Belinda Blacklock Appointed As VP Of Animation At Modern Magic
Blacklock will be in charge of finding, developing, and producing animated productions for both film and tv.
Blacklock will be in charge of finding, developing, and producing animated productions for both film and tv.
The company is looking to scale up and better exploit its kids and family IPs on more and larger platforms.
The company plans to build a public memorial at its Kyoto headquarters and a private one in the suburb where the attack took place.
The highly technical documents accompany upcoming Pixar talks which will take place at SIGGRAPH this August.
Zinkia executives will ask shareholders to approve a sale of ‘Pocoyo’ to French outfit Animaj Investment next month.
Starting salary for animators, lighters, and compositors is US$22.50/hour.
Rynda is an artist-turned-executive who most recently served as director of creative leadership and development for original animation at Netflix.
The company has also appointed chief marketing and brands officer Jim Fielding as its new strategic advisor to the CEO and board of directors.
The news of Damaschke’s official appointment came during WBD’s Q1 earnings call led by CEO David Zaslav.
Most of the cuts were made to technical roles such as production artist, technical director, and lighter/compositor.
The companies will work together to bring IPs like ‘Bakugan,’ ‘Beyblade,’ and ‘Cardcaptor Sakura’ to a wider global audience.
Xilam will oversee the layout, color BG, animation, and compositing of the Norse Mythology show.
Among those laid off last week were senior VP of current series Khaki Jones and two kids unit execs, Claire McCabe and Meghan de Boer.
The group wants more competitive pay and benefits, opportunities for advancement, and adequate staffing to end patterns of overwork.
This is the first time TAG is organizing a collective bargaining unit outside of L.A. County or New York.
CEO Balakrishnan said, “Lightrunner Studio will explore and embrace the latest approaches of vfx workflows and processes laser-focused on AI and machine learning.”
The studio reported no drop in its output, no missed deadlines, and an increase in productivity, creativity, and worker happiness.
Submarine joins Mediawan’s stable of companies which includes Method Animation, On Classics, Magical Society, and Elliot Studio.
According to Sega, acquiring Rovio will accelerate the development of mobile-compatible and multi-platform versions of its IPs.
Jellyfish is launching a new studio in Mumbai and expects to have 100 artists employed there by year’s end.