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{{Short description|British animation studio}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Felix Films, Ltd.
| type = [[Private company limited by shares]]
| predecessor = 
| foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|1987|10|7}}
(contracted; show full)ddy Grant]], [[David Byrne]], [[Bob Marley]], [[Stock Aitken Waterman]] and [[Kyosuke Himuro]] and and supplied animation for the multiple award-winning music video of [[Megadeth]]'s song "[[Anarchy in the U.K.]]". Also in the 1980s, they created the skateboarding character "Derek" in a television commercials for [[Weeto's]] cereal, they also produced the commercials for [[Weetabix]], [[Bowyer's]] sausages (with [[Aardman]]), [[Carling Black Label]] and [[Levi's]].


Seibert and Smith began hiring more animators at this point; one of the newcomers was [[Roxanne Ducharme]] and five of the newcomers, before leaving Felix Films in 1992 to move worked on animated films and commercials for various animation studios, including Uli Meyer and Rob Stevenhagen (from [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]), Susan Young and Jonathan Hodgson.

In 1990, Smith and Young's short, ''[[Umbabarauma]]'' by [[Jorge Ben]], was the first Felix Films production to win an [[Academy Award]].

(contracted; show full)ms' in-house staff. Several new original animated series emerged from it, including ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'', ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'', ''[[Cow and Chicken]]'', ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'', ''[[Spaced Out]]'' and Stretch Films' ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]''.

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[[Category:Companies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Entertainment companies]]