Michael McGahey, former VP of Deep River Prods., has joined Hollywood-based toon studio Klasky Csupo as senior VP of feature film development. Meanwhile, Brandon Scott has been upped to VP of creative affairs after six years with the company.
McGahey will work alongside senior VP of development Daniel Paul, senior VP of children’s development Alexandra Book and the rest of Klasky Csupo’s feature development team on projects currently in development with Viacom. He brings to unit a track record of success with commercial projects, having worked on the development and production of such films as 20th Century Fox’s Dr. Dolittle, Fox 2000’s Here on Earth, New Line Cinema’s Laws of Attraction, Paramount’s The Honeymooners and Fox/New Regency’s Big Momma’s House and the upcoming Big Momma’s House 2.
Prior to taking the VP reins at Deep River Prods., McGahey was director of development for David T. Friendly’s Friendly Production. He began his career at the William Morris Agency.
Headed by founders Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo, Klasky Csupo has won
numerous Emmys, Cable Ace Awards and commercial, art and production
honors for its work on such high-profile projects as Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys, The Simpsons, As Told By Ginger, Rocket Power and Duckman.
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