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Leading Studios, Publishers, Distrubutors, and Production Companies
Technology Moguls, Software Developers, and Client-Side Innovators
Autodesk Adobe GoPro Nikon Kodak IMAX Microsoft Apple Asus Dell Lenovo Acer IBM Samsung Sony HP Toshiba Intel Nvidia Wacom Mozilla Alphabet Google X Oculus Netflix Amazon Valve Verizon AT&T Nokia Sprint SpaceX NASA Boeing Virgin Galactic DARPA Boston Dynamics Tesla Toyota Research Institute Alibaba Group Tencent Voxel8 HTC
Entertainment Media Conglomerates
The Walt Disney Company Time-Warner News Corporation/20th Century Fox NBC Universal MGM Sony Viacom/Paramount
Major Independent Production Studios and Subsidiaries
Marvel Lucasfilm Lions Gate Entertainment Amblin Partners The Weinstein Company Walden Media Village Roadshow Legendary Entertainment New Line Cinema (Warner Bros) Miramax (Disney) Castle Rock Entertainment (Warner Bros) Touchstone (Disney) Buena Vista (Disney) United Artists (MGM) Columbia/TriStar Pictures (Sony) Spyglass Entertainment Focus Features Raleigh Studios Imagine Entertainment Chernin Entertainment AnnaPurna Pictures Plan B Entertainment Big Talk Productions Bad Robot Productions Centropolis Entertainment DNA Films Pinewood Studios Skydance Media
Television and Streaming
NBC CBS ABC Netflix Hulu Amazon Prime HBO Dish DirecTV ComCast AMC ESPN TNT USA Showtime CNN Syfy MTV Discovery TBS A&E The CW
Subsidized Public Media Agencies and International Film
National Film Board of Canada BBC PBS CNC (Le Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée) Al Jazeera Bollywood Telugu Cinema Beijing Enlight Pictures China Film Group Huaxia Film Distribution Huayi Brothers Media Corp. Bona Film Group Wanda Media Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) Cinema of Nigeria (Nollywood) Silverbird Film Distribution Somaliwood Olol Films Cinema Do Brasil Buenos Aires Film Commission INCAA (National Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts) Baja Film Studios Japan Film Commission Promotion Council Japanese Foundation for the Promotion of the Arts Toho Pictures Kadokawa Pictures Nikkatsu Shochiku Screen Australia AFCI
3D Animation
Walt Disney Animation Studios Pixar DreamWorks SKG Blue Sky Studios LAIKA Aardman Illumination Mac Guff Animal Logic Sony Animation Warner Bros Animation Paramount Animation Universal Animation Studios
Cartoons, Traditional Animation, and Anime
Studio Ghibli Cartoon Network Disney Toon Studios Cartoon Saloon Toonami Gainax Toei Studio MIR Oriental Light and Magic, inc. Funimation Nickelodeon Rough Draft Studios Film Roman Gracie Films Fuzzy Door Productions Comedy Central 9 Story Marvel Animation DC Animation Titmouse Inc. Studio Pierrot Nippon Animation Madhouse Akom Sunrise Production I.G. Toon City Disney Television Animation Lucasfilm Animation Shadowmachine Top Draw Animation Boulder Media
Commercial Animation and Interactive Advertising
Psyop Three Screen Novelties Stoopid Buddies Stoodios Bix Pix Entertainment Elastic.tv Brand New School Duck Studios Locus Brikk Giant Ant Platige Image Media Monks Prettybird m ss ng p eces Park Pictures Caviar Content B-Reel Shynola Shine Moonbot Studios
Special Effects and VFX
