Kong Animation Studio is a creative agency that channels its love of creativity to deliver broadcast-quality animation for brands and businesses of all sizes.
Our Values
We Draw Stories
There’s drawing and colouring in, and then there’s what we do. We immerse ourselves in the details, to bring the stories to life.
Treat People Well
Always. Every time. Every place and under any circumstances. At Kong, people matter. From our clients to our beloved team. We want everyone to enjoy working with us.
Above & Beyond
Clarity at every stage and creativity in every frame. Thanks to our communication, the only surprises are the happy variety. Our detailed production process makes for happy and healthy client relationships.
Make It Matter
We want our work to matter to audiences, because it matters to us. If it doesn’t matter, then we’d rather not make it at all.
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Process
We’re masters at delivering projects from script to screen, or providing any of the services individually in-between
Scriptwriting
We love working on projects from script stage.
With our troop of talented storytellers and copywriters, we can craft stories for brands, advertising, corporate explainers or original content for TV.
Storyboard
Using a script we have written, or, one you supply us – we can visualise your story giving it pace and dynamism.
You can then apply our storyboards with another team or we’ll bring them to life using our animation pipelines.
Design
From fully artworked storyboards, character and concept designs, adboards, publishing, comics to murals –
we produce illustration in various scales, styles and mediums to perfectly fit the brief at hand.
Animation
Kong Animation Studio troop have decades of combined experience in producing award-winning animation.
Collaborating with a large pool of talented music composers and sound designers, we make Stories that Stand Out.
Services
We’re masters at delivering projects from script to screen, or providing any of the services individually in-between
Scriptwriting
We love working on projects from script stage.
With our troop of talented storytellers and copywriters, we can craft stories for brands, advertising, corporate explainers or original content for TV.
Storyboard
Using a script we have written, or, one you supply us – we can visualise your story giving it pace and dynamism.
You can then apply our storyboards with another team or we’ll bring them to life using our animation pipelines.
Design
From fully artworked storyboards, character and concept designs, adboards, publishing, comics to murals –
we produce illustration in various scales, styles and mediums to perfectly fit the brief at hand.
Animation
Kong Animation Studio troop have decades of combined experience in producing award-winning animation.
Collaborating with a large pool of talented music composers and sound designers, we make Stories that Stand Out.
Awards and Nominations
How we roll
Simian Strollers
We may not leap between skyscrapers, but we’re certainly agile. Our experience has taught us to be direct and efficient – we don’t mess about.
A Safe Pair of Hairy Hands
We’re clear and we’re thorough. A bundle of wonderfully fun creative, cradled by a reassuringly well-considered process.
Passionate Primates
We’re confident, but (unlike our namesake) we don’t chest-beat. No need for pretence; we are who we are.
Who are Kong
Bill Elliott
Bill Elliott began his career at Disney Jetix. He’s directed, designed and storyboarded throughout the computer games, advertising and T.V industry. Credits include Lego, Mr Bean: The Animated Series and Black Mirror. Since establishing Kong, Bill has directed several Thomas & Friends online series, and award-winning commercials for IMAX. He’s also directed a short film for comedian Touretteshero (Jess Thom), and was nominated for a British Animation Award for his short film Get Well Soon-Tarrant. In his spare time he paints and draws comics.
Tom Baker
Tom Baker is co-founder of Kong Studio. He is a character animator and art director with a career that spans across advertising and TV series. Tom Baker has worked on a many iconic shows including Ben 10, Scooby-Do and the Amazing World of Gumball, as a lead character animator. He was Art Director on Mr. Bean: The Animated Series and Thomas & Friends. Since co-founding Kong Studio, Tom has directed a number of successful projects, including a viral commercial for Puffin Books, Sheilas Wheels, With Grace and several films for the Dan TDM stage show that were screened at Wembley Arena.
Emma Burch
Emma is an award-winning animation producer. She has over 18 years experience and a track record of delivering productions on time and budget. Emma’s experience ranges from large scale commercial stop motion productions, for brands such as Nabisco and Kellogg’s, to traditionally animated online marketing for IMAX and The Tote. In addition, she has produced several short independent films. Including over 55 episodes of the hugely popular online animation series – Simon’s Cat. In 2014 Emma solely managed Simon’s Cat’s record-breaking crowdfunding campaign. She left Simon’s Cat to join Kong in 2018.