Industry Database
Networking in the Industry
Disclaimer
This page isn’t intended to be a comprehensive job directory, but rather a general guide to networking, portfolio building, and navigating the career field. It is recommended that you still conduct research on your own to find the career option or grad school plan that best suits your particular interests and skills.
The database mainly covers larger well-known companies in North America, with some international connections. This does not indicate endorsement of these companies, just that they were the businesses that stood out the most in search results, recommendations, and cross-referenced research.
The bulk of this list was compiled over the course of 2016-2017. Mergers, bankruptcies, buyouts, and subsidiaries can cause company relevancy to change over time. The order of listings does not indicate any particular ranking system.
There are also thousands of independent studios and businesses out there that produce really creative products. It just isn’t possible to keep an up-to-date record of all of them. Feel free to recommend any studios or companies that should be added to this list.
Computer Software and Smart Tech Developers
Microsoft Apple Asus Dell Lenovo Acer IBM Samsung Sony HP Toshiba Intel Nvidia AMD Wacom
Internet Service Providers, Telecommunications, and Client-Side Web Portals
Alphabet Amazon Facebook Mozilla Alibaba Group Tencent Verizon AT&T Nokia Sprint
Leading Technological Research and Development
Google X SpaceX NASA Boeing Virgin Galactic Blue Origin DARPA Boston Dynamics Tesla Toyota Research Institute Voxel8
Technology Moguls
Autodesk Adobe GoPro Nikon Kodak IMAX
Entertainment Media Conglomerates
The Walt Disney Company Time-Warner NBC Universal Sony Viacom/Paramount
Major Subsidiaries and Distributors
Marvel Studios Lucasfilm 20th Century Fox Fox Searchlight Pictures Lionsgate Entertainment Amblin Partners Walden Media Village Roadshow Legendary Entertainment United Artists/MGM New Line Cinema (Warner Bros) Miramax (Disney) Castle Rock Entertainment (Warner Bros) Touchstone (Disney) Buena Vista (Disney) Columbia/TriStar Pictures (Sony) The Weinstein Company (Defunct)
Independent Production Companies
Spyglass Entertainment Focus Features Raleigh Studios Imagine Entertainment Chernin Entertainment AnnaPurna Pictures Plan B Entertainment Big Talk Productions Bad Robot Productions Centropolis Entertainment DNA Films Pinewood Studios Skydance Media Lightstorm Entertainment Bad Hat Harry Productions Mutant Enemy Relativity Media Samuel Goldwyn Films Scott Free Productions Oats Studios A24 Mirada Blumhouse Productions EuropaCorp 21 Laps Entertainment
Online Streaming
Netflix Amazon Prime Hulu Disney+ Apple TV Crunchyroll Funimation Twitch.tv YouTube Red Maker Studios Fullscreen Otter Media
Television Networks, Channels, and Cable
NBC CBS ABC News Corporation HBO Dish DirecTV Comcast AMC ESPN TNT USA Showtime CNN Syfy MTV Discovery TBS A&E The CW STARZ
Subsidized Public Media Agencies and International Film
National Film Board of Canada BBC PBS CNC (Le Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée) Al Jazeera Bollywood Telugu Cinema Beijing Enlight Pictures China Film Group Huaxia Film Distribution Huayi Brothers Media Corp. Bona Film Group Wanda Media Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) Cinema of Nigeria (Nollywood) Silverbird Film Distribution Somaliwood Olol Films Cinema Do Brasil Buenos Aires Film Commission INCAA (National Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts) Baja Film Studios Japan Film Commission Promotion Council Japanese Foundation for the Promotion of the Arts Toho Pictures Kadokawa Pictures Nikkatsu Shochiku Screen Australia AFCI
3D Feature Animation
Walt Disney Animation Studios Pixar DreamWorks Blue Sky Studios LAIKA Aardman Illumination Mac Guff Animal Logic Sony Animation Warner Animation Group Paramount Animation Universal Animation Studios The SPA Studios
Cartoons and Traditional Animation
Cartoon Network Disney Toon Studios Cartoon Saloon Nickelodeon Rough Draft Studios Film Roman Gracie Films Fuzzy Door Productions Comedy Central 9 Story Marvel Animation DC Animation Titmouse Inc. Toon City Disney Television Animation Lucasfilm Animation Shadowmachine Top Draw Animation Boulder Media Man of Action Entertainment Rainmaker Entertainment/WOW! Unlimited Frederator DreamWorks TV Xilam Hasbro Studios Polygon Pictures Inc.
