Auteur-driven
adult animation
Why Cutting Class
The content landscape is changing, and the traditional paths to a green light are harder to secure than ever. We believe success takes a scrappy, rebellious, diversified and exceptionally talented team. That’s the DNA Cutting Class is built on, and it’s why we’ll be a creative force in this business for years to come.
What we do
Cutting Class is an International Emmy®-nominated, Toronto-based studio. We develop, produce and distribute series and features with writers, artists and filmmakers who have a clear point of view, and whose work feels personal, specific and challenges the status quo, from first pitch to worldwide sale.
Develop
Original series and features with strong creative identities.
Produce
With partners including Sony Pictures, Lakeside Animation and Titmouse.
Distribute
Worldwide sales for adult animation. Ask for the catalogue
Production services
Animation and Canadian co-production for studios and IP owners.
Our slate
Now streamingInternational Emmy® NomineeBest Short-Form Series nominee, 2026
peopleWatching III
An animated series following the lives of various 20- to 30-something city folks dealing with the everyday struggles, problems and neuroses that go along with life. Equal parts funny and painfully real.
- Writer / director
- Winston Rowntree
- Produced by
- Geoff Lapaire, Cutting Class Media & Lakeside Animation
- Now streaming
- OUTtv & Part-Time Cult
Completed90 min feature
Matters Beyond
A man dies minutes after finally discovering life’s purpose, and refuses to accept it. He embarks on a surreal quest through purgatory to earn his way back before it’s too late.
- Created by
- Daniel Katz
- Produced by
- Cutting Class Media, Lakeside Animation & Titmouse
In production8 × 22 min · Action comedy
Not Safe for Work
A professional assassin discovers a hit has been placed on her estranged father, and takes him and her brother on an unexpected road trip to keep them all alive.
- Created by
- Sam Chou & Ellery VanDooyeweert
- Produced by
- Cutting Class Media & Lakeside Animation
In production6 × 12 min · Digital series
How To Baby
Adapted from Liana Finck’s acclaimed graphic novel, each 12-minute episode captures the wry humour and brutal honesty of new parenthood.
- Produced by
- Huminah Animation & Cutting Class Media
In productionAnnouncing soon.8 × 22 min · Comedy series
Our next greenlight is locked in. Title, creators and partners will be revealed soon.
Our YouTube channel
Part-Time Cult
Welcome to our cult — where you get all the perks of full devotion, without the inconvenient lifestyle changes. No robes. No chanting. (Okay, maybe a little chanting.)
Subscribe on YouTubePart-Time Cult is a digital-first adult animation channel launched by Cutting Class Media and Lakeside Animation. We worship at the altar of genre-driven animation — united by dark comedy and drama. We’ve embraced the darkness and become a full-blown animation cult. New members welcome. Pledge by subscribing.
Now playing
Watch on Part-Time Cult
peopleWatching Season 3 — Why Is Meeting People So Hard?
The Forest King | Red Iron Road | Full Episode
VRDLK: Family of Vurdulak | Red Iron Road | Full Episode
The Dollop the Animated Series — Episode 1: The Rube (Full)
More videos dropping on the channel — join the cult and never miss one.
The team
Josh Bowen
Co-CEO · Head of Animation
International Emmy®-nominated producer with 15+ years producing and selling adult animation to US streamers and broadcasters. Josh founded Look Mom! Productions at Blue Ant Media and, as Managing Director, developed and sold Gary and His Demons (Amazon) and Doomlands (Roku), two seasons each. He co-founded Cutting Class Media with Carly in 2024.
“I used to cut class to run home and use the bathroom. My greatest high school achievement was never going number two at school.”
josh.bowen@cuttingclassmedia.com
Carly Sacks, CPA
Co-CEO
International Emmy®-nominated producer who began her career in audit at Ernst & Young. As Director of Finance at Blue Ant Media, Carly oversaw the financials of every Blue Ant studio in LA, New York and Toronto, from Canada’s Drag Race to all of Look Mom!’s adult animation. She co-founded Cutting Class Media with Josh in 2024.
“I once faked an out-of-town wedding to get out of an exam. When the school asked for flight details and a wedding invitation, I actually booked plane tickets and made the invitation by hand. Time well spent.”
carly.sacks@cuttingclassmedia.comOur partners
