Production and distribution company Bejuba! Ent. is opening an U.K. office and has hired Karen Hunter to serve as head of sales for its European operations. Hunter will be responsible for selling Bejuba!’s library of properties, which include the award-winning animated comedy series The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers, produced by U.K.-based Pesky Animation and Studio B Prods., the hit live-action/CGI action series Monster Warriors, produced by Coneybeare Stories, and the animated short film catalogue of Academy Award-winning Tandem Films.
Hunter, who previously worked with Bejuba! president Tatiana Kober at production and distribution company Egmont Imagination U.K., will also be responsible for selling Ricky Sprocket, a toon series being produced with Studio B and Academy Award winners Snowden Fine, which will debut next year. In addition, Hunter and Kober will work together in seeking to acquire additional projects for the company.
‘Bejuba!’s U.K. office will make it easier to work with our European clients, as well as give us a greater opportunity of finding new projects that are developed outside North America,’ says Kober. ‘This move is right on target with my growth plans for the company, Karen is a strong addition and I am extremely excited to be working with her again on what I believe will be a very long and successful relationship.’
Prior to joining Bejuba!, Hunter served as senior sales manager for Egmont Imagination U.K., then became deputy managing director for international sales for Egmont Children’s Books and sales manager at Strawberry Ente. Before Egmont, she was a sales exec at BBC Worldwide.
Established in 2003, Bejuba! Ent. is focused on bringing production partners together, closing gap financing and securing distribution for its clients, which also include Cut-Out Films, National Geographic Kids Programming and Production, Klasky Csupo, Pork & Beans and ZDFE.
Leave a Reply