Every book, faithfully
We animate the Bible book by book — Genesis to Revelation — staying true to the text, not a loose retelling of it. The scripture leads; the animation follows.
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Every book of the Bible,
animated for a new generation.
PrayWorks Studios turns the books of the Bible into cinematic 3D animation — Bible in a Nutshell is free for everyone on YouTube, faithful to the text, and built shot by shot toward full-length feature films.
Meet the cast
The faces of the books we're bringing to life
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Every episode free on YouTube, forever
Interactive Episodes
Step inside the stories.
Every episode is built from real frames of our films — scroll-driven, scored, and faithful to the text. Read them like a book. Feel them like a movie. And six of them, you can play.
81 episodes · 9 books
Our Mission
Scripture deserves the screen it was written for.
For thousands of years the Bible has been passed on through word, print and paint. We believe the next chapter is animation — vivid, cinematic, and instantly understandable in any language, at any age.
Cinema-grade animation
Character-driven 3D animation with consistent casts, real cinematography and a visual style built to stand beside major studio productions.
Free for the world
Every episode of Bible in a Nutshell is free to watch and share on YouTube — permanently. No paywall between anyone on Earth and the Word — that's the whole point.
The Roadmap
Three years in,
and just getting started.
We build in public — every milestone below is real, and the next ones are funded by the people watching. Five acts, told the only way we know how: in real frames from the road itself.
June 2023 · Done
First sparks
Every road starts in the dark. The channel opens with short animated stories — Eden, Noah's Ark, the Tower of Babel, Jericho. Small films, one big lesson: the world wants scripture on screen.
2024–26 · Done
The world shows up
David & Goliath climbs past 7.7 million views. Samson, Job and Esther follow it into the millions — and a Spanish David y Goliat proves the stories cross languages as easily as borders.
Happening now
The leap to real films
A new production pipeline: consistent casts, storyboarded books, cinema-grade shots. Nine books and 1,600+ shots deep — progress you can watch move:
Book of Enoch80%
Books of Samuel70%
Book of Daniel40%
Next
Every book, every screen
Each finished book premieres free on YouTube — and becomes an interactive episode here, scene by scene, in the world's major languages. That door opens one book at a time.
The goal
The Bible, feature-length.
Theatrical-quality films of the whole sweep of scripture — Genesis to Revelation — with Bible in a Nutshell free on YouTube every step of the way.
That's the road. You're on it.37 million views. 444,000 subscribers. One mission.
The films premiere on YouTube first — subscribe and you're part of the road.
The premiere bell
One email when the next book premieres.
Not a newsletter — a single email each time a finished book goes live on YouTube, and nothing else. One reply removes you, any time.
You're on the list. One email per premiere — that is the whole promise.
FAQ
Good questions, honest answers.
Is this faithful to the Bible?
Yes — that's non-negotiable. Every script is drawn directly from the text of the book being animated. Where scripture is silent on visual detail we make careful artistic choices, but we never rewrite the story, add doctrine, or soften what the text actually says.
Yes. Every episode of Bible in a Nutshell is free to watch and share on YouTube — permanently. The mission is reach, not revenue.
Everyone — families, churches, schools, and anyone curious about the Bible. Animation crosses ages and languages like no other medium.
We write each film from the text, design every shot, and direct new-generation AI animation through hundreds of takes — keeping casts consistent and rejecting every frame that isn't right. Read exactly how it's made.
Sponsorships go directly into production — animating more books, at higher quality, faster. We publish what we're working on so you can see it. See exactly where every dollar goes.
Can my church or school use the animations?
Yes, and we'd love that — they're made to be shown. For screenings, curriculum use, or partnership, see our institutions page.
Want to learn to make films like these?
Bible Media School — the studio's own courses, templates and community, taught by the filmmakers behind the channel.
Help us give the Bible the films it deserves.
Every supporter moves us one scene closer to feature-length productions.