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Cookie Jar's Snyder New VP, Original Movies, Disney Channel

Fonda Snyder has been named vp original movies responsible for supervising the development of all Disney Channel Original Movies.

She was Cookie Jar Ent.'s svp of creative development and U.S. sales, where oversaw the development of more than 50 properties for multiple platforms, selling preschool, comedy and boys action animated series to networks, including Disney Channel (for Playhouse Disney), Kids' WB! and Cartoon Network.

"Fonda's experience with children's programming makes her a perfect fit to help lead the charge for Disney Channel's enormously successful original movie division," said svp original movies Michael Healy. "Her creativity and good taste will help us create and entertaining movies."

Snyder co-founded Storyopolis and was president of Storyopolis Prods., a franchise-oriented family entertainment company encompassing production, book publishing, art gallery, exhibition space and retail outlets. She also created the Storyopolis children's book publishing division, an imprint which, to-date, has generated more than $2 million in sales.

She developed more than 25 projects for major television networks and film studios, including an overall deal with Warner Bros. where she set up an animated feature adaptation of William Joyce's NICHOLAS CRICKET written by CHICKEN RUN screenwriter Karey Kirkpatrick and starring Sandra Bullock; a live-action feature film adaptation of Norton Juster's classic children's chapter book, THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH; and a feature-length adaptation of Steve Seagle's DC/Vertigo comicbook HOUSE OF SECRETS.

Under a subsequent overall producing deal with the Weinstein Co., Snyder set up the animated movie, OPUS THE PENGUIN, based on Pulitzer Prize-winner Berkeley Breathed's best known cartoon strip character; as well as an additional Breathed project at 20th Century Fox, a feature film adaptation of his picture book RED RANGER CAME CALLING.

In addition, she developed a feature length adaptation of Staton Rabin's book, BETSY AND THE EMPEROR, for director Patrice Chereau (Queen Margot) and Al Pacino; produced the darkly magical film, PHOTOGRAPHING FAIRIES, starring Ben Kingsley with the BBC and Polygram Filmed Ent. and oversaw the development of Sony Pictures' THE BLACK PANTHER AND CHARLIE CHAN while working with Brad Weston's Merlin Ent.

Snyder was president of production for Martin Short's first look producing deal at Touchstone/Disney, where she built a development slate of films and book adaptations, including SO, I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER, MONOPOLY and TOOTH FAIRY.

She began her career working with Sandra Marsh Management in London, representing Academy Award-winning and world renowned cinematographers, production designers, costume designers and editors.