ShadowMachine, the critically acclaimed animation studio co-founded by Corey Campodonico and Alex Bulkley, earned its first Academy Award® nomination this morning for Best Animated Feature with “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.” An artist collective with studios based in Los Angeles and Portland, OR, the production company collaborated with directors del Toro and Mark Gustafson, and its best-in-class team of international artisans to create the film’s imaginatively rich stop-motion world. The lauded Netflix film currently leads the animation Annie Awards with nine nominations this year including Best Feature and is a BAFTA Film Award nominee for Best Animated Film. Additionally, “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” is the recent winner in the animated feature category for both the 2023 Golden Globe® and Critics Choice Awards.
Said Campodonico and Bulkley, “To follow Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson on this adventure has been the thrill of a lifetime. On behalf of everyone on our amazing crew, and the friends and family that supported this incredible endeavor, it is an absolute honor to be recognized by the Academy for this accomplishment, thank you, thank you! And thank you Ted Sarandos and the entire team at Netflix for the unwavering support in bringing our beloved little wooden boy to life!”
In Netflix’s “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” Academy Award®-winning director Guillermo del Toro and award-winning stop-motion legend Mark Gustafson reimagine the classic Carlo Collodi tale of the fabled wooden boy with a whimsical tour de force that finds Pinocchio on an enchanted adventure that transcends worlds and reveals the life-giving power of love. The nominees who will representing the film at the BAFTA Award and Oscar ceremonies are director/producers del Toro and Gustafson, and producers Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley.