16 years ago Cathal Gaffney and Darragh O'Connell founded Brown Bag Films the Irish company behind animations such as 'Olivia', 'Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty', 'Wobblyland' and 'Doc McStuffins'. In a pre-digital era the pair set up the studios as a means of making their own films. The group was founded at a time when Ireland has the biggest animation industry in Europe with the ironic fact that none of the studios here were Irish-owned. The company has since moved from its hand-drawn and painted beginnings to boast a staff of 57 in its Dublin studios which are equipped with a state of the art High Definition picture and Audio post production facilities. Furthermore the group has, as of July this year, a new Hollywood-based office. Iftn caught up with co-founder and managing director Cathal Gaffney to talk about the future of the company and Irish animation as a whole.
- 8/13/2010
- IFTN
Brown Bag Films have begun production on 'Doc McStuffins', a new animated series for preschoolers that will premiere on the newly branded Disney Junior channels. Emmy Award-winning writer Chris Nee (Little Bill) is creator and executive producer and Emmy Award-winning Norton Virgien (Rugrats) is director. Gillian Higgins (Wobblyland) and Theresa Mayer are producing for Brown Bag Films. The Dublin company, which employs 50 staff, is now looking to expand its team further with 14 positions opening up as a result of 'Doc McStuffins'.
- 6/25/2010
- IFTN
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