Industrial Light and Magic Weta Digital The Mill Legacy Effects The Foundry Rhythm and Hues MPC THX Framestore Weta Workshop Jim Henson's Creature Shop Tippett Studio KNB EFX Spectral Motion Amalgamated Dynamics Coulier Creatres FX Milk VFX Double Negative Pixomondo Method Studios MastersFX Stargate Studios Digital Domain Rising Sun Pictures Whiskytree Image Engine Rodeo FX Hybride Technologies Luma Atomic Fiction Rise VFX Encore Hollywood Hybride Technologies Reel FX M5 Industries, Inc. Schell Studios DailyPint Studios
Cinematic Trailers and Animated Credits
Blur Studio Digic Pictures Nuare Studio
AAA Game Industry
EA Nintendo Sony Square Enix Ubisoft Bungie Activision/Blizzard Take-Two Interactive/Rockstar Naughty Dog Konami Bethesda 2K Games Insomniac Bioware Gearbox Crytek Epic Games Telltale From Software Eidos Capcom Namco-Bandai Sega ID Software CD Projekt Red Ninja Theory Obsidian Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment Valve Microsoft Studios Disney Interactive Arkane Avalanche Studios Rocksteady Visceral Games (EA) DICE TT Games Red Storm Monolith Productions Rare Media Molecule Retro Studios Game Freak Platinum Games Double Fine Guerilla 343 Industries Sledgehammer Games Treyarch Raven Quantic Dream
MMORPG and MOBA Developers
Activision Blizzard Riot Games ArenaNet/NCSOFT Jagex Square Enix BioWare CCP Turbine ZeniMax Cryptic Daybreak Game Company XLGames Gazillion Bluehole Trion Worlds Valve Hi-Rez Studios
Mobile App and Online Game Developers
Niantic Inc. Rovio Zynga Gameloft Kabam Supercell King DeNA GungHo Online Imangi Studios PopCap Games
Successful Indie Studios
Mojang Cloud Imperium Games Hello Games Double Fine Supergiant Games Klei Team Meat Thatgamecompany Polytron Corporation Playdead Double Eleven Subset Games Stoic Studio Yacht Club Games DrinkBox Studios Runic Games Cyan Inc. .GEARS Campo Santo The Chinese Room Dontnod Entertainment Galactic Cafe Subset Games Mossmouth Number None, Inc. Re-Logic SUPERHOT Team Croteam Thunder Lotus Games Amanita Design
Software Digital Distribution Platforms
Steam GOG Origin Direct2Drive Apple App Store Amazon Appstore Green Man Gaming Games For Windows Marketplace GamersGate Gamefly Ubuntu Software Center Nintendo eShop Desura Devolver Newgrounds GameJolt Armor Games
Music and Record Label Industry
Sony-BMG Warner Music Group Universal Music Group (formerly EMI) Live Nation Spotify Pandora VEVO SoundCloud iTunes
Comics Publishers
Marvel DC Dark Horse Image IDW Vertigo Dynamite
Book and Magazine Publishers
Penguin Random House Hachette Livre HarperCollins Macmillan Tor Simon & Schuster Pearson Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Condé Nast Publications Time Inc. Reader's Digest National Geographic
Press and Journalism
USA Today New York Times Wall Street Journal Los Angeles Times Chicago Tribune Washington Post The Boston Globe New York Post Daily News Houston Chronicle The Guardian Daily Telegraph The Times The Economist Huffington Post Rolling Stone
Toy Manufacturing, Miniatures, and Collector's Games
Hasbro Mattel Bandai Lego Wizards of the Coast Games Workshop Sideshow Hot Toys NECA Funko McFarlane Diamond Select Kotobukiya Playmobil K'NEX Topps Konami Digital Entertainment JAKKS Pacific KidRobot Reaper Miniatures Privateer Press Paizo Fantasy Flight Games
Major Design and Advertising Firms
WPP Group Omnicom Group Publicis Groupe Interpublic Group Dentsu Grey Advertising Wieden+Kennedy 360i Deutsch Ogilvy and Mather BBDO Pentagram JWT IDEO Landor Associates FutureBrand Leo Burnett Razorfish Isobar Forza Migliozzi DDB Edelman Saatchi & Saatchi R/GA
Other Select Studios
