---
name: "Allison Abbate"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/allison-abbate"
fi1m_id: "allison-abbate"
imdb_id: "nm0007831"
tmdb_id: 34894
wikidata_id: "Q4732725"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "23 July 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-01T21:51:44.742786+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Allison Abbate

## Identity

Allison Abbate

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/allison-abbate
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** allison-abbate
- **IMDb ID:** nm0007831
- **TMDB ID:** 34894
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4732725
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Abbate, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4732725, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007831/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34894

Producer. Born 23 July 1965 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 23 July 1965, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1999–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 1 acting, 5 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [John August](https://film.one/person/john-august.md), [Tim Burton](https://film.one/person/tim-burton.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 78 (2), 2010s 81 (2), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 76 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 4, Family 4, Adventure 3, Comedy 3, Fantasy 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $759m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Abbate, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4732725, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007831/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34894

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Fantastic Mr. Fox*](https://film.one/film/fantastic-mr-fox.md) (84), [*Frankenweenie*](https://film.one/film/frankenweenie.md) (79)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Iron Giant*](https://film.one/film/the-iron-giant.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Allison Abbate is an American film producer and animator, primarily of animated features. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she began her career at Walt Disney Pictures, working on films including *The Little Mermaid* (1989) and *The Rescuers Down Under* (1990). She later served as artistic coordinator on Tim Burton's *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993).

Abbate joined Warner Bros. as co-producer on *Space Jam* (1996). She produced *The Iron Giant* (1999), for which she received a BAFTA Children's Award. She produced *Corpse Bride* (2005), *Fantastic Mr. Fox* (2009) and *Frankenweenie* (2012), and was executive producer on *The Lego Movie* (2014). In 2004 she moved to the United Kingdom to establish an animation facility at 3 Mills Studios; she returned to the United States in 2012. She has been married to animator Tony Cervone since 2012.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, screenskills.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Performed in (1)

- *Fantastic Mr. Fox* (2009), Fi1m 84, as Rabbit's Ex-Girlfriend (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-mr-fox.md)

### Produced (5) — the average rests on these

- *Coyote vs. Acme* (2026), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/coyote-vs-acme.md)
- *The Lego Movie* (2014), Fi1m 83, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-movie.md)
- *Frankenweenie* (2012), Fi1m 79, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/frankenweenie.md)
- *Corpse Bride* (2005), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/corpse-bride.md)
- *The Iron Giant* (1999), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-iron-giant.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Coyote vs. Acme* (2026), Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/coyote-vs-acme.md)
- *DC League of Super-Pets* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Space Jam: A New Legacy* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Tom & Jerry* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Scoob!* (2020), Producer
- *Smallfoot* (2018), Executive Producer
- *The Lego Movie* (2014), Executive Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-movie.md)
- *Captain Sparky vs. The Flying Saucers* (2013), Producer
- *Miniatures in Motion: Bringing Frankenweenie to Life* (2012), Producer
- *Frankenweenie* (2012), Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/frankenweenie.md)
- *A Conversation with Danny Elfman & Tim Burton* (2011), Producer
- *Fantastic Mr. Fox* (2009), as Rabbit's Ex-Girlfriend (voice) · Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-mr-fox.md)
- *Corpse Bride* (2005), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/corpse-bride.md)
- *The Iron Giant* (1999), Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-iron-giant.md)
- *Runaway Brain* (1995), Associate Producer
- *Untitled Tim Burton Animated Film*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Allison Abbate](https://film.one/media/person/88874/gallery-2bd13b8a310c.jpg) Allison Abbate — Anna Hanks, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Allison_Abbate.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Tim Burton, Winona Ryder, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan and Allison Abbate at the "Frankenweenie" premiere at the Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/88874/gallery-29d6b4b162b1.jpg) Tim Burton, Winona Ryder, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan and Allison Abbate at the "Frankenweenie" premiere at the Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. (2012) — Anna Hanks, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Frankenweenie_premiere_at_the_Fantastic_Fest%2C_Tim_Burton%2C_Winona_Ryder%2C_Martin_Landau%2C_Charlie_Tahan_2.jpg/1280px-Frankenweenie_premiere_at_the_Fantastic_Fest%2C_Tim_Burton%2C_Winona_Ryder%2C_Martin_Landau%2C_Charlie_Tahan_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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