Skydance Animation

Skydance Animation, LLC
	Logo since 2020
Company type	Division
Industry	Animation; Motion pictures; Television;
Founded	March 16, 2017
Founder	David Ellison; Javier Pérez Dolset; Ignacio Pérez Dolset;
Headquarters	Santa Monica, California, United States
Key people	Holly Edwards (president); John Lasseter (head of animation);
Number of employees	900 (2022)
Parent	Skydance Media (2017–2025); Paramount Pictures (2025–present);
Divisions	Madrid; Los Angeles; East Hartford, Connecticut
Website	skydance.com/animation/

Skydance Animation, LLC, is an American animation studio that is a division of Paramount Pictures, founded on March 16, 2017. The studio is based in Santa Monica, California, with offices in East Hartford, Connecticut, and Madrid, Spain; the Madrid branch was originally Ilion Animation Studios.

Skydance Animation's first film, Luck, was released on August 5, 2022, on Apple TV+. Its most recent film is Spellbound, released on November 22, 2024, on Netflix, followed by four other film projects: Swapped; Ray Gunn (both 2026); an untitled Jack and the Beanstalk project; and an untitled Don Hall project (all for Netflix).