London, UK-based commercial production company PASSION PICTURES has signed
DAVID FEISS and EMMA CALDER as directors. Feiss, a long time veteran, is
best known as the creator of Cartoon Network's COW AND CHICKEN. Calder's
recent film, THE QUEEN'S MONASTERY, has won prizes at film festivals
throughout the world. . . PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS has hired ANN MATHER as
its executive vice president and chief financial officer. Mather has more
than eighteen years of financial operations experience, including seven
years with The Walt Disney Company, most recently as the senior vice
president of finance and administration of its Buena Vista International
Theatrical Division.