Sagmeister & Walsh Push Pin Studios Vignelli Associates Frere-Jones Type Hoefler & Co Emigre Happy Cog Methane Studios Mondo PBM Graphics Under Consideration LLC Gaumont
Online Ad Networks and Third Party Data Providers
Google AdSense BuySellAds Taboola Disqus Chitika Infolinks Oracle BlueKai
Big Data, Deep Learning, and A.I. Research
Facebook A.I. Research Google Deepmind IBM Watson Microsoft Research/Cortana Amazon Alexa Apple Siri Salesforce Intel Xeon Phi Chip Baidu Research Twitter TayTweets
Tech Retailers, Manufacturers, and Providers
Newegg PCM Best Buy TechBargains Staples GameStop Barnes&Noble Panasonic LG Electronics Oracle Symantec Razer Inc. Alienware Skullcandy Sennheiser Bose Rode Microphones Office Depot Radio Shack Target Walmart
Regulatory Oversight, Ratings, Reviews, and Censorship
FTC MPAA Film Advisory Board TV Parental Guidelines ESRB Academy Awards Grammy Awards Emmy Awards Annie Awards Tony Awards Metacritic Rotten Tomatoes IGN
Self-Employment and Entrepreneurial Options
Freelancing Independent Contracts and Commissions Independent Game Developer Online Business Webcomics Blogs Crowdfunding Game Walkthroughs or Reviews Local Productions/Performances Arthouse Production Film-Festival Organization Non-Profit Independent Studio Creative Commons Contributor Tutorials Education Day Job
Autodesk Adobe GoPro Nikon Kodak IMAX Microsoft Apple Asus Dell Lenovo Acer IBM Samsung Sony HP Toshiba Intel Nvidia Wacom Mozilla Alphabet Google X Oculus Netflix Amazon Valve Verizon AT&T Nokia Sprint SpaceX NASA Boeing Virgin Galactic DARPA Boston Dynamics Tesla Toyota Research Institute Alibaba Group Tencent Voxel8 HTC
Entertainment Media Conglomerates
The Walt Disney Company Time-Warner News Corporation/20th Century Fox NBC Universal MGM Sony Viacom/Paramount
Major Independent Production Studios and Subsidiaries
Marvel Lucasfilm Lions Gate Entertainment Amblin Partners The Weinstein Company Walden Media Village Roadshow Legendary Entertainment New Line Cinema (Warner Bros) Miramax (Disney) Castle Rock Entertainment (Warner Bros) Touchstone (Disney) Buena Vista (Disney) United Artists (MGM) Columbia/TriStar Pictures (Sony) Spyglass Entertainment Focus Features Raleigh Studios Imagine Entertainment Chernin Entertainment AnnaPurna Pictures Plan B Entertainment Big Talk Productions Bad Robot Productions Centropolis Entertainment DNA Films Pinewood Studios Skydance Media
Television and Streaming
NBC CBS ABC Netflix Hulu Amazon Prime HBO Dish DirecTV ComCast AMC ESPN TNT USA Showtime CNN Syfy MTV Discovery TBS A&E The CW
Subsidized Public Media Agencies and International Film
National Film Board of Canada BBC PBS CNC (Le Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée) Al Jazeera Bollywood Telugu Cinema Beijing Enlight Pictures China Film Group Huaxia Film Distribution Huayi Brothers Media Corp. Bona Film Group Wanda Media Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) Cinema of Nigeria (Nollywood) Silverbird Film Distribution Somaliwood Olol Films Cinema Do Brasil Buenos Aires Film Commission INCAA (National Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts) Baja Film Studios Japan Film Commission Promotion Council Japanese Foundation for the Promotion of the Arts Toho Pictures Kadokawa Pictures Nikkatsu Shochiku Screen Australia AFCI
3D Animation
Walt Disney Animation Studios Pixar DreamWorks SKG Blue Sky Studios LAIKA Aardman Illumination Mac Guff Animal Logic Sony Animation Warner Bros Animation Paramount Animation Universal Animation Studios
