WisePuppet Animation Competitors

Framestore is a Bafta and Oscarawarding winning creative studio that offers a range of visual effects, production, direction and post production services to its film and integrated advertising clients. It is famous for its VFX work for films such as Gravity, Harry Potter and Avatar, its CGI recreation of Audrey Hepburn for Galaxy and its pioneering virtual reality (VR) experiences, such as Game of Thrones: Ascend the Wall for HBO. Framestore is based in London, New York, Montreal and LA, with its four locations providing animation, colour grading, concept art, design, digital, digital imaging, film VFX, interactive installations, Labs, live action production and direction, previsualisation (previs) and visual development.

Founded in 2005 in Oregon, just outside Portland, LAIKA is an award-winning animation studio and Certified B Corporation known for its distinctive artistry, innovative filmmaking, and groundbreaking use of technology. Its films include Coraline (2009), ParaNorman (2012), The Boxtrolls (2014), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), and Missing Link (2019), all of which were nominated for the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature. Kubo and the Two Strings won the BAFTA® Award for Best Animated Film and earned an additional Academy Award® nomination for Visual Effects, while Missing Link received the Golden Globe® Award for Best Animated Film. In 2016, LAIKA received a Scientific and Technical Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for its innovation in 3D printing. LAIKA’s latest film, Wildwood, premieres October 23, 2026. In addition to its acclaimed animated films, LAIKA is expanding into live action and television with a growing slate of projects from acclaimed filmmakers, bestselling authors, and leading production partners.

The Jim Henson Company has remained an established leader in family entertainment for over 70 years and is recognized as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics, and digital animation. The Company’s most recent credits include the hit holiday special for Apple TVThe First Snow of Fraggle Rock,as well as the Emmy-nominatedAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Tripfor Disney+, the Oscar®-winningGuillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchiofor Netflix, and the Emmy®-winningFraggle Rock: Back to the Rockfor Apple TV. Other television credits includeSlumberkinsandHarriet the Spyfor Apple TV;Dinosaur Train,Splash and Bubbles, andSid the Science Kidall for PBS;Earth to Nedfor Disney+; andthe Netflix seriesWord Partyand the Emmy-winningThe Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Iconic catalogue titles includeFraggle Rock,The Storyteller,Farscape, and the ground-breaking fantasy classicsThe Dark CrystalandLabyrinth. Headquartered in Los Angeles with additional locations in New York and London, the Company is also home to Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™, a pre-eminent puppet and creature-building group and industry leader in puppeteered digital animation, with international film, television, theme park, and advertising clients.