Pearl Studio

Pearl Studio, also known as Shanghai Pearl Studio Film and Television Technology, is a privately owned company headquartered in China. Founded in 2012 and employing approximately 180 individuals, the studio provides media managed services. Originally established in August 2012 as Oriental DreamWorks, it was structured as a joint venture between DreamWorks Animation (45%) and a Chinese investment consortium led by China Media Capital (CMC), Shanghai Media Group, and Shanghai Alliance Investment. In February 2018, the enterprise achieved full financial autonomy when CMC Capital Partners acquired NBCUniversal's remaining equity stake, relaunching it as a 100% Chinese-owned global animation entity. The company functions as a bridge between East and West, engineering high-fidelity, culturally resonant computer-generated imagery (CGI) tailored for international syndication. Its intellectual property library includes the co-produced Kung Fu Panda 3, the original feature Abominable (distributed globally by Universal Pictures), and the Oscar-nominated musical fantasy Over the Moon for Netflix.