Gaumont Animation

Gaumont Animation (formerly known as Alphanim and Gaumont Alphanim) is a French animation studio owned by Gaumont founded in February 1997 by Christian Davin. The company's animated catalog comprises over 800 half-hours, broadcast in over 130 countries.

Its productions include Mona the Vampire, Robotboy, Galactik Football, Calimero, Noddy, Toyland Detective (after the rights were acquired from DreamWorks Animation in 2013), Trulli Tales, Belle and Sebastian, Furiki Wheels, F is for Family, and Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles. Film projects in development include Plunder and a musical adaptation of Paul McCartney's novel High in the Clouds.

History

Christian Davin founded Alphanim in February 1997 after stepping down as president of France Animation. Its first production, Animal Crackers, a co-production with CINAR based on the comic strip by Roger Bollen, debuted in Canada in October of that year; and later in France, during September 1999.

In 2003, Alphanim and StudioCanal jointly established Alphanim Video to distribute Alphanim's catalogue on home media.

In November 2007, Gaumont launched its acquisition of Alphanim; the transaction closed in January 2008 for €25 million, marking Gaumont's return to television and animation production for the first time in eight years; it is an entry into English-language productions, after Gaumont Television was sold in 1999 and Gaumont Multimedia's assets were acquired in 2000 by Xilam.

In March 2013, the studio was rebranded as Gaumont Animation; it also announced its partnership with DreamWorks Animation for Noddy, Toyland Detective.

In March 2016, Nicolas Atlan joined the studio as president and named Terry Kalagian as VP of creative for animation.

In June 2023, Terry Kalagian was promoted to president of the studio. The same month, Gaumont signed a first-look deal with Studio 100, a Belgian company which will co-produce series with and distribute Gaumont Animation's catalogue worldwide.

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