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Netflix Opens 110,000-Square-Foot Animation Studio in Vancouver

The purpose-built hub is expected to add about $100 million a year to B.C.’s economy.

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Netflix Animation Studios has officially opened its new 110,000 square foot offices in Mount Pleasant. The American streamer employs 450 full-time staff in Vancouver.
Hannah Minghella, Netflix’s head of feature animation and family film, says young people with dreams of getting into the animation business should expose themselves to all kinds of art but also she encourages them “to embrace their own identity and say what’s in their heart.”

Overview

  • Netflix opened a five-floor animation facility at 110 East 5th Avenue in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant that spans about 110,000 to 111,000 square feet and employs more than 450 people.
  • The studio was designed for feature animation and uses advanced production technology with collaboration spaces and an auditorium-style screening theatre.
  • Netflix says the interior buildout contributed over $50 million to British Columbia’s GDP, and it projects about $100 million per year from ongoing operations.
  • The Vancouver team is producing the feature Steps, a Cinderella reimagining, with Amanda Seyfried voicing Cinderella and Ali Wong and Stephanie Tsu in the cast.
  • The site replaces the former Animal Logic team that Netflix acquired in 2022 and joins NAS locations in California and Sydney, with plans to add Eyeline VFX staff for a combined production hub.