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Jim Henson Co. Promotes New Directors

February 10, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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The Jim Henson Company has promoted Meghan Sheridan and Blanca Lista to serve as directors in feature and TV development. Sheridan is now the director of children’s entertainment and will report to Halle Stanford, the EVP of the division while Lista was promoted to director of feature development and will [...]

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Meet Mr. Robinson

February 6, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image
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Longtime Ottawa Animation Festival director Chris Robinson tells us about how he and his team put together a world-class, kick-ass toon event. Anyone who has attended Ottawa’s wonderful animation festival since 1976 will tell you that it’s one of the best global events of its kind. It’s not just the [...]

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Matt Groening to Receive Walk of Fame Star

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It’s hard to believe that The Simpsons creator Matt Groening still hasn’t received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Well, that wrong is going to be set right next Tuesday, Feb. 14 when the brilliant animator and cartoonist will get the 2,459th star on Hollywood Blvd in the [...]

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Animation Agent Candy Monteiro Passes Away

February 3, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Film and television literary agent Candy Monteiro, who represented many animation writers and artists and was the co-founder of the Monteiro Rose Dravis Agency, died of congestive heart failure on Saturday, Jan. 28, in Woodland Hills, Calif. She was 69. Among those represented by the Monteiro Rose Dravis Agency, which [...]

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Verrone to Receive Morgan Cox Award

February 2, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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Former Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) president and Emmy and WGA Award-winning writer Patric M. Verrone will receive the WGAW’s 2012 Morgan Cox Award in recognition of his service to the Guild, the organization announced. Verrone will be honored at the ceremony set for Sunday, February 19 at the [...]

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Disney Director Joins Kavaleer

January 30, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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Dublin-based animation studio Kavaleer Productions has announced Emmy-winning director Timothy Björklund has signed on to the acclaimed toon house. Björklund, a San Francisco native, has worked in the animation industry for over 20 years, in that time earning two Outstanding Animation Emmys for his work on the hit Disney series [...]

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Taylor Is DreamWorks New Head of Development

January 24, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Gregg Taylor is the new head of development at DreamWorks Animation. Taylor will replace Alex Schwartz who will be working on the upcoming feature adaptation of Mr. Peabody & Sherman as producer. Prior to his new post, Tyalor was a senior development and production executive, overseeing DreamWorks Animation’s franchises, including [...]

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Zodiak Media Rebrands, Announces New Appointments

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Zodiak Media Group has rebranded as Zodiak Media and announced new corporate appointments to drive future development. CEO of Marathon Media, Vincent Chalvon Demersay, is appointed Chief Strategy Officer for the group (a role in which he will work closely with Group COO Jonathan Slow and his team) and in [...]

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Nick Animation Ups Magallanes to Senior VP

January 16, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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Rich Magallanes has been promoted to the job of senior VP of current series at Nickelodeon Animation. Magallanes’ new job calls for him to oversee production as the executive in charge of the series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, SpongeBob SquarePants, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness and The Penguins of [...]

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Comic-Con Co-Founder Richard Alf Dead at 59

January 6, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image
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Richard Alf, one of the co-founders of San Diego’s Comic-Con, has died from pancreatic cancer at age 59, reports The Associated Press. Friend and fellow Comic-Con co-founder Mike Towry noted that Alf planned the San Diego convention in 1969 at the age of 17. He financed the first three cons, [...]

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