2023 Animation Industry Layoff Tracker
Tracking layoffs across the animation, vfx, and gaming industries.
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EA’s Bioware Is Laying Off 50 Employees
The layoffs are part of a larger restructuring happening at parent company EA, which is cutting 6% of its global workforce.
‘Oppenheimer’ VFX Studio DNEG Is Laying Off Dozens Of Workers At Its London Base
DNEG, which employs nearly 7,000 workers globally, will lay off around 70 of its 900 London-based workers.
Struggling Vimeo To Lay Off 11% Of Workforce, Company President Resigns
Once an essential resource in the independent animation and filmmaking community, Vimeo has struggled to become a sustainable company after its pivot to a tech platform.
Netflix Animation Eliminates 70 Jobs, Drops Three Projects
The three dropped animated projects are ‘Wings of Fire,’ ‘Antiracist Baby,’ and ‘With Kind Regards From Kindergarten.’
Cartoon Brew’s The Weekly: Could The Mass Layoffs At Disney Have Been Prevented?
Jen Hurler looks at the mass layoffs announced at the Walt Disney Company and whether they could have been avoided if the company had more sustainable business practices.
Report: Laika Has Laid Off 15% Of Its Workers
The studio says it intends to hire back employees when it can safely have the crew back in its buildings.
Magic Leap Slashes Workforce, Causing 80–120 Animation Job Losses (EXCLUSIVE)
Layoffs have taken place in both Florida and New Zealand.
DNEG Shuts Down TV VFX Unit In Los Angeles (Exclusive)
At least 20 vfx artists have lost their jobs.
After Record Results, Activision Blizzard Will Lay Off Nearly 800 Employees
Activision Blizzard just had the best year in its history. So why did they announce mass layoffs?
RIP, Super Deluxe: AT&T Shuts Down Studio, Full-Time Employees To Be Laid Off
The loss of Super Deluxe will be especially felt by the independent animation community.
Dreamworks Layoffs, Round 2: 170 Employees, Including Artists, On The Chopping Block
It’s not a happy holidays for at least 170 Dreamworks employees.
Breaking: Oscar-Winning Studio Moonbot Lays Off Employees After Possible Studio Sale
Moonbot is laying off employees in Louisiana, but might be growing even larger in Florida.
Comcast/NBCUni Lays Off 200 Dreamworks Animation Employees
The Dreamworks Animation layoffs have begun following Comcast’s acquisition of the studio.
DreamWorks Animation Plans Major Layoffs
Major layoffs are coming up at DreamWorks Animation; hundreds of people could potentially be let go.
Disney Interactive Lays Off 700 People
It’s been known since last month that Disney Interactive was planning to lay off several hundred employees, but the job slashing is far more extreme than had previously been anticipated.
Disney Will Lay Off Hundreds In Interactive Division
Several hundred people will lose their jobs at Disney Interactive as part an effort to make the division profitable.
Pixar Lays Off Dozens of Employees Due to “Good Dinosaur” Problems
Pixar has laid off dozens of employees due to its troubled film project “The Good Dinosaur.”
BREAKING: Disney Just Gutted Their Hand-Drawn Animation Division [UPDATED]
Nine top Disney animation veterans were laid off today including Nik Ranieri, Ruben Aquino, and Brian Ferguson.
Disney Will Lay Off People in the Animation Division
More workforce cuts are coming to Disney. Following the closure of LucasArts, Reuters news service reported yesterday that Disney will …
Lucasfilm Exec Blogs About Laying Off Animation Artists
If you’re an animation studio executive and you’ve just laid off a a crew of artists, what’s the first thing you should do? Going on …
