Flavor Adds VFX Director Rob Churchill to Chicago Studio
Veteran hire to partner with creative studio and parent company, Cutter Studios, on still undisclosed production venture.
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Cyber Group Studios Promotes Caroline Audebert
Paris-based animation studio taps studio’s head of production to manage current and upcoming projects during time of significant growth.
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Animation Ireland Appoints Ronan McCabe as New Chief Executive
Industry veteran to focus on leading country’s animation sector through period of unprecedented growth.
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Illumination Names Keith Feldman COO
Former President & General Manager of Worldwide Home Entertainment at 20th Century Fox will serve as strategic partner and advisor to CEO Chris Meledandri.
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Petition Calls for Brie Larson’s End-Game
Disgruntled online fans demand Brie Larson step down as Captain Marvel, citing bad personality and a need for a queer woman of color.
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Brooke Keesling and Caitlin Winiarski Join Bento Box
Studio behind ‘Bob’s Burgers’ and ‘Duncanville’ announces new hires in talent and creative development as they continue move to expand output in all platforms.
Finalists Announced for the Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards
Winners from the upcoming 3rd Edition will be announced at a special awards ceremony on April 18 in Tenerife, Spain.
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Review: FIAF’s 2020 Animation First Festival
Great French animation again comes to New York City.
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Thunderbird’s Atomic Cartoons Opens Los Angeles Animation Studio
Mark Berkowitz to head-up company’s kids and family division expansion from new L.A. location.
Nickelodeon Appoints 3 New Senior Animation Studio Executives
Darlene Caamaño Loquet, Liz Paulson, and Camille Eden join studio in newly created roles to oversee movies, casting and talent development, and recruitment.
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Framestore Names Chris Hurtt Animation Supervisor
Veteran animation director returns, bringing his extensive feature and 3D animation experience to studio’s growing creative team.
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Technicolor Names Katie Hooten Head of L.A. Pre-Production Studio.
Industry veteran to oversee Los Angeles team’s art department, visualization, real-time production and VFX.
DreamWorks Animation Reorgs TV Division Leadership
Teri Weiss named EVP TV development; Kelly Kulchak named EVP current programming
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Design Collective Mighty Oak Joins Alkemy X’s Rep Roster
All-women boutique design and animation studio brings expertise in handmade animation techniques fused with live-action to campaigns for numerous high-end clients.
‘Family Guy’ Writer-Producer Wellesley Wild Inks Warner Bros. Animation Deal
Emmy-nominated showrunner of WBA/Amblin TV’s upcoming ‘Animaniacs’ series for Hulu signs exclusive, multi-year agreement for both animated and live-action projects.
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Nominees Announced for Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards
Finalists will be announced on February 18 at Casa de América de Madrid; winners will be announced at a special awards ceremony on April 18 in Tenerife.
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Luca Milano Takes the Reigns of Rai Ragazzi
On the heels of a major reshuffling of RAI’s channel lineup, kids’ division increases the scope of its creative responsibilities.
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Digital Domain Names Kevin Lau Executive Creative Director of Advertising, Games and New Media.
New hire will oversee all studio’s short-form projects; brings over 18 years of ad-based VFX and commercial production experience to the role.
Jenny Marchick Named Head of Feature Film Development at DreamWorks Animation
Former Sony Pictures Animation SVP will head up project and talent development, working with known books and IP as well as original ideas.
Drake’s Misfortune Causing More “Uncharted” Delays
Sony’s adaptation of beloved Naughty Dog PlayStation franchise pushed back another three months after losing its sixth director… will 7 be the lucky number?
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Fiona York Appointed Senior FX Producer at Realtime
UK animation and VFX house names longtime industry producer to manage inhouse team; studio affirms plan to add 50 jobs in Westby and Manchester.
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Bill Murray Will Answer the Call in New ‘Ghostbusters’ Movie
The gang is mostly back together as Dr. Venkman confirms his role in ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ coming to theaters July 10, 2020.
Peggy Holmes Named New Director on Skydance Animation’s ‘Luck’
Alessandro Carloni leaves the production reportedly due to creative differences with studio head John Lasseter.
SIGGRAPH Returning to Vancouver in 2022
SCAD’s Munkhtsetseg “Muunuu” Nandigjav named Conference Chair; event set for August 7-11, 2022 at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
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Scott Derrickson Out as Director of ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’
‘Doctor Strange’ writer/director leaves sequel over creative differences; Marvel says production will start as planned in May with no delays.
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