Locksmith Animation
Logo used since 2023 | |
| Formerly | Wishmaker Animation Ltd. (April 23, 2013–January 31, 2014) |
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Computer animation Film production |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Founder | Sarah Smith Julie Lockhart Elisabeth Murdoch (financial backing) |
| Headquarters | 113 Regent's Park Road, London , England |
Number of locations | 9255 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, California |
Key people | Julie Lockhart (president of prod.) Natalie Fischer (CEO) Mary Coleman (CCO) Britt Gardiner (COO) Daphne Mather (Head of Culture) Doug Ikeler (CTO/SVP Digital Prod.) Shelley Page (Head of Talent) |
| Products | Feature films |
Number of employees | 100 (2025) |
| Parent | Sister |
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| Website | www |
Locksmith Animation Limited is a British animation studio and film production company owned by Sister. Headquartered in London with an office in Los Angeles since 2023, Locksmith is best known for producing and developing independent computer-animated feature films.
Locksmith Animation's first film, Ron's Gone Wrong, was released on 22 October 2021, distributed by 20th Century Studios (which had recently been acquired by Disney two years prior) with positive reviews. That Christmas, a holiday film based on the children's Christmas book trilogy That Christmas and Other Stories by Richard Curtis and Rebecca Cobb, was released by Netflix on 4 December 2024. The studio's next films are, Bad Fairies, a subversive original musical-comedy film set in contemporary London, to be released by Warner Bros. Pictures on 21 May 2027, The Lunar Chronicles, based on Marissa Meyer's book series of the same name, to be released also by Warner Bros. Pictures on November 3, 2028, and Wed Wabbit, based on Lissa Evans' children's book of the same name, and their first independent feature, to be funded and release by themselves.