Sunday, September 24, 2017
Ten Questions for Niki Lindroth von Bahr
It’s been a great year for Swedish artist Niki Lindroth von Bahr. Her brilliant musical short The Burden, which featured singing and dancing animals fighting existential despair in ... Continue Reading →
Rebecca Campbell Named President of Walt Disney Co. EMEA
Walt Disney International has announced that Rebecca Campbell, President, ABC Owned Television Station Group and ABC Daytime, will take on the role of President, The Walt Disney Company ... Continue Reading →
Pete Hawley Appointed President & CEO Telltale Games
Telltale Games — the company behind wildly successful episodic narrative games inspired by The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones and Guardians of the Galaxy — has announced ... Continue Reading →
Melissa Cobb Named VP of Netflix Kids & Family
DreamWorks veteran Melissa Cobb has been tapped by Netflix to serve as its new Vice President, Kids & Family, overseeing the creation and acquisition of series and films for its ... Continue Reading →
Galen Walker Heads Legend 3D’s New Animation Branch
Legend 3D, Inc. — a leading 3D conversion, VFX and VR studio — is expanding into the tooniverse with the establishment of Legend Animation, CEO Aidan Foley announced. The ... Continue Reading →
Jan Nagel to Rep Switch VFX & Animation in LA
Pete Denomme, CEO and Executive Producer of Switch VFX & Animation, has confirmed the appointment of entertainment marketing pro Jan Nagel as the company’s local representative ... Continue Reading →
Disney Legend X Atencio, Animator & Imagineer, Dies at 98
Official Disney fan club D23 has announced that former Imagineer, animator and Disney Legend Xavier Atencio died September 10 at the age of 98. “X”, as he was known to friends, ... Continue Reading →
Fredrik Loving, Tobias Dahl Head New Goodbye Kansas LA Office
Swedish VFX and animation company Goodbye Kansas Studios — which already has offices in Stockholm, Uppsala, Hamburg and London — has appointed game development veterans ... Continue Reading →
Jerry Diaz Appointed VP Distribution at DHX Media
DHX Media has tapped industry vet Jerry Diaz as its new Vice President Distribution, in which role he will have direct responsibility for managing the global sales and distribution ... Continue Reading →
Federation Taps Alexandre Hénin as Head of Acquisitions, Creative Producer
Premium content distributor Federation Kids & Family announces the hiring of former France Télévisions kids’ acquisition exec Alexandre Hénin as its Head of Acquisitions, ... Continue Reading →
