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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}}
| founder = [[Mike Smith (animator)|Mike Smith]]
| location_city = [[Soho]], [[London]]
| location_country = England
| locations = [[Soho]], [[London]], [[Manchester]]
| key_people = [[Fred Seibert]]<br>[[Mike Smith (animator)|Mike Smith]]<br>[[Genndy Tartakovsky]]<br>[[Craig McCracken]]<br>[[Paul Rudish]]
| parent   = 
| industry = [[Animation]]
| area_served = 5
| homepage =
}}
'''Felix Films, Ltd.''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[animation studio]]. It is based in [[Soho]], [[London]], [[England]]. Felix Films is known for movies and television series made using [[Traditional animation|hand-drawn animation]] and [[cutout animation]] techniques, particularly those featuring television series ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' and ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''.

==History==
===1987–1992===
Felix Films was founded in 1987 as a "umbrella" studio by former [[MTV]] executive [[Fred Seibert]] and [[Mike Smith (animator)|Mike Smith]], who was wanted to realise his dream of producing an animated television series and motion pictures for £255 million, after Seibert was leaving MTV in 1987, and Smith was leaving MGMM Animation Studios for movie ''[[Highlander (movie)|Highlander]]'' and music video ''[[A Kind of Magic]]'' by [[Queen (band)|Queen]]. The partnership provided animated sequences for the [[BBC]] series for children ''[[Grim Tales]]'', with [[Rik Mayall]]. The company name originates from the name of cartoon character in animation world. Felix Films also created the title sequence for ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' and they produced the music videos for various artists, including [[Eddy 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]].

===1992–present===
In October 1992, Seibert and Smith began hiring new animators at this point; six of the newcomers, including [[Genndy Tartakovsky]], [[Craig McCracken]], [[Van Partible]], [[Butch Hartman]], [[David Feiss]], [[Seth MacFarlane]], [[Rob Renzetti]] and [[Paul Rudish]], for the newly opened [[Cartoon Network]]. Felix Films produced television series ''[[Conversation Pieces]]'' for [[Channel 4]], by using recordings of random people having conversation with other person for lip-syncing movement.

In February 1995, ''[[What a Cartoon!]]'', an animation showcase led by Seibert and Smith, premiered and featured new creator-driven shorts developed for Cartoon Network by Felix Films' 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]]''.

[[Category:1987 establishments]]
[[Category:Companies of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Entertainment companies]]