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{{short description|American animation studio}}
{{For-multi|the live-action counterpart of this studio|DreamWorks Pictures|the television arm of this studio|DreamWorks Animation Television}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = DreamWorks Animation LLC
| logo = DreamWorks Animation SKG logo with fishing boy.svg
| logo_caption = Logo used since NBCUniversal's 2016 acquisition
| image = Dreamworksanimationentrance.jpg
| image_caption = DreamWorks Animation headquarters in [[Glendale, California]]
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{NYSE was|DWA}} (2004–2009) |{{NASDAQ was|DWA}} (2009–2016)}}
| industry = [[Animation|Animated]] [[film]]s
| predecessor = [[Amblimation]]<br>[[Pacific Data Images]]
| founded = {{ubl|{{start date and age|1994|10|12}} (as a division of [[DreamWorks Pictures]])|{{start date and age|2004|10|27}} (as DreamWorks Animation SKG)}}
| founders = {{ubl|[[Steven Spielberg]]|[[Jeffrey Katzenberg]]|[[David Geffen]]}}
| hq_location = 1000 Flower Street
| hq_location_city = [[Glendale, California]] 91201
| hq_location_country = U.S.
| num_locations = 2 facilities
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{ubl|Margie Cohn ([[president (corporate title)|president]] and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]])|Randy Lake ([[Chief operating officer|COO]])|Peter Gal ([[Chief creative officer|CCO]], DWATV)|Kristin Lowe (CCO, features)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Foster |first1=Elizabeth |title=DreamWorks Animation names COO |url=https://kidscreen.com/2019/05/15/dreamworks-animation-names-coo/ |access-date=April 21, 2020 |work=Kidscreen |date=May 15, 2019 |archive-date=June 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625030208/https://kidscreen.com/2019/05/15/dreamworks-animation-names-coo/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
| products = {{Ubl|[[List of animated television series|Television animated series]]|[[List of animated feature films|Theatrical animated feature films]]|[[List of animated short films|Theatrical animated short films]]}}
| num_employees = 1,400 (2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=http://dreamworks.com/about |website=dreamworks.com |access-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122024822/http://dreamworks.com/about |url-status=live }}</ref>
| owner = 
| parent = {{ubl|[[DreamWorks Pictures]] (1994–2004)|[[Universal Pictures]] (2016–present)}}
| divisions = {{ubl|[[DreamWorks Animation Television]]|[[DreamWorks Channel]]|DreamWorks Press|DreamWorks Theatricals<ref>{{cite web |title=DREAMWORKS ANIMATION SKG, INC. - FORM 10-K (Annual Report) |url=http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/DWA/0x0xS1193125-11-45757/1297401/filing.pdf |publisher=DreamWorks Animation SKG |website=Shareholder.com |page=148 |date=February 25, 2011 |access-date=September 21, 2011 |archive-date=May 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529091102/http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/DWA/0x0xS1193125-11-45757/1297401/filing.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>|DreamWorks New Media}}
| subsid = {{ubl|[[DreamWorks Classics]]|[[Pacific Data Images|PDI/DreamWorks]] (2000–2015)|[[Pearl Studio|Oriental DreamWorks]] (2012–2018)}}
| website = {{URL|dreamworks.com}}
}}
'''DreamWorks Animation LLC''' ('''DWA''',<ref>{{Cite web |date=1995-03-06 |title=DREAMWORKS ANIMATION L.L.C. |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_de/2486689 |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=[[OpenCorporates]]}}</ref> also known as '''DreamWorks Animation Studios''' or simply '''DreamWorks''') is an American [[animation studio]], owned by [[Comcast]]'s [[NBCUniversal]] as part of [[Universal Pictures]], a division of [[Universal Studios, Inc|Universal Studios]]. The studio has produced [[List of DreamWorks Animation productions#Feature films|50 feature films]]; its first film, ''[[Antz]]'', was released on October 2, 1998, and its latest film, ''[[Dog Man (film)|Dog Man]]'', was released on January 31, 2025. Their upcoming theatrical slate of films includes the [[How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film)|live-action remake of ''How to Train Your Dragon'']] on June 13, 2025, ''[[The Bad Guys 2]]'' on August 1, 2025, ''[[Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie]]'' on September 26, 2025, ''Forgotten Island'' on September 25, 2026, ''[[Shrek 5]]'' on December 23, 2026, the [[How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film)#Sequel|live-action remake of ''How to Train Your Dragon 2'']] on June 11, 2027, ''Cocomelon: The Movie'' in 2027, and an untitled film on September 22, 2028.{{efn|Attributed to multiple references:<ref>{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Abbey |title=Jacob Tremblay, Paul Walter Hauser Are a Young Boy and His Biggest Fear in Trailer for 'Orion and the Dark' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/orion-and-the-dark-trailer-jacob-tremblay-paul-walter-hauser-1235643332/ |access-date=9 November 2023 |date=9 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |title=DreamWorks Animation's 'Kung Fu Panda 4' Is Happening; Universal Sets 2024 Release |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/dreamworks-animations-kung-fu-panda-4-is-happening-universal-sets-2024-release-1235091150/ |website=Deadline |access-date=August 12, 2022 |date=August 12, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/dreamworks-animation-the-wild-robot-release-date-1235677979/|title=DreamWorks Animation's 'The Wild Robot' To Bring Life To Early Fall 2024 Box Office|website=Deadline Hollywood|last=D'Alessandro|first=Anthony|date=December 19, 2023|access-date=December 19, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title=DreamWorks Animation's 'The Wild Robot' Will Go One Week Later In The Fall |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/the-wild-robot-release-date-1235893235/ |website=Deadline |access-date=23 April 2024 |date=23 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Grobar |first1=Matt |title='Dog Man' Movie Based On Books From 'Captain Underpants' Creator Set For 2025 Release From Universal And DWA |url=https://deadline.com/2024/01/dog-man-movie-release-date-universal-dreamworks-1235807860/ |website=Deadline |access-date=29 January 2024 |date=29 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Betancourt |first1=Emiliana |title='How to Train Your Dragon' Live-Action Trailer: Hiccup and Toothless Come to Life After Hit Animated Trilogy |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/how-to-train-your-dragon-trailer-live-action-1236208562/ |website=Variety |access-date=22 November 2024 |date=19 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title=DreamWorks Animation Sets 'The Bad Guys 2' For Late Summer 2025 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/the-bad-guys-2-release-date-1235868833/ |website=Deadline |access-date=26 March 2024 |date=26 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=McClintock |first1=Pamela |title='Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie' to Get the Big-Screen Treatment in 2025 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gabbys-dollhouse-the-movie-1235881796/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=25 April 2024 |date=25 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/dreamworks-animation-forgotten-island-release-date-1236369039/ | title=DreamWorks Animation Dates 'Forgotten Island' for Fall 2026 | date=April 15, 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Couch |first1=Aaron |last2=McClintock |first2=Pamela |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/shrek-5-set-for-2026-mike-myers-eddie-murphy-cameron-diaz-1235941271/ |title=''Shrek 5'' Set for 2026 with Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz Returning |date=July 9, 2024 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=July 9, 2024 |archive-date=July 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240709222050/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/shrek-5-set-for-2026-mike-myers-eddie-murphy-cameron-diaz-1235941271/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2025-01-10 |title=Universal Delays 'Shrek 5', Moves Up 'Minions 3' & More |url=https://deadline.com/2025/01/shrek-5-minions-3-release-dates-1236254122/ |access-date=2025-01-10 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.universalpictures.es/fechasdeestreno/Estrenos-Universal.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.universalpictures.at/release |title=Universal Pictures Austria }}</ref>}}

