Passion Pictures Explained

Passion Pictures
Industry:Animation
Film production
Founders:Andrew Ruhemann
Alan Dewhurst

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.

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.com 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.

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 .[15]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The 83rd Academy Awards 2011. Oscars.org Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. en. 2019-03-16.
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e90G8YxzUbI The Lost Thing' winning Best Animated Short Film"
  3. Web site: One Day in September (1999). Rotten Tomatoes. en. 2019-03-16.
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-HL7b3ae8E "Documentary Winners: 2000 Oscars"
  5. Web site: Oscar-Winning 'Searching For Sugar Man' Director Dead at 36. Bernstein. Paula. 2014-05-13. IndieWire. en. 2019-03-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190412025118/https://www.indiewire.com/2014/05/oscar-winning-searching-for-sugar-man-director-dead-at-36-26775/ . Apr 12, 2019 .
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmYznlSk2Ig Searching for Sugar Man' winning Best Documentary Feature"
  7. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1076586836 "Listen to me Marlon"
  8. Web site: Passion Pictures . Apr 16, 2018 . 'Pear Cider And Cigarettes' Trailer . YouTube.
  9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Fdmra44g0 Piper' wins Best Animated Short Film"
  10. Exclusive: See the Trailer for Netflix's New Documentary About World War II and Hollywood. Lily . Rothman . February 28, 2017 . Time. February 28, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170228180839/http://time.com/4677556/netflix-trailer-five-came-back/. 2017-02-28. live.
  11. Web site: League of Legends 'Warriors' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200715025038/http://www.passion-pictures.com/uk/animation-studios/project/league-of-legends-warriors/ . Jul 15, 2020 . Passion Pictures.
  12. Web site: Winners of the Berlin Music Video Awards 2020 . Ronit . Sapir . May 31, 2020 . Berlin Music Video Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240214103319/https://www.berlinmva.com/news/winners-berlin-music-video/ . Feb 14, 2024 .
  13. Web site: March 16, 2021 . Petra . Molnárová . 2021 nominees - set 3. Berlin Music Video Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231101205930/https://www.berlinmva.com/news/nominees-set-3/ . Nov 1, 2023 .
  14. Web site: March 26, 2021 . 2021 nominees - set 9. Berlin Music Video Awards . Petra . Molnárová . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220809015934/https://www.berlinmva.com/news/2021-nominees-set-9/ . Aug 9, 2022 .
  15. Web site: Lucas . Katherine . 2021-05-26 . Everything we know so far about the new Sir Alex Ferguson documentary on Amazon Prime . subscription . inews.co.uk . en . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231107191836/https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/sir-alex-ferguson-never-give-in-documentary-release-date-amazon-prime-watch-877257 . Nov 7, 2023 .