After relaunching its function division final week, Warner Bros. Footage Animation (WBPA) has named Shane Prigmore as its senior inventive advisor. He’s additionally been tapped to direct a movie for the unit.
Prigmore is a veteran artist-turned-executive with a powerful monitor file. He has put in stints at Skydance Animation, Walt Disney Tv Animation, Dreamworks Animation, and Laika. He started his profession at Warner Bros. within the late Nineties, engaged on the traditional movie The Iron Big.
Listed below are the main points of Prigmore’s appointment:
- In his new position, Prigmore will advise on inventive growth for WBPA’s manufacturing slate, understanding of the studio’s Burbank headquarters and reporting on to Warner Bros. Footage Animation president Invoice Damaschke, a fellow Dreamworks and Skydance alumn.
- At Skydance, Prigmore served as senior VP of growth and labored on the corporate’s slate of upcoming options. Whereas serving as vp of inventive at Walt Disney Tv Animation, he was concerned within the growth of a number of breakout collection together with DuckTales, Amphibia, The Owl Home, Monsters at Work, and Marvel’s Moon Lady & Satan Dinosaur.
- As an animator and designer, he acquired two Annie Awards for his work on Laika’s Coraline and Dreamworks’ The Croods. Different high-profile movies on his resume embody Tips on how to Prepare Your Dragon, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Boxtrolls, and The Lego Film. His animated collection work contains The Proud Household, Foster’s House for Imaginary Associates, and Tangled: The Collection.
- Mentioned Damaschke in a launch: “Shane is a trusted colleague and revered creator and government in animation. As we construct a studio for and led by filmmakers, we’re thrilled to welcome him dwelling to WBPA to assist lead us into this subsequent chapter.”
- Prigmore added: “I’m thrilled and honored to be becoming a member of the proficient group at Warner Bros Footage Animation as we work to construct and outline the following, nice chapter of this Studio’s inventive future. I’m proud and particularly keen on my previous creative collaborations with Invoice, in addition to my time at Warner Bros. at first of my profession. I couldn’t be extra excited to be collaborating with each as soon as once more.”
