Tag Archives: Personel

Jennifer Lee joins Chris Buck to direct Disney’s Frozen

Frozen

Walt Dis­ney Ani­ma­tion Stu­dios announced Thurs­day that it has tapped Jen­nifer Lee to join Chris Buck at the helm of its 53rd full-length ani­mated fea­ture, Frozen, which is slated for the big screen on Novem­ber 27, 2013.

Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in News | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Michael Hefferon Appointed President of Rainmaker Animation

Rainmaker Entertainment

Rain­maker Enter­tain­ment Inc. has appointed fea­ture film and TV exec­u­tive Michael Hef­feron as pres­i­dent and exec­u­tive pro­ducer, Craig Gra­ham, newly appointed chair­man and CEO of the Vancouver-based CGI ani­ma­tion pro­duc­tion stu­dio, announced.

Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in News | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Jill Sanford Named Vice-President at Nickelodeon Animation

Nickelodeon

Nick­elodeon has named Jill San­ford vice-president of ani­ma­tion devel­op­ment for the Nick­elodeon Group.

Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

DWA’s Katzenberg To Receive 150% Salary Increase

DreamWorks Animation

Dream­Works Ani­ma­tion CEO Jef­frey Katzenberg’s annual base salary will increase 150% from $1 mil­lion a year to $2.5 mil­lion under a con­tract exten­sion reached with the studio.

Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

DreamWorks Animation Chairman Roger Enrico Quits

Roger Enrico

Roger Enrico has resigned as chair­man of the board of direc­tors for Dream­Works Ani­ma­tion, effec­tive imme­di­ately, the com­pany announced Thursday.

Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in News | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Wallen New CTO at DreamWorks Animation

Lincoln Wallen

Dream­Works Ani­ma­tion has announced they have pro­moted Lin­coln Wallen as their new CTO, replac­ing cur­rent CTO Ed Leonard. Dream­Works Ani­ma­tion has juts released Mada­gas­car 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, and is releas­ing the highly antic­i­pated Rise Of The Guardians next month.

Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Alan Horn named chairman of Walt Disney Studios

Alan Horn

For­mer Warner Bros. Enter­tain­ment pres­i­dent Alan Horn has been named chair­man of the Walt Dis­ney Stu­dios effec­tive June 11, Walt Dis­ney Com­pany chair­man and CEO Bob Iger announced Thursday.

Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in News | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Disney movie studio chairman Rich Ross resigns

Rich Ross

Blame it all on an embar­rass­ment of Rich’s. After less than three years in the job, Rich Ross has quit as chair­man of the Walt Dis­ney Company’s movie studio.

Under his watch, the Mouse House released this spring’s partly ani­mated John Carter, one of Hollywood’s biggest bombs in recent years. The big-budget science-fiction saga had been years in the devel­op­ment, with costs zoom­ing to over $250 million.

Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in News | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Paramount animation chief quits after four months


David Stainton

David Stain­ton has sud­denly resigned as head of Para­mount Pic­tures’ fledg­ling ani­ma­tion unit, just four months after he was hired, the stu­dio announced Wednes­day.
Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in News | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Stephanie Denton hired as SVP of Arc Productions

Arc Productions

Arc Pro­duc­tions, Canada’s lead­ing CG-animation and visual effects stu­dio, has hired Stephanie Den­ton to head its Los Ange­les office as senior vice-president of sales and busi­ness development.

Con­tinue read­ing

Posted in News | Tagged , | Leave a comment