Tag "Jenna Boyd"

Pitch Party 2013: Vote For Your Favorites!

June 11, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Animation Magazine’s 12th Annual Pitch Party is on and you can now click here: www.animationmagazine.net/pitch-party-2013-vote to view all of this year’s entries and vote for your favorites. All pitches are presented as 1/6th-page advertisements that offer new ideas for animated shows that that just may get picked up for development. [...]

Act Fast! Limited Space Open for Pitch Party ’13

June 4, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan 2 Comments divider image

Animag’s 12th annual Pitch Party Contest has only a few pitch slots open for the 2013 competition, so aspiring series creators and brilliant toonsters must act fast to be included. In addition to seeing your pitch printed in the Comic-Con issue of Animation Magazine (in which we will announces the [...]

Pitch Party 2013: Latest Judges Confirmed!

May 17, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Animag is up and running with the 2013 edition of our annual Pitch Party contest — the online/print pitching competition that puts your animated project ideas into the hands of industry decision makers. Submissions are still open for this year’s contest, with the winners set to be announced in our [...]

Nick Announces Winners of Shorts Program

May 7, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Nickelodeon has announced the 12 winners of its second annual Animated Shorts Program, which is designed to identify and develop original comedy-driven content for kids. The cabler says this year, the program received close to 900 pitches from artists, designers, writers, directors and comedians globally. The winners will be developed [...]

Nick Hires Jill Sanford as VP of Animation Development

November 6, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Nickelodeon has named former Disney’s director of series animation Jill Sanford as its new VP of animation development. Sanford will be responsible for all aspects of development from concept to pilot, including all creative and production. The announcement was made by Jenna Boyd, senior VP of animation development, Nickelodeon Group, to [...]

Animation Guild Offers Panel on TV Development

September 23, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

If you’d like to learn about the state of TV animation development, you’d be wise to attend an informative panel discussion planned by The Animation Guild (Local 839) this Tuesday, September 25. Titled “The State Of TV Animation Development”, the panel will be hosted by TAG executive board member Karen [...]

Pitch Party 2012: Nickelodeon’s Jenna Boyd Named Judge!

June 11, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image

We have another exciting Pitch Party Judge announcement! Coming in under the wire for the 2012 contest is Nickelodeon’s SVP of animation development, Jenna Boyd! Online voting for the Pitch Party is now live, with our judges’ top picks to be announced in the Comic-Con issue of Animation Magazine. For [...]