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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 = {{URL|http://www.aardman.com/}}
}}
'''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, after Seibert was leaving MTV in 1987, and Smith was leaving MGMM Animation Studios for 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]].

Smith began hiring more animators at this point; 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]]), Roxanne Ducharme, 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, 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]].

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