Cartoons, Traditional Animation, and Anime
Studio Ghibli Cartoon Network Disney Toon Studios Cartoon Saloon Toonami Gainax Toei Studio MIR Oriental Light and Magic, inc. Funimation Nickelodeon Rough Draft Studios Film Roman Gracie Films Fuzzy Door Productions Comedy Central 9 Story Marvel Animation DC Animation Titmouse Inc. Studio Pierrot Nippon Animation Madhouse Akom Sunrise Production I.G. Toon City Disney Television Animation Lucasfilm Animation Shadowmachine Top Draw Animation Boulder Media
Commercial Animation and Interactive Advertising
Psyop Three Screen Novelties Stoopid Buddies Stoodios Bix Pix Entertainment Elastic.tv Brand New School Duck Studios Locus Brikk Giant Ant Platige Image Media Monks Prettybird m ss ng p eces Park Pictures Caviar Content B-Reel Shynola Shine Moonbot Studios
Special Effects and VFX
Industrial Light and Magic Weta Digital The Mill Legacy Effects The Foundry Rhythm and Hues MPC THX Framestore Weta Workshop Jim Henson's Creature Shop Tippett Studio KNB EFX Spectral Motion Amalgamated Dynamics Coulier Creatres FX Milk VFX Double Negative Pixomondo Method Studios MastersFX Stargate Studios Digital Domain Rising Sun Pictures Whiskytree Image Engine Rodeo FX Hybride Technologies Luma Atomic Fiction Rise VFX Encore Hollywood Hybride Technologies Reel FX M5 Industries, Inc. Schell Studios DailyPint Studios
Cinematic Trailers and Animated Credits
Blur Studio Digic Pictures Nuare Studio
AAA Game Industry
EA Nintendo Sony Square Enix Ubisoft Bungie Activision/Blizzard Take-Two Interactive/Rockstar Naughty Dog Konami Bethesda 2K Games Insomniac Bioware Gearbox Crytek Epic Games Telltale From Software Eidos Capcom Namco-Bandai Sega ID Software CD Projekt Red Ninja Theory Obsidian Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment Valve Microsoft Studios Disney Interactive Arkane Avalanche Studios Rocksteady Visceral Games (EA) DICE TT Games Red Storm Monolith Productions Rare Media Molecule Retro Studios Game Freak Platinum Games Double Fine Guerilla 343 Industries Sledgehammer Games Treyarch Raven Quantic Dream
MMORPG and MOBA Developers
Activision Blizzard Riot Games ArenaNet/NCSOFT Jagex Square Enix BioWare CCP Turbine ZeniMax Cryptic Daybreak Game Company XLGames Gazillion Bluehole Trion Worlds Valve Hi-Rez Studios
Mobile App and Online Game Developers
Niantic Inc. Rovio Zynga Gameloft Kabam Supercell King DeNA GungHo Online Imangi Studios PopCap Games
Successful Indie Studios
Mojang Cloud Imperium Games Hello Games Double Fine Supergiant Games Klei Team Meat Thatgamecompany Polytron Corporation Playdead Double Eleven Subset Games Stoic Studio Yacht Club Games DrinkBox Studios Runic Games Cyan Inc. .GEARS Campo Santo The Chinese Room Dontnod Entertainment Galactic Cafe Subset Games Mossmouth Number None, Inc. Re-Logic SUPERHOT Team Croteam Thunder Lotus Games Amanita Design
Software Digital Distribution Platforms
Steam GOG Origin Direct2Drive Apple App Store Amazon Appstore Green Man Gaming Games For Windows Marketplace GamersGate Gamefly Ubuntu Software Center Nintendo eShop Desura Devolver Newgrounds GameJolt Armor Games
Music and Record Label Industry
Sony-BMG Warner Music Group Universal Music Group (formerly EMI) Live Nation Spotify Pandora VEVO SoundCloud iTunes
Comics Publishers
Marvel DC Dark Horse Image IDW Vertigo Dynamite
Book and Magazine Publishers
