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Cartoon Saloon

Kilkenny, Ireland(approximate location)

Tomm Moore, Paul Young and Nora Twomey founded Cartoon Saloon in 1999. Learn about what they are working on and the upcoming projects coming out soon.

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Who works there

  • Tomm MooreCo-founder & Creative Director of Cartoon Saloon
  • Paul YoungCo-founder & Creative Director of Cartoon Saloon
  • Nora TwomeyCo-founder & Creative Director of Cartoon Saloon
  • Barrack StreetGlebe Hall,

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
Founded1999company website
LocationKilkenny, Ireland
Websitecartoonsaloon.ie
Emailinfo@cartoonsaloon.ie
Social
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Phone+353 056 776 4481
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.7IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

14 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars0of4nominations0%
Emmys1of1nominations100%

94 wins from 303 nominations across all awards

Box office
$2m

Combined US gross, 3 of 31 titles

Puffin Rock poster
Highest rated
Puffin Rock
2015
8.61,253 votes
Skunk Fu! poster
Lowest rated
Skunk Fu!
2007
5.2582 votes
Mostly
animation, short, adventure
Active
2002–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Best known for
Song of the Sea

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 23 of 31 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
89 seasons

2007–2026

Television rating
7.0IMDb

Their films average 7.8, so the television rates 0.8 lower.

Networks
  • RTÉjr2
  • Apple TV1
  • Disney+1
  • RTÉ21
  • Disney Channel1

Across 6 series matched to TMDB, 264 episodes. 6 still returning or in production.

Longest runningStar Wars: Visions · 3 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 32

23 films · 8 TV titles

Titles per year31 titles · busiest 2014 with 3

31 titles across 25 years, averaging 1.2 a year. The last five years hold at 1.4 a year. 7 of those 25 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time14 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
46810their average 7.7200020102020

Their 2010s work is their strongest, averaging 7.9 across 5 titles. The 6 titles since 2017 average 7.6, holding at their 7.7 overall. 5 of 14 rated titles sit above their 7.7 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Nora Twomey4
  • Tomm Moore3
  • Paul Ó Muiris2
Writers
  • Tomm Moore3
  • Will Collins2
Notable cast
  • Michael McGrath3
  • Chris O'Dowd2
  • Lisa Hannigan2
  • Brendan Gleeson2
Genres
  • Animation23 of 23
  • Short7 of 23
  • Adventure7 of 23
  • Family6 of 23
  • Comedy5 of 23

Names appearing on two or more of Cartoon Saloon’s produced titles, across the 23 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with11 companies

Companies that appear alongside Cartoon Saloon on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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