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Flying Bark Productions Pty Ltd is an Australian animation studio. The studio acts as a full-service production facility across feature films, television, and a diverse range of digital content. The studio was established by Yoram and Sandra Gross in 1962 as Yoram Gross Film Studios. In October 2022, Flying Bark announced their partnership with Avatar Studios on the upcoming Avatar feature film The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender, which would couple 2D animation with substantial CG elements.

Studio

Located in Sydney and LA, Flying Bark Productions operates as a full-service production facility with award-winning original independent feature films and series as well as providing animation services for global clients. With more than 350 artists, the studio is one of the largest in Australia.

In recent years the studio has expanded its original programming to provide production for both traditional hand-drawn 2D animation and CGI animation. Client projects include animation for Nickelodeon and Disney+. The company has invested significantly in the development of its original slate with creators from across the globe, and has adopted a no-borders approach to its business.

Flying Bark is owned by Studio 100, a vertically integrated entertainment company based in Europe with partner studios in Belgium, Munich, and New York as well as development and production in Los Angeles and Paris.

Avatar works

• The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender

Other works

Television

• 100% Wolf: Legend of the Moonstone
• Glitch Techs
• Heidi
• Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
• Master Raindrop
• Monkie Kid
• Oh Yuck!
• Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles
• Staines Down Drains
• Tales from Outer Suburbia
• Tashi
• The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill
• The Woodlies
• Vic the Viking
• What If...?
• Zeke's Pad

Filmography

• Wendell & Wild (2022)
• Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles: The Movie (2022)
• Lego Monkie Kid: Embrace Your Destiny (2022)
• Mia and Me: The Hero of Centopia (2022)
• Lego Monkie Kid: Revenge of the Spider Queen (2021)
• Maya the Bee 3: The Golden Orb (2021)
• Lego Monkie Kid: A Hero Is Born (2020)
• 100% Wolf (2020)
• Blink Bill: The Movie (2015)
• Maya the Bee Movie (2014)
• Gumnutz: A Juicy Tale (2007)

Trivia

• Prior to participating in the Avatar franchise, the studio included multiple references to Avatar: The Last Airbender in their earlier work, Monkie Kid.