Worker Studio is an American animation and visual effects company based in

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, founded in 2009 by

Michael "Ffish" Hemschoot Michael "Ffish" Hemschoot (born 1972, Aurora, Colorado) is a director, animator and has held a variety of roles as a visual effects artist in major Hollywood films. Since 1996, Hemschoot has worked on films such as ''Mars Attacks!'', '' What Dr ...

. The company has provided

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for a number of short films including Angela Bettis' segment ''E is for Exterminate'' in the horror anthology film

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. In 2013, the studio began developing an animated adaptation of Phil Hartman's comedy album, ''Phil Hartman's Flat TV'', which was posthumously released in 2002 after he performed and recorded it in 1978. The studio is also the production company behind the animated documentary ''John Ross: American'', based on the life of World War II pilot John H. Ross. Former Disney Artist

Barry Kooser Barry R. Kooser is an American artist, painter, and educator who worked at Walt Disney Feature Animation Studios between 1992 and 2003 as a background artist on films such as ''The Lion King'', ''Pocahontas'', '' Mulan'', ''Lilo & Stitch'', and ...

joined the studio as a partner and Chief Creative Officer until 2015. Hemschoot and Kooser met while teaching animation at

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. In 2017, the studio released an original animated,

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short film, titled ''Camping a la Bergman'', a parody inspired to be an homage to Swedish filmmaker

Ingmar Bergman Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, producer and playwright. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known as "profoundly ...

, by utilizing black and white cinematography, somber classical music and existential

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dialogue. The short appeared at a number of film festivals, including

Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival The International Film Festival ''Etiuda&Anima'' ( pl, Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmowy Etiuda&Anima), is the leading animation film festival in Poland organized in Kraków continuously since 1994, and catering to independent producers, animation ...

and StopTrik International Film Festival. It was broadcast on Colorado Public Television and streaming on e360TV, a VOD platform.

References

External links

Official website - www.worker-studio.com

Worker Studio credits on IMDB.com
{{Animation industry in the United States American animation studios Visual effects companies Entertainment companies of the United States Companies based in Centennial, Colorado Entertainment companies established in 2009