Founded in 2019
About Workshed
Workshed Animation is an award-winning stop motion animation studio based out of Chicago, IL.
Founded by Neal O’Bryan and Chad Thurman in 2019, Workshed Animation specializes in producing animated films for adult audiences with a focus on the horror and thriller genre.
In 2019, Workshed created the animated short film, “Toe”, which garnered a number of awards and screened at international festivals such as Raindance, FrightFest, Telluride Horror Show and Cinepocalypse. The film was later acquired for online distribution by ALTER and Cranked Up Films, and is also available to stream on Amazon Prime.
Workshed Animation is currently in the pre-production phase of its next project; a feature film titled, “The Iron Leech.”
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Neal O'Bryan
Neal O'Bryan is a graduate from the film/video program at Columbia College Chicago. He is a full-time photographer and spends his evenings working on animation projects. Most of his free time is spent watching horror movies and reading twisted tales by Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury and Clive Barker.
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Chad Thurman
Chad Thurman is a Chicago-based comedy writer who originally hails from Louisville, KY. Outside of Workshed, his work can be found in the books, "Trump's America: Buy This Book And Mexico Will Pay For It" and "Welcome To The Future, Which Is Mine.” By Not Elon Musk, as well as The Onion, where he is a features contributor.