Thunderbird Entertainment

Thunderbird Entertainment, a privately owned company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, operates as a tier 2 media tech buyer. Founded in 2003, the enterprise currently employs approximately 40 individuals and reported $24.9M in revenue as of 2024. The company functions as a vertically integrated mass media film studio, animation entity, and global rights management corporation. Originally established as Thunderbird Films by media executives Tim Gamble and Michael Shepard, its growth was scaled through investments from Lionsgate founder Frank Giustra. Thunderbird Entertainment maintains a multi-city operational footprint with offices in Los Angeles, Toronto, and Ottawa, encompassing specialized operating subsidiaries including Atomic Cartoons (Kids & Family division), Great Pacific Media (Unscripted & Factual division), and Thunderbird Scripted. The company is slated for acquisition by multinational media conglomerate Blue Ant Media in January 2026, which will fold its operations into a unified genre-led production structure under the stewardship of Chief Executive Officer and Chair Jennifer Twiner McCarron. It controls an intellectual property library of over 1,100 hours of multi-genre content, which has secured five Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, a BAFTA, and numerous Canadian Screen Awards. Its entertainment catalogue includes *The Last Kids on Earth*, the factual docuseries *Highway Thru Hell* and its spin-off *Heavy Rescue: 401*, the sitcom *Kim's Convenience*, *Molly of Denali*, *Reginald the Vampire*, *Beat Bugs*, *Hilda*, and *Mermicorno: Starfall*.