Kirsten Newlands has been promoted to the newly created position of head of production and Anthony Jiwa has been hired as director of marketing for Vancouver-based animation house Studio B Prods. Inc. Newlands previously served as a producer on the first season of the animated series Pucca, and Jiwa joins the company from VIZ Media where he led publishing and home entertainment marketing efforts for such properties as Pok’mon, Naruto and Inuyasha.
Before moving into production, Newlands worked in feature film foreign sales and served as associate producer on a number of feature films, most notably Garav Seth’s Pink Ludoos and Carl Bessai’s Severed. At Studio B, she will be tasked with running an ambitious slate of productions. The studio is currently in production on George of the Jungle for Cartoon Network and Ricky Sprocket ‘ Showbiz Boy for Nickelodeon. Both new series are set to launch this year.
Other shows produced by Studio B include Being Ian, Class of the Titans, Yvon of the Yukon and Pesky Animation’s award-winning The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers! For more information, go to www.studiobproductions.com.
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