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Torunn Reksten
''Marvel Animated Features'' (''MAF'') is a series of eight American direct-to-video animated superhero films made by MLG Productions, a joint venture between Marvel Studios (later Marvel Animation) and Lions Gate Entertainment. History In 2004, Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Comics' new parent corporation, struck a deal with Lions Gate Entertainment to produce a series of eight to ten direct-to-video animated films under the name of Marvel Animated Features in conjunction with Marvel Studios, Marvel's direct film subsidiary. The first two features, ''Ultimate Avengers: The Movie'' and ''Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther'', were released February 2006 and August 2006 respectively. As of November 2006, ''UA'' and ''UA2'' combined had sold over 1.5 million units and both were in the top 10 children's releases for the year. After the pair of ''Ultimate Avengers'' (''UA'') DVDs, the next ''MAF'' film, ''The Invincible Iron Man'', was released in January 2007. As of January 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Simone
Jamie Simone is an American voice director and producer, best known for directing ''Naruto'', ''Sailor Moon'' and ''Tiger & Bunny''. He is the owner of the recording studio Studiopolis. In 2012, he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program" for ''Transformers: Prime'', which he took over from Susan Blu. Filmography Anime * ''Naruto'' – Akamaru * ''Naruto: Shippuden'' – Akamaru Film * ''Bleach: Hell Verse'' – Bleach: Hell Verse#New characters, Garogai * ''Dino Time'' – Additional Voices * ''Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow'' – Additional Voices * ''Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire'' – Izumo Kamizuki * ''Sky Blue (film), Sky Blue'' – Dispatcher Video games * ''Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2'' – Akamaru * ''Naruto: Path of a Ninja 2'' – Akamaru * ''Naruto: Ultimate Ninja (series), Naruto: Ultimate Ninja'' – Waraji * ''Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles'' – Akamaru Voice director * ''24: The Game'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NATPE
The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE), now branded as Content First, is a professional organization representing television programming executives and content creators. Founded in 1964 in response to the Prime Time Access Rule, NATPE hosts annual conferences, provides educational grants and fellowships, and facilitates industry partnerships. History Origins (1963–1964) Following the introduction of the United States Federal Communications Commission’s Prime Time Access Rule—which shifted responsibility for the 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. programming block from the major networks to local television stations—station program directors sought a dedicated forum to exchange best practices and address emerging challenges. In late 1963, at the encouragement of syndicated programming sales representatives, sixty-four program directors convened and selected Stan Cohen of WDSU (New Orleans) as temporary president to organize an inaugural meeting. The first f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Book Resources
''CBR'', formerly ''Comic Book Resources'', is a news website primarily covering comic book news, comic book reviews, and comic book–related topics involving movies, television, anime, and video games. It is owned by Valnet, parent of publications including ''Screen Rant'', ''Collider (website), Collider'', ''MovieWeb'' and XDA Developers. History ''Comic Book Resources'' (''CBR'') was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Come Message Board, a message forum that Weiland created to discuss DC Comics' then-new Kingdom Come (comic), mini-series of the same name. ''CBR'' has featured columns by industry professionals such as Robert Kirkman, Gail Simone, and Mark Millar. Other columns were published by comic book historians and critics such as George Khoury (writer), George Khoury and Timothy Callahan. Acquisition by Valnet By April 4, 2016, ''CBR'' was sold to Valnet Inc., a Montreal, Canada–based company that owns other media properties includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hollywood
Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (other) * Hollywood, Alabama, a town in Jackson County * Hollywood, Homewood, Alabama and Hollywood Historic District, a former town and a historic district * Hollywood, Florida, a coastal city in Broward County * Hollywood, Georgia, an unincorporated community in Habersham County, Georgia * Hollywood, Maryland * Hollywood, Minnesota * Hollywood Township, Carver County, Minnesota * Hollywood, Mississippi * Hollywood (Benoit, Mississippi), * Hollywood, Missouri * Hollywood, New Mexico, a neighborhood of Ruidoso, Lincoln County, New Mexico * Hollywood, Portland, Oregon, a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon * Hollywood, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania * Hollywood, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania * Hollywood, South Carolina * Hollywood, Memphis, Tennessee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dong Woo Animation
DongWoo Animation Co. Ltd, also known as DongWoo A&E Co. Ltd (), is an animation studio located in Seoul, South Korea. It has produced many animated series and films created and produced in the United States, Canada, South Korea and Japan. The current CEO of the studio is Kim Young-doo. History The company was established in 1991 as DongWoo Donghwa (동우동화). In 1994, it had become first priority work-for-hire studio for Studio Gallop. In 1998, it began to work directly with Sony Columbia TriStar (USA) and since 2002 has been a main source of overseas animation production for Warner Bros. Animation. In April 1999, the company was renamed to DongWoo Animation Corporation (Dongwoo A&E Corporation) (동우애니메이션 & 엔터테인먼트). BASToF Lemon, the company's first original animation series, began its broadcast in 2001. In January 2002, Dongwoo opened its Los Angeles Office. In April 2004, Dongwoo opened its Gangwon office. In April 2012, DongWoo Animation & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Hitch
Bryan Hitch (born 22 April 1970) is a British comics artist and comic book writer, writer. Hitch began his career in the United Kingdom for Marvel UK, working on titles such as ''Action Force'' and ''Death's Head'', before gaining prominence on American titles such as Wildstorm's ''Stormwatch (comics), Stormwatch'' and ''The Authority (comics), The Authority'', DC Comics' ''JLA (comic book), JLA'', and Marvel Comics' ''The Ultimates''. Hitch's artwork and designs have appeared in direct-to-video animated films, television, and major feature films, such as the 2009 film ''Star Trek (2009 film), Star Trek'', for which he has been praised by director J. J. Abrams. Early life Bryan Hitch was born 22 April 1970 in what he described as "in the far Northern England, northern reaches of England." He began reading comics at an early age, likening them to his "underage drug habit" and the newsagent in northern England where he would buy his books from his "dealer". The newsagent was nex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Millar
