Independent children’s entertainment producer and rights-owner HIT Ent. has named Andi Copley managing director/exec producer of its award-winning animation studio, HOT Animation. Currently based in Los Angeles, Copley will relocate to Manchester, England, this month and will assume responsibility for the operational management of HOT’s slate of productions including Pingu and Bob the Builder. Reporting to Lenora Hume, exec VP of production and programming, she will also be instrumental in expanding the studio’s third-party work.
Copley arrives at Hot with more than 25 years of experience in the television industry that includes work in live action, stop-motion animation, TV specials, live shows and televised events. Her career highlights include senior management roles with such major U.S. film studios and networks as Warner Brothers, The Disney Channel, SPROUT, Film Roman, Klasky Csupo, ABC, CBS and NBC.
Copley’s producer credits include the recently released Bix Pix stop-motion special Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn’t Happen, the Clay interstitial series for Playhouse Disney, Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre, Pee Wee’s Playhouse and The Mr. Potato Head Show for Fox.
HOT Animation was established in 1997 and celebrates its 10th Anniversary this year. The company specializes in stop-motion animation and boasts six fully equipped animation studios. In addition to Bob the Builder and Pingu, the studio’s production credits include Brambley Hedge (adapted from the classic books by Jill Barklem) and Rubbadubbers for the BBC.
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