Beakus - Beakus makes award-winning animation for mission-driven organisations, NGO’s and broadcasters.

We are storytelling experts.

We are a proven content creator working in animation, delivering on-time and on-budget.

We make complicated things clear, and simple things beautiful. Kids, and big kids, love our animation.

Our work has graced cinema and TV screens, websites and digital spaces, gallery walls and interactive tablets.

Our animation is smart, eye-catching, and always driven by a deep passion to convey messages the right way.

We build teams around a project so we can source the best talent around.

For over 15 years our work has been human-made, and will continue to be so. In fact, our founder Steve Smith wrote an article about that.

Based in Lewes, near Brighton (UK), we are proud to be a member of Animation UK.

Beakus founder Steve Smith holding a Broadcast Award in front of a seated audience.

Steve Smith and BBC exec Nick Hall collecting an award for Big Lizard at the Broadcast Awards 2026.

A colourful bus with illustrations from Big Lizard, parked on a street in a park, with green trees and grass around and a street lamp nearby.

Wide view of a huge screen on which is an image from Big Lizard, the animated series.

Group of people attending a presentation in a room with arched windows and potted plants, a speaker standing in front with a projected collage of images on the wall.

Beakus producer Steve Smith standing at a podium in front of a large screen displaying a presentation slide with the name 'Steve Smith' and the title 'Beakus Animation.'

Four astronauts in suits sitting in a spaceship with a large window showing space, with the text 'The Children's Media Conference' above them.

Panel of five people sitting at a long table with microphones, water bottles, and glasses, at a conference or discussion event.

Steve Smith with glasses smiling, holding an open magazine with animated characters, standing in front of a colourful 'Welcome to MIPJR' sign.

A presentation on meteors projected on a large screen in a dark room with an audience watching.

A panel of five people sitting at a table in front of a collage of images of Muppets and characters from Sesame Street, with a sign that reads 'Clangers' in the center.

Scene from a computer animation featuring abstract, colourful characters from the short film 'A Little Grey' sitting on a beach with umbrellas.

A dark museum display showcases fossilized remains of a dinosaur with a large skull and sharp teeth, set against a backdrop with a projection of a dinosaur head with sharp teeth.

Street scene with a pharmacy storefront, a bus, pedestrians, and a bus stop advertisement featuring a cartoon character, with tall buildings and trees in the background.

Group photo of the crew of Beakus's short film 'The Hungry Corpse', including director Gergely Wootsch, producer Steve Smith, and actor Bill Nighy.

Beakus founder Steve Smith dressed in suit-and-tie at the Broadcast Awards, stood in front of a board of images of TV shows.

We are award winners.

Our work has won awards and been featured at animation festivals right around the globe.

We won at the Broadcast Awards 2026, picked up a couple of Annecy crystals, scooped the Telly Awards and Creativepool, and have been Kidscreen nominees three times!

Neon sign reading 'Broadcast Awards 2023 Winner' with colorful light effects.

Special Mention laurel for The Big Syn Film Festival 2025.

Page from a magazine or brochure featuring a section titled 'Entertainment or Factual Entertainment Programme'. Includes images of animated characters, TV show cast members, and descriptions of shows like 'Why Won't Anyone Eat Me?', 'Big Lizard', 'He

Sign for the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on a grassy area with mountains and a lake in the background.

An Annecy International Animation Festival crystal award: a clear, transparent pyramid-shaped object held in a person's hand outdoors with green foliage in the background.

Beakus producer Steve Smith and Jo Redfern taking a selfie at the MOVE Summit, with a purple and pink conference banner and a large screen in the background.

We Have Great Range.

Animated clip of Big Lizard being dragged along by a giant dragonfly with a landscape of hills, trees, and a sun in the background.

Series Development

We love working on series development with like-minded producers who need a talented UK creative. Proof is in the pudding - we’ve made three shows ourselves!

Co-Producer

We can work with you as a TV series co-producer, bringing on-board UK talent and tax credits.

Three stacked platforms with maze-like patterns on each, a small building with a clock on the top platform, and shadows on a yellow background.

Service Company

We can provide animation services, with a particular strength in pre-production - concept, script, design, storyboard, animatic - and post-production - casting, voice record, music and sound design.

Stylized illustration of anthropomorphic characters with bird heads, sitting in chairs on a beach at sunset, with a boat in the water and the sun setting on the horizon.

Explainers

We are adept at crafting explainers that educate an audience, whether kids or adults. We can provide a complete end-to-end service for NGO’s, museums, galleries, brands and organisations. We’ll help explain your service, brand, or event.

A computer desk with hands typing on a keyboard, a mouse in one hand, a dog with a ball in its mouth, a framed tennis racket picture on the wall, a trophy on a shelf, and a YouTube video on the monitor showing a snack can with a subtitle indicating an ad.

Commercials

We can also craft short commercials for your client or brand, on-time and on-budget, whether for digital or analogue broadcast.

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