Formed as a division of [[DreamWorks Pictures]] in 1994 with alumni from [[Amblin Entertainment]]'s former animation branch [[Amblimation]], it was [[Corporate spin-off|spun off]] into a separate company in 2004. NBCUniversal acquired DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion in 2016. The studio initially made some [[traditional animation|traditionally animated]] films, as well as three [[stop-motion]] co-productions with [[Aardman Animations]], but now exclusively relies on [[computer animation]]. However, in 2022, President Margie Cohn stated that the studio is open to traditional animation.<ref name="eCartelera">{{cite web |author1=Jesús Agudo |title=Margie Cohn, president of DreamWorks Animation, on saving 'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish' and the future of Shrek |url=https://www.ecartelera.com/noticias/entrevista-margie-cohn-dreamworks-animation-gato-bota-shrek-71190/ |website=eCartelera |access-date=27 January 2024 |language=Spanish |date=December 13, 2022}}</ref> 

The studio's productions, including ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'', ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'', and the ''[[Shrek (franchise)|Shrek]]'', ''[[Madagascar (franchise)|Madagascar]]'', ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]'', and ''[[How to Train Your Dragon]]'' franchises, have received [[List of DreamWorks Animation productions#Accolades|various accolades]], including three [[Academy Awards]], 41 [[Emmy Award]]s, numerous [[Annie Award]]s, as well as multiple [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] and [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA]] nominations. Several of their fiims are also among the [[List of highest-grossing animated films|highest-grossing animated films of all time]], with ''[[Shrek 2]]'' (2004) being the highest at the time of its release.

Films produced by DreamWorks Animation were originally distributed by DreamWorks Pictures until 2005. [[Paramount Pictures]] took over distribution from 2006 to 2012, and 20th Century Fox (now [[20th Century Studios]]) did the same from 2013 to 2017. Most DWA films from 2019 onward have been released through Universal Pictures, which also owns most of the rights to its back catalogue.<ref name="FebDragon">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/09/how-to-train-your-dragon-3-everest-dreamworks-animation-1201864844/|title='How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World' To Fly A Week Earlier In February|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=September 27, 2018|access-date=March 13, 2019|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805224436/https://deadline.com/2018/09/how-to-train-your-dragon-3-everest-dreamworks-animation-1201864844/|url-status=live}}</ref>