Industry Film production Founder Holger Tappe Number of employees 75 | Headquarters Hanover Founded 11 October 1999 Type Privately held company | |
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Key people Holger Tappe
Stefan Mischke
Sebastian Riemen Website www.ambient-entertainment.de | ||
Ambient Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG is a German filmproduction studio, specialized in CGI animation movies.
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History
Ambient was founded in 1999 by Holger Tappe and Stefan Mischke. Initially focused on advertising (commercials for Volkswagen, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Deutsche Messe AG (CeBIT) thy moved to cgi animation for motion pictures. The debut feature was "Back to Gaya" in 2004, the first cgi motion picture produced in Germany. Followed by Impy's Island, Impy's Wonderland and Animals United which all were produced and directed by Holger Tappe. Animals United, based upon the novel of Erich Kästner, was the first 3D stereoscopic animtion motion picture in Germany. Subsequent animation motion pictures were "The Secret of Balthasar Castle", produced for Europa-Park, the motion-capture animation motion picture Tarzan for Constantin-Film and The Time Caroussel, as well a 4d cgi production for Europa-Park. Movies made by Ambient Entertainment have been distributed to more than 70 countries.