Mark Millar (; born 24 December 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer who first came to prominence with a run on the superhero series ''The Authority (comics), The Authority'', published by DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint. Millar has written extensively for Marvel Comics, including runs on ''The Ultimates (comic book), The Ultimates'', which has been called "the comic book of the decade" by ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine and described as a major inspiration for the 2012 film ''The Avengers (2012 film), The Avengers'' by its co-story creator Zak Penn, ''Ultimate X-Men, X-Men'', ''Ultimate Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four'' and ''Ultimate Comics: Avengers, Avengers'' for Marvel's Ultimate Marvel, Ultimate imprint, as well as ''Marvel Knights Spider-Man'' and ''Wolverine (comic book), Wolverine''. In 2006, Millar wrote the ''Civil War (comics), Civil War'' mini-series that served as the centrepiece for the eponymous company-wide crossover storyline and later inspired the Marvel Stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultimates
The Ultimates is a fictional superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics and created by writer Mark Millar and artist Bryan Hitch, which first started publication from ''The Ultimates (comic book), The Ultimates'' #1 (cover date March 2002), as part of the company's Ultimate Marvel imprint. The series is a modernized re-imagining of Marvel's long-running Avengers (comics), Avengers comic-book franchise, centering around a task-force of super-humans and special agents organized by the U.S. government to combat growing threats to the world. The tale chronicles their progress as they bond and slowly learn to work together, despite their differing natures and personalities. Publication history The first volume of the ''Ultimates'', written by Millar and illustrated by Hitch, was published in limited series format and ran for thirteen issues with production delays from January 30, 2002 until March 31, 2004. Hitch described the alternative-reality reimag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Liu
Sam Liu is an American animation producer, director, storyboard artist and character designer. He is best known for directing animated superhero films at both Marvel Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. Sam attended the University of California, Santa Cruz for fine art then went on to Art Center College of Design as an illustration major. While at UCSC he illustrated for the first Cyberpunk RPG from R. Talsorian Games. Liu's first job was in comic books, penciling for Image Comics. In 1996, he moved to animation, directing ''Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles'' and ''Godzilla: The Series'' for Sony Animation. He later went to Sony Computer Entertainment of America to design characters for PlayStation 2, PlayStation, then came back to animation, winning a Daytime Emmy Award for his work on ''The Batman (TV series), The Batman'' series 33rd Daytime Emmy Awards, in 2006. He was a sequence director for ''The Batman vs Dracula''. He has since worked on many animated films f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Oliva
Jay Oliva (born 1976) is an American film director, producer, and storyboard artist working at Los Angeles–based animation studio Lex+Otis. Career Oliva first started in animation as a cleanup artist for the animated Fox TV series ''Spider-Man'' in 1996, where he eventually started his career as a storyboard artist. He then moved to Sony Animation in 1997 and storyboarded on '' Extreme Ghostbusters''. He would stay at Sony for the next five years where he worked on '' Godzilla: The Series'' and then eventually becoming a director on the animated TV series '' Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles'' which was then followed by '' Heavy Gear'' and '' Max Steel''. Before leaving Sony, he storyboarded on '' Jackie Chan Adventures''. He went on to work as storyboard supervisor on the Mike Young Productions/Mattel series ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' and the follow-up ''Masters of the Universe vs. the Snake Men''. He was then hired as a storyboard artist for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ari Leon
David Ari Leon (born December 12, 1967) is an American music supervisor, composer, songwriter and musician. Leon's first professional music credit was in 1990 working with Danny Elfman on the feature film Nightbreed. He is best known for writing and supervising music for Marvel Entertainment on titles including ''Spider-Man'' and ''The Incredible Hulk''. He is a songwriter on the themes to the Marvel series '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'' and ''The Super Hero Squad Show'', and composed the main title music to the shows '' Xyber 9: New Dawn'' and ''Mr. Bill Presents''. Leon was also commissioned by NASA to be the music supervisor on their video "29 Days on the Edge" about the James Webb Space Telescope which NASA released in conjunction with the launch of the space telescope in 2021. Featured music Leon has been featured as a music artist on NPR's syndicated programs Morning Edition and All Things Considered in ten episodes between the years 2005 to 2018. He was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Sebast
Richard Sebast is an American director, story director, animator, and television producer known for working at companies such as Disney, Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros., Marvel, MGM, and Universal Animation Studios. Career Dick Sebast began his career in 1972 at Walt Disney Productions as an animator on ''Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too'', ''The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'', and as writer/animator on ''The Rescuers''. He then joined Hanna-Barbera and worked as a story director on ''Challenge of the Superfriends'', '' The Ri¢hie Ri¢h/Scooby-Doo Show,'' and ''The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang''. He then joined Ruby-Spears Productions and did development and story direction on various projects including, ''Thundarr the Barbarian'', '' The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show'', '' Goldie Gold and Action Jack'', ''Dragon's Lair'', '' Mister T'', '' Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos'', and '' Sectaurs''. His next project was as a storyboard artist, character designer and sequence dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
