Brown Bag Films

Brown Bag Films UC.
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry
Founded1994 (1994)
Founders
  • Cathal Gaffney
  • Darragh O'Connell[1]
HeadquartersDublin, Ireland
Number of locations
4 (2020)
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Cathal Gaffney (COO)
  • Darragh O'Connell (Creative Director)[2]
  • Gillian Higgins (Head of TV Production)
  • Jennie Stacey (Director of Production Development)
Parent9 Story Media Group (2015–present)
Websitebrownbagfilms.com

Brown Bag Films UC. (BBF) is an Irish television and computer-animation studio owned by Canadian production studio 9 Story Media Group[3][4] and based in Dublin with 2D and 3D animation facilities in Bali, Los Angeles, Toronto and formerly Manchester.[5]

Founded in 1994 by Cathal Gaffney and Darragh O'Connell, the studio is well known for the production of computer-animated television series and short films, including Give Up Yer Aul Sins[6] and Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty. The studio has garnered a number of awards, including Academy Award nominations for Give Up Yer Aul Sins (Best Animated Short Film at the 73rd Academy Awards) and Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty (Best Animated Short Film at the 83rd Academy Awards),[7] 6 Emmy Awards for Peter Rabbit,[8] an Emmy award for Bing[9] and a number of BAFTA, Emmy and Annie Award nominations for their shows; Octonauts, Doc McStuffins, Henry Hugglemonster, and Vampirina.[7]

  1. ^ "Brown Bag Films Founders". Brown Bag Films. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  2. ^ Jarlath Regan (25 June 2016). "Cathal Gaffney and Darragh O'Connell". An Irishman Abroad (Podcast) (145 ed.). SoundCloud. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Brown Bag acquired by 9 Story Media, to take on 50 new staff". The Irish Times. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Brown Bag Films Acquired by 9 Story Media, Will Hire 50 New Staff". Cartoon Brew. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  5. ^ "9 Story Entertainment". Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017 – via The Wayback Machine.
  6. ^ "The 74th Academy Awards | 2002". The Oscars | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  7. ^ a b Gillett, Sinead. "Sketching Success: Brown Bag Films Go to the Oscars". Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  8. ^ "The 43rd Annual Daytime EMMY® Award Nominations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Awards - Nominees - International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". IATAS. Archived from the original on 25 December 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2016.

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