CulturAnimation
Emmy Award-winning "Rick and Morty" executive producer and former Sony executive Rick Michel establishes new Canadian studio

Emmy Award-winning "Rick and Morty" executive producer and former Sony executive Rick Michel establishes new Canadian studio

Veteran producer Rick Michel has acquired Canada's Yeti Farm Creative animation studio and is relaunching it under a new label called Artists Animatio...

Continue Reading
Jellyfish Pictures Appoints "Nimona" VFX Supervisor Archie Donato as Managing Director of Animation

Jellyfish Pictures Appoints "Nimona" VFX Supervisor Archie Donato as Managing Director of Animation

Jellyfish Pictures, an independent British VFX and animation studio, has appointed VFX veteran Archie Donato as its new managing director of animation...

Continue Reading
Game developer and "Arcane" producer Riot Games lays off 530 employees

Game developer and "Arcane" producer Riot Games lays off 530 employees

In a gloomy start to the year for workers, mega-developer Riot Games announced that it will lay off 530 employees, or 11% of its worldwide workforce. ...

Continue Reading
Disney Legend Mark Henn explains why he didn't retire.

Disney Legend Mark Henn explains why he didn't retire.

Recently retired Disney legend Mark Henn appeared on the Bancroft Brothers Animation podcast last week to open up about his decision to leave the only...

Continue Reading
DNEG Animation Promotes Crosby Kreis to Managing Director and Appoints Former Pixar Manager David Park as Director of Production

DNEG Animation Promotes Crosby Kreis to Managing Director and Appoints Former Pixar Manager David Park as Director of Production

DNEG Animation, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, has promoted Crosby Kreis to managing director and hired former Pixar veteran David P...

Continue Reading
2024 Animation Industry Rayoff Tracker

2024 Animation Industry Rayoff Tracker

2023 was a tough year for the animation industry, with a significant number of employees laid off at studios, streamers, and technology companies of a...

Continue Reading