| Pūkeko Pictures | |
| Founder: | Richard Taylor Tania Rodger Martin Baynton[1] |
| Location City: | Wellington |
| Location Country: | New Zealand |
| Key People: | Clive Spink (CEO) Jeremy Hall Martin Baynton Richard Taylor |
| Industry: | Animation |
| Owner: | Richard Taylor Martin Baynton |
Pūkeko Pictures is a New Zealand based entertainment company. It produces a mix of live-action, animated, games and picture books for the global entertainment market.
It was created as a partnership between the co-founders of Weta Workshop, Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger; and author, illustrator and producer Martin Baynton.
Their first collaboration was Jane and the Dragon, a CGI TV series about a girl and her pet dragon. Their subsequent television series The WotWots was nominated in 2012 for "Best Animated Television Production – Preschool" in the 2012 Annie Awards.
Clive Spink was appointed as Chief Executive Officer in 2015.[2] In 2012, the studio signed a first look deal with FremantleMedia.[3]
Jeremy Hall was appointed as Head of Development & Strategy in 2018