Anime
Studio Ghibli Gainax Toei Studio MIR Toonami Oriental Light and Magic, inc. Studio Pierrot Nippon Animation Madhouse Akom Sunrise Production I.G. Khara Studio 4°C
Commercial Animation and Interactive Advertising
Psyop Three Screen Novelties Stoopid Buddies Stoodios Bix Pix Entertainment Elastic.tv Brand New School Duck Studios Locus Brikk Giant Ant Platige Image Media Monks Prettybird m ss ng p eces Park Pictures Caviar Content B-Reel Shynola Shine Moonbot Studios MacKinnon and Saunders Aardman Nathan Love Blue Zoo Magic Light Pictures
Special Effects and VFX
Industrial Light and Magic Weta Digital The Mill Legacy Effects The Foundry Rhythm and Hues MPC THX Framestore Weta Workshop Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Tippett Studio KNB EFX Spectral Motion Amalgamated Dynamics Coulier Creatres FX Milk VFX Double Negative Pixomondo Method Studios MastersFX Stargate Studios Digital Domain Rising Sun Pictures Whiskytree Image Engine Rodeo FX Hybride Technologies Luma Atomic Fiction Rise VFX Encore Hollywood Hybride Technologies Reel FX M5 Industries, Inc. Schell Studios DailyPint Studios Zoic Studios Tatopoulos Studios Lola VFX Ironhead Studio
Cinematic Trailers and Animated Credits
Blur Studio Digic Pictures Nuare Studio Axis Animation
AAA Game Industry
EA Nintendo Sony Square Enix Ubisoft Bungie Activision/Blizzard Take-Two Interactive/Rockstar Naughty Dog Konami Bethesda 2K Games Insomniac BioWare Gearbox Crytek Epic Games Atlus From Software Eidos Capcom Namco-Bandai Sega ID Software CD Projekt Red Ninja Theory Obsidian Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment Valve Microsoft Studios Disney Interactive Arkane Avalanche Studios Rocksteady DICE TT Games Red Storm Monolith Productions Rare Media Molecule Retro Studios Game Freak Platinum Games Double Fine Guerilla 343 Industries Sledgehammer Games Treyarch Raven Quantic Dream Ghost Story Games
MMORPG and MOBA Developers
Activision Blizzard Riot Games ArenaNet/NCSOFT Jagex Square Enix BioWare CCP Turbine ZeniMax Cryptic Daybreak Game Company XLGames Gazillion Bluehole Trion Worlds Valve Hi-Rez Studios Bluehole Studio
Mobile App and Online Game Developers
Niantic Inc. Rovio Zynga Gameloft Kabam Supercell King Halfbrick DeNA GungHo Online Imangi Studios PopCap Games
Successful Indie Studios
Mojang Cloud Imperium Games Hello Games Double Fine Supergiant Games Klei Team Meat Thatgamecompany Polytron Corporation Playdead Double Eleven Subset Games Stoic Studio Yacht Club Games DrinkBox Studios Runic Games Cyan Inc. .GEARS Campo Santo The Chinese Room Dontnod Entertainment Galactic Cafe Subset Games Mossmouth Number None, Inc. Re-Logic SUPERHOT Team Croteam Thunder Lotus Games Amanita Design Psyonix Facepunch Studios The Behemoth Chucklefish Games Bay 12
Virtual Reality
HTC Oculus Valve
Software Digital Distribution Platforms
Steam GOG Origin Epic Games Store Direct2Drive Apple App Store Amazon Appstore Green Man Gaming Games For Windows Marketplace GamersGate Gamefly Ubuntu Software Center Nintendo eShop Devolver Newgrounds GameJolt itch.io Armor Games
Music and Record Label Industry
Sony-BMG Warner Music Group Universal Music Group (formerly EMI) Live Nation Spotify Pandora VEVO SoundCloud iTunes
Comics Publishers
Marvel DC Dark Horse Image IDW Vertigo Dynamite
Book and Magazine Publishers
Penguin Random House Hachette Livre HarperCollins Macmillan Tor Simon & Schuster Pearson Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Scholastic McGraw-Hill Education Cengage Learning Holdings Condé Nast Publications Time Inc. Reader’s Digest National Geographic
Toy Manufacturing, Miniatures, and Collector’s Games
Hasbro Mattel Bandai Lego Wizards of the Coast Games Workshop Sideshow Hot Toys NECA Funko McFarlane Diamond Select Kotobukiya Playmobil K’NEX Topps Konami Digital Entertainment JAKKS Pacific KidRobot Reaper Miniatures Privateer Press Paizo Fantasy Flight Games
Major Design and Advertising Firms
WPP Group Omnicom Group Publicis Groupe Interpublic Group Dentsu Grey Advertising Wieden+Kennedy 360i Deutsch Ogilvy and Mather BBDO Pentagram JWT IDEO Landor Associates FutureBrand Leo Burnett Razorfish Isobar Forza Migliozzi DDB Edelman Saatchi & Saatchi R/GA
Other Select Studios
Sagmeister & Walsh Push Pin Studios Frere-Jones Type Hoefler & Co Emigre Happy Cog Methane Studios Mondo PBM Graphics Under Consideration LLC
Big Data, Deep Learning, and A.I. Research
Facebook A.I. Research Google Deepmind IBM Watson Microsoft Research/Cortana Amazon Alexa Apple Siri Salesforce Intel Xeon Phi Chip Baidu Research Twitter TayTweets TensorFlow
Tech Retailers, Manufacturers, and Providers
Newegg PCM Best Buy TechBargains GameStop Barnes&Noble Panasonic LG Electronics Oracle Symantec Razer Inc. Alienware Skullcandy Sennheiser Bose Rode Microphones Radio Shack