Nitrogen Studios

 ( Canadian Animation Studios ) 

Cinesite Vancouver (formerly known as Nitrogen Studios Canada, Inc., commonly referred to as Nitrogen Studios) is a Canadian animation company founded by husband and wife duo Greg Tiernan and Nicole Stinn. The company was founded in October 2003, in Vancouver.

On March 7, 2017, Nitrogen was acquired by British visual effects and feature animation studio company Cinesite, becoming their Vancouver operations.

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Filmography

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Feature films

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Theatrical

2006	Happily N'Ever After	Vanguard Animation Berlin Animation Film Berliner Film Companie Odyssey Entertainment Lionsgate	Additional animation with The LaB Sydney Mr. X Bardel Entertainment Elliot Animation Quadriga FX
2016	Sausage Party	Point Grey Pictures Annapurna Pictures Columbia Pictures
2019	The Addams Family	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cinesite The Jackal Group United Artists Releasing Bron Studios United Artists Releasing
2021	Extinct	Netflix China Lion Huayi Brothers Huayi Brothers Tencent Pictures Tolerable Entertainment Cinesite Timeless Films	Additional animation
	The Addams Family 2	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer BermanBraun Glickmania Bron Creative Cinesite United Artists Releasing
2022		Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon Movies Aniventure Align Brooksfilms Rob Minkoff GFM Animation Cinesite HB Wink Animation	Additional pre-production
2024	Hitpig!	Aniventure Cinesite	Additional animation
2025	Animal Farm	Aniventure The Imaginarium Cinesite	Additional pre-production

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Direct-to-Video

2009		HIT Entertainment
2010
2011
2012

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Television

January 25, 2010	December 25, 2012	Thomas & Friends	Channel 5	80 episodes: CGI series; animation production for HIT Entertainment
February 26, 2011	June 23, 2012	Dan Vs.	Hub Network	27 episodes: lip sync; co-produced with Film Roman, The Hatchery, and Starz Media
December 23, 2016	May 25, 2018		Netflix	2 episodes: co-produced with DreamWorks Animation and Double Dare You
February 28, 2024		Iwájú	Disney+	animation service work: co-produced with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Kugali and Cinesite

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Other projects

2005	God of War (uncredited)	Video game with Santa Monica Studio, Sony Computer Entertainment, and
2008		Video game with Bioware and Sega
2010	Kodee’s Canoe	Interactive app series
2021	Mila	Short with Peppermax Films, Pixel Cartoon, IbiscusMedia, Cinesite, and Aniventure

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Controversy Several days after the release of Sausage Party, allegations of poor treatment of Nitrogen Studios employees surfaced in the comments section of an interview with Tiernan and co-director Conrad Vernon, featured on the website Cartoon Brew. Sausage Party's Animators Were Treated Like Shit Various anonymous posters, purporting to be animators who worked on the film in question, made claims including that Nitrogen forced them to work overtime for free and that some employees were threatened with termination. Some animators who complained or left due to stress went uncredited in the film. One poster stated that Tiernan had developed a reputation for "disturbing behaviour and abusive management style". 'Sausage Party' Directors Conrad Vernon & Greg Tiernan On Making 2016’s Most Outlandish Animated Film Publications such as the Washington Post The working conditions for some ‘Sausage Party’ animators were pretty terrible the Los Angeles Times 'Sausage Party' anything but a good time at work, some animators say and /Film 'Sausage Party' Allegedly Forced Animators to Work Overtime for Free, Refused to Credit Artists have picked up the story.

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External links

• Nitrogen Studios info on VFX World Map
• Nitrogen Studios Canada, Inc. on Internet Movie Database

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