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, British Columbia.
On March 7, 2017, Nitrogen was acquired by British visual effects and feature animation studio company Cinesite, becoming their Vancouver operations.
Filmography Feature films Theatrical Year Title Co-production Notes 2006 Happily N'Ever After Vanguard AnimationBerlin Animation FilmBerliner Film CompanieOdyssey Entertainment Lionsgate Additional animation with The LaB SydneyMr. XBardel Entertainment Elliot Animation Quadriga FX 2016 Sausage Party Point Grey PicturesAnnapurna PicturesColumbia Pictures 2019 The Addams Family Metro-Goldwyn-MayerCinesite StudiosThe Jackal GroupUnited Artists ReleasingBron CreativeUnited Artists Releasing2021 Extinct NetflixChina LionHB Wink AnimationHuayi BrothersHuayi Tencent EntertainmentTolerable EntertainmentCinesiteTimeless Films Additional animation2022 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank Paramount PicturesNickelodeon MoviesAniventureAlignBrooksfilmsFlying Tigers EntertainmentGFM AnimationCinesiteHB Wink Animation Additional pre-production 2024 Hitpig! AniventureCinesite Additional animation 2025 Animal Farm AniventureThe ImaginariumCinesite Additional pre-production
Direct-to-Video Year Title Co-production 2009 Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails HIT Entertainment 2010 Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue 2011 Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels 2012 Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery
Television Premiere Date End Date Title Channel Note 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 Trollhunters 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
Other projects Year Title Medium 2005 God of War (uncredited) Video game with Santa Monica Studio, Sony Computer Entertainment, and JP: Capcom 2008 Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood 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
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. 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 PostThe 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.
References
External links Nitrogen Studios info on VFX World Map Nitrogen Studios Canada, Inc. on Internet Movie Database