Independent Studio · Chicago
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IN THE GRAY Studios
Film, animation, sound, and publishing. Independent studio work out of Chicago.
Featured Projects
The Quads
In ProductionFour friends, one apartment complex, and the kind of love that looks like showing up. A 23-episode hand-drawn animated comedy about chosen family, community, and survival with humor intact.
World To Me
Book One of The Diyar Series
In DevelopmentA woman exiled before she could remember has to grieve the smaller life she knew while slowly realizing the larger one was always hers.
Death's Jilted Lovers
In DevelopmentTwo Collectors, one who can't stop things from growing and one who can't outrun what they've lost, find each other in a world where Death walked off the job 25 years ago.
CLASSIFIED
CompletedA short film from the world of Dis/ordered. Written and directed by N.A. Grayson. Sound by Ryan Gray. 4 minutes, 48 seconds.
Mission
Stories that exist In The Gray.
ITGS is a multimedia studio building film, animation, sound, and publishing work that doesn't simplify what's complicated. The Gray is where tension, intimacy, survival, and transformation live together. We create stories and support creators that mainstream systems overlook or misread — especially Black, queer, trans, and neurodivergent voices.
Our work is artist-led and grounded in lived experience. We're also building a real home for creatives — space, support, and infrastructure for people who have never had access to it, with community benefit built in from the start.
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Based in Chicago and open to collaborating with international artists, teams, and partners when possible.