Stephanie Sperber Named President and CCO at Lion Forge Entertainment
Along with a name change, the Oscar-winning animation studio adds live-action to its production slate as well as a veteran family entertainment executive to lead the company.
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Carl Reed Launches Composition Media Animation Studio
Producer of Oscar-winning animated short ‘Hair Love’ opens new shingle with 2 animated features and an animated series; content creation to highlight minority and underrepresented communities.
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Bruce Smith and Ralph Farquhar Talk ‘The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder’ Season 2
According to the executive producers, the sophomore season is even ‘louder and prouder,’ with new characters and deeper stories centered on culturally significant experiences within the Black community such as interracial dating and Juneteenth; new season debuts February 1 on Disney+.
Disney+ Drops ‘The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder – Guest Cast’ Featurette
Season 2 of the popular animated series, based on the Disney Original ‘The Proud Family,’ debuts on the streamer in February.
Six Point Harness Shares ‘The Great Wolf Pack: A Call to Adventure’ Trailer
Directed by Chris Bailey, the film features The Great Wolf Resorts’ furry mascots, donning their big screen makeover, adventuring out to help others in need; the movie premieres across the resorts’ North American locations Labor Day weekend.
HBO Max, Cartoon Network and Lion Forge Team Up on ‘Iyanu: Child of Wonder’
New animated series is based on Roye Okupe’s graphic novel about a young Nigerian woman embued with superpowers who must use them to save humanity against an ancient curse.
Disney+ Renews ‘The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder’
Streamer announces Season 2 of its popular series is in production at Disney Television Animation ahead of its April 20 Season 1 finale.
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Lion Forge Promotes Saxton Moore to VP of Production
Animation studio behind the Oscar-winning animated short-winning ‘Hair Love’ also names Neely Shamam VP of development, as is adding creative talent to increase production and development capabilities.
‘The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder’: A Groundbreaking Disney Series Gets an Update
20 years after it first ran on Disney Channel, Bruce W. Smith’s acclaimed animated series ‘The Proud Family’ gets a reboot, premiering today on Disney+.
How Six Point Harness Brought ‘Tig Notaro: Drawn’ To Life
Director Greg Franklin discusses the Kool-Aid man, awkward pauses, and the dizzying array of styles he employed on the first fully animated stand-up special, hitting HBO July 24.
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HBO Releases Trailer for ‘Tig Notaro: Drawn’ Animated Special
The celebrated comedian returns in a groundbreaking, first-ever fully animated stand-up show, produced by Six Point Harness, debuting July 24.
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‘Blossom’ Depicts Young Girl’s Struggle to Cope with Gun Violence
Oscar-winning ‘Hair Love’ production house Lion Forge Animation teams with Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund on poignant animated short in support of the 7th annual Wear Orange campaign and National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
Lion Forge and BRON Team Up on ‘Heiress’ Animated Series and Games
Studios behind ‘Hair Love’ and ‘The Willoughbys’ will produce a kids’ series, interactive titles, and online community based on the story of a young prince determined to step out from the shadows of her brothers.
Tig Notaro’s Animated Stand-Up Special Hits HBO This Summer
Groundbreaking, first-ever fully animated stand-up show, produced by Ellen DeGeneres and animated by Six Point Harness, will also stream on HBO Max.
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How Musa Brooker Animated ‘Waffles + Mochi’s Wondrous Culinary World
For the Six Point Harness creative director, producing hundreds of animated segments for Michelle Obama and Netflix’s new live-action series meant bringing a fun, colorful, and meaningful world of food and nutrition to kids and families.
Noggin’s ‘Rhymes Through Times’ Musical Series Celebrates the Black Experience
Using popular Nickelodeon characters, the newly launched animated show teaches kids about the contributions of Black people to American culture and features iconic figures such as Ruby Bridges, Thurgood Marshall, Katherine Johnson, and Guion Steward Bluford Jr.
Disney Inks Deal with ‘Proud Family’ EPs Bruce W. Smith and Ralph Farquhar
Multi-year agreement taps pair to produce and develop animated and live-action series and movies across Disney branded television.
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Frank Abney III’s ‘Canvas’ Paints a Story of Grief and Healing
Premiering tomorrow on Netflix, the poignant and moving animated short draws directly from the director’s childhood loss; he hopes his film encourages storytellers in the Black community to get their voices heard.
Focus on My ‘Vote:’ Six Point Harness Delivers Election-Themed Animated Music Video for ABC’s ‘Black-ish’
Channeling Golden Age UPA cartoons, Childish Gambino’s ‘Feels Like Summer’ and ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,’ director Musa Brooker and Six Point Harness — the studio behind Oscar winner ‘Hair Love’ — create an animated music video for the two-part ‘Black-ish’ election special.
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Matthew A. Cherry: 'Animation Can Do Anything Live-Action Can Do'
The Oscar-winning director of ‘Hair Love’ details how the animated election special for ‘Black-ish’ was brought from script to screen in just six weeks.
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Matthew A. Cherry’s First Feature ‘TUT’ in Development at Sony Pictures Animation
Studio has begun work with the Oscar-winning ‘Hair Love’ director on an afro-centric, coming-of-age take on the boy King, Tutankhamun.
Nickelodeon Pulls ‘Made by Maddie’ Over Reported ‘Hair Love’ Similarities
Move comes in response to controversy over claims that characters on Silvergate Media’s new animated kids’ series are strikingly like those in Matthew A. Cherry’s Oscar-winning short.
Six Point Harness Names Musa Brooker Creative Director
With a distinguished career in both stop-motion and 2D animation, the veteran USC professor of animation and digital arts continues to provide indispensable artistic leadership for the animation studio.
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4th Annual SCAD AnimaFest Going Virtual
Two-day event running September 25-26 promises innovative and insightful content with screenings, presentations, panels and industry guests.
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HBO Max Greenlights Oscar-Winner Mathew A. Cherry’s ‘Young Love’
New 2D animated series, based on characters from director’s Academy Award-winning short, ‘Hair Love,’ to be produced in conjunction with Sony Pictures Animation.
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