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| March
2001 |
Jean
MacCurdy Steps Down
Rembrandt
Mon., Mar. 19, 2001 15:36
Having declared her intention for some time to take a less active
role, Jean MacCurdy has stepped down from her position as president
of Warner Bros. Animation (WBA). On March 14, she called together
the newly combined feature and TV animation staffs in the Sherman
Oaks, Calif., studio to let them know about her decision before official
word of her successor comes next week. MacCurdy will maintain an office
with an assistant at the studio and serve as a consultant. Staffers
speculate that an AOL executive will take up the helm.
MacCurdy joined the TV animation unit in 1989 after serving as a production
executive at Marvel Production, Hanna-Barbera and had served Warner
Bros. Cartoons as director of animation programming in 1979, and eventually
VP and general manager until her departure in 1983. She soon transformed
WB Animation into a multiple Emmy Award-winning powerhouse and helped
launch Kids’ WB!, The WB Television Network's five-year-old children’s
programming service, where she was responsible for the creation, development
and production of new TV animation. Until recently she served as president,
programming, Kids’ WB! Some of these series include: Steven Spielberg
Presents Animaniacs, Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures,
Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky & the Brain, Batman, Superman, DexterÕs
Laboratory, Cow and Chicken and The Powerpuff Girls.
Tom Ruegger, one of the key creative and production executives on
many of these shows, became less involved in development and operations
at WBA, and has pursued new projects with new companies, setting up
his own production entity. MacCurdy recruited him from Hanna-Barbera
to join her in 1989.
Source: http://animationmagazine.net |
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