Robert Animation Studios

Robert Animation Studios is an animation studios founded in 1996 by Robert Nadal.

Early Years (1996-2001)
In 1994, Robert Nadal began working as a writer and worked on short animations including commercials and segments. It would be 2 years later he would end up starting a bigger company and founded Robert Animation Studios. Following the studios opening, the staff began to work on two big projects. Their first would be their first short film, High School Daze. The short was shown off at the 47th annual Berlin International Film Festival in 1997 and later released on VHS in the summer of 1997. Then, on July 7, 1999, they released their first full-length feature film, Arlene. The film would star Natalie Portman as the title character, as well as Taylor Momsen, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Day-Lewis, and John De Lancie. The film has receive very positive reviews from audiences and critics alike and grossed out around $457.5 million worldwide.

Following the success of Arlene, Robert would eventually work on an Arlene TV Series set for Fall 2001 and their second feature film, The Curse of the Dark Sheet, based on the idea by Robert’s younger cousin. The film would once again be distributed by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies and would feature stars like Jeremy Renner, Melissa Joan Hart, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, and Harrison Ford. The film received positive reviews and grossed out around $198 million worldwide

Second Era (2002-2009)
Robert Animation Studios continued to make short animations and episodes of Arlene the Series. Robert even begin plans for an Arlene Direct-to-video sequel set for 2006. However, original idea was scrapped and the sequel would be on hiatus. The studio would instead used the time to make their next film, Purple Parrot Perils. The film would star Tom Cruise, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Burns, Christopher Lee, & Shirley MacLaine.