THE CARTOON CREW

If we were to list all the animation work done by Emmy Award®-winning Bardel Entertainment, we’d have to push most of the content in this issue to the next just to make room.

A few of the instantly recognizable legacy products they’ve worked on include Rick and Morty, The Dragon Prince, Teen Titans Go!, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild – you get the picture.

And those pictures haven’t just delighted audiences, they’ve changed the face of animation and set an impeccable standard for an industry defined by incredible imagination, discipline, and creative chaos. The company’s creative clout is awesome in every sense of the word.

The Vancouver-based company produces prime time series and television series for preschoolers, kids and adults alike as well as featurette projects for video-on demand and subscription on-demand services.

The brightest and wildest minds in animation make up their formidable bench of world-class creators and storytellers, bringing the 2D, 3D, and hybrid animation studio much-deserved global acclaim.

In 2015, the studio was purchased by Italy’s Rainbow S.p.A. As a subsidiary, Bardel continues to operate autonomously from its parent company working with A-list partners including Netflix, Disney+, Amazon, DreamWorks, Nickelodeon, Adult Swim and Warner Bros./Discovery.

We recently spoke with CEO Tina Chow and COO Richard Grieve to get a glimpse of what it takes to succeed in the fastest growing sector in entertainment – and the transformative power of saying no.