Nintendo To Nominate Illumination Boss Chris Meledandri To Board Of Directors
Illumination is producing a forthcoming “Super Mario” animated movie with Nintendo.
Comings and goings at studios and networks in the animation industry.
Illumination is producing a forthcoming “Super Mario” animated movie with Nintendo.
Miloro stepped down as co-president of Fox Animation, where she oversaw Blue Sky, in July 2019.
Ty has been named the division’s global head of character animation, while Donato joins as vfx supervisor on a major project.
Martinez and Crews will be vice presidents of series and production, respectively.
Kanter is only the latest in a stream of executives who have left Disney for Netflix.
Quaroni spent 24 years at Pixar, most recently as its vice president of software r&d.
The executive was previously overseeing development at the John Lasseter-led Skydance Animation.
The production company is getting serious about animation.
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The start-up, which buys and develops preschool IP, bills itself as “one of the largest digital media companies in the world.”
Jason Tammemägi and Ailbhe McCabe will help grow the Oscar-nominated studio’s slate of features and series.
Carroll joins the company as it rapidly grows its production capacity and develops its slate of original content.
As Stoopid Buddy grows its slate of adult animated series, Johnson joins the company in a newly created role.
Noël will help implement the NFB’s 2020–2023 Strategic Plan, which the organization stresses will give more agency to creators.
The announcements closely follow the news that responsibility for HBO Max’s kids and family programming has shifted to Warner Bros.
The company’s animation studio has produced a segment of Netflix’s “Love, Death & Robots,” Disney’s “101 Dalmatian Street,” and music videos for Gorillaz
The veteran executive served as the programming block’s creative director at its launch in 2001.
The executive will join Warner Bros. as president of global kids, young adults, and classics just after the launch of HBO Max.
Morrison led Fox Animation for a decade, overseeing films like “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” “The Book of Life,” and the “Ice Age” franchise.
The veteran producer will lead the trade body through a period of extraordinary growth for Ireland’s animation industry.