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Laika, LLC

Laika
Company typePrivate
IndustryAnimation, film production
GenreAnimation
PredecessorWill Vinton Studios
FoundedJuly 20, 2005 (2005-07-20)
FoundersPhil Knight
Travis Knight
Will Vinton
HeadquartersNortheast Bennett Street, ,
U.S.
Key people
Phil Knight (Chairman)
Travis Knight (President & CEO)[1]
Matt Levin (President, Live-Action Film & Series)
ProductsFilms
OwnersPhil Knight
Travis Knight
Number of employees
362 (2020)[2][3]
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Laika, LLC (stylized as LAIKA) is an American production company specializing in stop-motion animation and forthcoming live-action feature films, commercial content for all media, music videos, and short films. The studio is best known for its stop-motion feature films Corpse Bride, Coraline, ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings, and Missing Link. It is owned by Nike co-founder Phil Knight and is located in Hillsboro, Oregon, part of the Portland metropolitan area. Knight's son, Travis Knight, acts as Laika's president and CEO.

Laika had two divisions: Laika Entertainment for feature films and Laika/house for commercial content. The studio spun off the commercial division in July 2014 to focus exclusively on feature film production. The new independent commercial division is now called HouseSpecial.[4][5]

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  2. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (March 11, 2015). "Laika to Expand Studio by 70 Percent".
  3. ^ Hayden, Erik (August 14, 2020). "Animation Studio Laika Lays Off Staffers Amid Pandemic". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
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