Onmilab Media and its VFX, animation and digital convergence studio Oktobor have announced detaials of the new Oktobor Animation CG animation studio in Auckland, New Zealand.
The studio, which Oktobor launched in conjunction with Backyard Animated Pictures, opens with a relationship in place with Nickelodeon Studios that will see Oktobor work on such series as The Penguins of Madagascar.
‘Oktobor Animation is a very significant CG animation business that will initially be servicing the world famous Nickelodeon Studios,’ Oktobor GM Bruce Everett told the New Zealand website CampaignBrief.com. ‘We will be creating multiple CG animated television series for them and I’m delighted to say we have already secured a long-term contract which will see Oktobor Animation have the great fortune of working on several high profile and highly rated television series including The Penguins of Madagascar, based on the hit DreamWorks animated feature. Production has already commenced and currently our staff number 30. By mid-next year we expect to have a crew of over 120 artists and technicians. In fact, we anticipate Oktobor Animation will provide up to 300 jobs over the first four years.”
The studio is a first for New Zealand and has been in the works for months through talks between Nickelodeon and Backyard.
Oktobor Animation also will provide job openings to the growing number of regional CG artists, including up to 15 three-month paid internships up to four times per year to top graduates of local schools and between 120 and 140 contract jobs.
Having begun operations last month, an official red-ribbon opening for Oktobor is set for early November.
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