Psyop (company)

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Psyop, Inc.
TypePrivate corporation
Industry
  • Advertising
  • entertainment
  • gaming
Founded2000; 21 years ago (2000) in New York City, United States
Founders
  • Marie Hyon
  • Kylie Matulick
  • Eben Mears
  • Todd Mueller
  • Marco Spier
Headquarters
New York City & Los Angeles
,
United States
Websitepsyop.com

Psyop is an animation production studio with offices in New York City and Los Angeles.

History[]

Psyop was founded in 2000 by Marco Spier, Marie Hyon, Todd Mueller, Kylie Matulick and Eben Mears in New York City.[1] In 2013, Psyop opened Psyop Games, a video game publishing division run by Muse Games co-founder Brian Kehrer.[2]

Original Productions[]

In 2015, Psyop released an animated series, "Grandma's Cats Are Trying To Kill Her," in collaboration with DreamWorks Animation.[3]

In 2016, Psyop launched a VR experience, "Kismet," a virtual fortune-telling machine for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and PlayStation VR headsets.[4]

In 2019, Psyop released a dating simulator, I Love You Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin’ Good Dating Simulator, in collaboration with KFC.[5]

In 2020, Psyop, working with Supercell company, produced a short film Lost & Crowned, was uploaded on September 12, 2020 and qualified for Oscars recognition in December.[6] They also collaborated on Absolut's It's In Our Spirit campaign, which was recognized for its motion design.[7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ Price, Erik. "Psyop Makes Ads You Actually Want to Watch". Esquire Magazine. Archived from the original on November 1, 2013. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  2. ^ Fera, Rae Ann (December 13, 2013). "Fighting Malaria With A Video And Game That Show The Nightmare Of The Disease". Fast Company. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  3. ^ Wolfe, Jennifer. "Psyop's 'Grandma's Cats' Launches on DreamWorksTV". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  4. ^ Jagneaux, David (May 2, 2016). "Visit 'Kismet' in VR for Daily Fortune Telling, Tarot Cards, and Horoscopes". UploadVR. Archived from the original on May 16, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  5. ^ Carpenter, Nicole (September 10, 2019). "KFC". Archived from the original on September 27, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  6. ^ "Animated short 'Lost & Crowned' scores Oscar qualification". AnimationXpress. December 7, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  7. ^ Spary, Sara (November 23, 2020). "In a Stellar Use of Animation, Absolut Imagines the Joy of Reuniting Post-Pandemic". Ad Week. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  8. ^ Lee, Giacomo. "The best motion design adverts of 2020". Creative Boom (11 December 2020). Retrieved December 20, 2020.

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