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The Buried Giant is Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion feature film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel from the team at ShadowMachine who created Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.  

NEWS

FIRST ASSISTANT EDITOR - REOPENED
New deadline Monday June 22, 2026 11:59PM.


IN PROCESS: We received over 170 CHARACTER FABRICATION applications and are carefully working through them, so please be patient with us.  We hope to be back in touch by July 1, 2026.  

CURRENT POSITIONS

All positions below based at ShadowMachine Portland Studios

*New Deadline* Applications close: 11.59pm on Monday June 22, 2026
 

CLOSING SOON

Applications close: 11.59pm on Monday June 15, 2026
Est start date: varied.  NOTE that there may be 2nd interviews required once we allocate candidates to departments.

Key, Experienced and Less Experienced fabricators.
Applications close: 11.59pm on Monday June 15, 2026
Est start date: July 13, 2026 (1st round), remaining positions have staggered start dates after that.

UPCOMING Positions 

Assistant Character Fabricators (July)
Stage Crew - Camera, Lighting, Moco, Animators, Set Dressers, VFX (August/September/October)

NOW CLOSED

Art Director (stop-motion)

Applications closed: 5pm on Monday May 18, 2026

Applications closed: 11.59pm on Sunday May 24, 2026

Applications closed: 11.59pm on Sunday May 31, 2026

Applications closed: 11.59pm on Sunday May 31, 2026

Applications closed: 11.59pm on Sunday May 31, 2026

Applications close: 11.59pm on Sunday May 31, 2026

Applications close: 11.59pm on Monday June 8, 2026

Let's Connect. Contact Us

Portland, OR
971.323.2222

Los Angeles, CA 

323.466.7388

COPYRIGHT © 2026 SHADOWMACHINE

COPYRIGHT © 2026 SHADOWMACHINE

Let's Connect. 
Contact Us

Portland, OR
971.323.2222

Los Angeles, CA 

323.466.7388

Let's Connect. Contact Us

Portland, OR
971.323.2222

Los Angeles, CA 

323.466.7388

COPYRIGHT © 2026 SHADOWMACHINE

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