Pūkeko Pictures is a New Zealand-based entertainment company. It produces a mix of live-action, animated, games and picture books for the global entertainment market.
It was created as a partnership between the co-founders of Wētā Workshop, Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger; and author, illustrator and producer Martin Baynton.
Their first collaboration was Jane and the Dragon, a CG TV series about a girl and her pet dragon. Their subsequent television series The WotWots was nominated in 2012 for "Best Animated Television Production – Preschool" in the 2012 Annie Awards.
Clive Spink was appointed as Chief Executive Officer in 2015.[2] In 2012, the studio signed a first look deal with FremantleMedia.[3]
On 4 February 2013, Pūkeko Pictures partnered with British production & distribution studio ITV Studios to produce a reboot of Gerry Anderson's 1960s puppet television series Thunderbirds entitled Thunderbirds Are Go which is named after the catchphrase from the original 1960s TV series with Pūkeko Pictures would handle and create live-action models and handle animation production services via Wētā Workshop