DreamWorks Animation president Lewis Coleman has been elected to the company's board of directors.
"Lew is a widely-respected leader and advisor who has greatly contributed to the success of DreamWorks Animation, both as the company's president and as a prior board member," said Roger Enrico, the DreamWork's chairman. "He has worked hand-in-hand with our board and management team over the past several years in establishing the core objectives of this company and his continued leadership will be instrumental in accomplishing these goals."
Named president of DreamWorks Animation last December, Coleman had served on its board of directors and was chairman of its Audit Committee. From 1995 to 2000, Coleman was chairman of the board of directors of Banc of America Securities Llc., a subsidiary of Bank of America Corp. in San Francisco. Previously he was vice chairman of the board of directors and cfo for Bank of America. Before that, he headed the World Banking Group, after having directed its capital markets, where he was responsible for all trading activity. He joined the bank in 1986 as chief credit officer for the group.
Before joining Bank of America, he spent 13 years with Wells Fargo and company in a variety of wholesale and retail positions, completing his career there as chairman of the credit policy committee.
DreamWorks Animation's board of directors also includes: Roger Enrico, chairman of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.; Jeffrey Katzenberg, ceo of DreamWorks Animation; Paul Allen, chairman of Vulcan Inc.; David Geffen, co-founder of DreamWorks; Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Capital Management; Nathan Myhvrold, ceo of Intellectual Ventures; Howard Schultz, chairman/chief global strategist of Starbucks Corp.; Meg Whitman, president/ceo of eBay; Judson Green, president/ceo of NAVTEQ; Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co.; and Karl von der Heyden, retired vice chairman/cfo of PepsiCo Inc.
DreamWorks Animation (www.dreamworksanimation.com) is principally devoted to developing and producing computer-generated, animated feature films. The company has theatrically released a total of 13 animated feature films, including ANTZ, SHREK, SHREK 2, SHARK TALE, MADAGASCAR, WALLACE & GROMIT: CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT, OVER THE HEDGE and FLUSHED AWAY.
