor Notes
Project Nim8 July 2011 (United States)
12 August 2011 (United Kingdom)
Icon Film Distribution
Roadside Attractions & HBO Documentary Films (United States)
co-production with BBC Films, UK Film Council and Red Box Films
The Imposter[18]24 August 2012Picturehouse Entertainment & Revolver Entertainment
Indomina Releasing (United States)
co-production with Film4 Productions, A&E IndieFilms, Raw and Red Box Films
How I Live Now[19]4 October 2013Entertainment Oneco-production with Entertainment One, Film4 Productions, BFI, Protagonist Pictures, Cowboy Films and Prospect Entertainment
Mystify: Michael Hutchence[20][21][22][23]4 July 2019 (Australia)
18 October 2019 (United Kingdom)
Dogwoof
Madman Entertainment (Australia)
co-production with Ghost Pictures, BBC Music On Screen, Dogwoof, Film Victoria, Madman Entertainment, Screen Australia and Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Rising Phoenix26 August 2020Netflixco-production with Misfits Entertainment, Ventureland and HTYT Films
Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In27 May 2021Universal Picturesco-production with DNA Films
Wham![24]27 June 2023
5 July 2023 (Worldwide)
Altitude Film Distribution
Netflix[25]
co-production with Ventureland, Nemperor Production and Library Films
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story21 September 2024 (United States)
1 November 2024 (United Kingdom)
Warner Bros. Pictures[26]co-production with Misfits Entertainment, Words + Pictures and Jenco Films
McCartney: The Hunt for the Lost Bass2 April 2026co-production with BBC, Fremantle, Footprint and Dartmouth Films
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Television

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Title Years Network Notes
Rocket & Groot[27]2017Disney XDco-production with Marvel Animation
Ant-Man[28]
101 Dalmatian Street[29][30]2019–2020Disney Channel UKco-production with Disney Branded Television
Lego City Adventures[31]2019–2022Nickelodeon/Netflix/YouTubeco-production with The Lego Group and Axis Studios (seasons 1–2)
Lego Friends: The Next Chapter2023–presentYouTubeco-production with The Lego Group and Superprod Animation[32]
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Notes

  1. The HoYoFair program was created by HoYoverse to showcase fan art and animations made by creators inside and outside the HoYoverse community based on games developed by miHoYo / HoYoverse. These submissions are often featured on HoYoFair's YouTube channel, and some of these submissions have been used to advertise their games in the form of community-driven advertising.

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