Penguin Random House Hachette Livre HarperCollins Macmillan Tor Simon & Schuster Pearson Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Condé Nast Publications Time Inc. Reader's Digest National Geographic
Press and Journalism
USA Today New York Times Wall Street Journal Los Angeles Times Chicago Tribune Washington Post The Boston Globe New York Post Daily News Houston Chronicle The Guardian Daily Telegraph The Times The Economist Huffington Post Rolling Stone
Toy Manufacturing, Miniatures, and Collector's Games
Hasbro Mattel Bandai Lego Wizards of the Coast Games Workshop Sideshow Hot Toys NECA Funko McFarlane Diamond Select Kotobukiya Playmobil K'NEX Topps Konami Digital Entertainment JAKKS Pacific KidRobot Reaper Miniatures Privateer Press Paizo Fantasy Flight Games
Major Design and Advertising Firms
WPP Group Omnicom Group Publicis Groupe Interpublic Group Dentsu Grey Advertising Wieden+Kennedy 360i Deutsch Ogilvy and Mather BBDO Pentagram JWT IDEO Landor Associates FutureBrand Leo Burnett Razorfish Isobar Forza Migliozzi DDB Edelman Saatchi & Saatchi R/GA
Other Select Studios
Sagmeister & Walsh Push Pin Studios Vignelli Associates Frere-Jones Type Hoefler & Co Emigre Happy Cog Methane Studios Mondo PBM Graphics Under Consideration LLC Gaumont
Online Ad Networks and Third Party Data Providers
Google AdSense BuySellAds Taboola Disqus Chitika Infolinks Oracle BlueKai
Big Data, Deep Learning, and A.I. Research
Facebook A.I. Research Google Deepmind IBM Watson Microsoft Research/Cortana Amazon Alexa Apple Siri Salesforce Intel Xeon Phi Chip Baidu Research Twitter TayTweets
Tech Retailers, Manufacturers, and Providers
Newegg PCM Best Buy TechBargains Staples GameStop Barnes&Noble Panasonic LG Electronics Oracle Symantec Razer Inc. Alienware Skullcandy Sennheiser Bose Rode Microphones Office Depot Radio Shack Target Walmart
Regulatory Oversight, Ratings, Reviews, and Censorship
FTC MPAA Film Advisory Board TV Parental Guidelines ESRB Academy Awards Grammy Awards Emmy Awards Annie Awards Tony Awards Metacritic Rotten Tomatoes IGN
Self-Employment and Entrepreneurial Options
Freelancing Independent Contracts and Commissions Independent Game Developer Online Business Webcomics Blogs Crowdfunding Game Walkthroughs or Reviews Local Productions/Performances Arthouse Production Film-Festival Organization Non-Profit Independent Studio Creative Commons Contributor Tutorials Education Day Job
This page isn't intended to be a comprehensive job directory, but rather a general guide to networking, portfolio building, and navigating the career field. It's recommended that you still conduct research on your own to find the career option or grad school plan that best suits your particular interests and skills.
Also important to note is that this list mainly covers larger well-known companies. We're not trying to be biased, it just isn't possible to keep an up-to-date record of all the other thousands of indepedent studios and businesses out there that also produce really creative products. However, if you know of any that stand out and should be added to this list, be sure to let us know.
Also important to note is that this list mainly covers larger well-known companies. We're not trying to be biased, it just isn't possible to keep an up-to-date record of all the other thousands of indepedent studios and businesses out there that also produce really creative products. However, if you know of any that stand out and should be added to this list, be sure to let us know.