The judges have been set for Animation Magazine‘s eighth annual Pitch Party.
The Pitch Party offers independent artists an opportunity to advertise their animated properties for a greatly reduced rate in the pages of Animation Magazine, which is read all over the world. Each entry is also reviewed by a panel of esteemed judges, who select one winner for the opportunity to pitch their idea to the participating execs of their choice.
This year’s judge lineup includes:
‘ Eric Coleman, SVP, original series, Walt Disney Television Animation
‘ Melissa Wolfe, director of development, Cookie Jar Entertainment
‘ Marc Buhaj, senior vice president of original production, Disney Channel and Jetix EMEA
‘ Marci Proietto, SVP of production, Twentieth Century Fox TV Animation
‘ Eric Homan, VP, development, Frederator
‘ Tina Santomauro, acquisitions manager, Atom.com and executive producer of Atom TV, a weekly late-night show that airs on Comedy Central
‘ Natalie Altmann, head of children’s programs, M6
‘ Eric Koland, business development, Vuze
‘ Kim Manning, director of programming and acquisitions, Adult Swim
‘ Curtis Lelash, director, comedy animation, Cartoon Network
All pitches are presented as 1/6th-page advertisements that offer new ideas for animated shows that just may get picked up for development. Results of the online reader poll will be announced along with the picks of our distinguished panel of industry judges and AniMag staffers in the August issue of Animation Magazine.
Additional prizes include a copy of the software suite Toon Boom Animate (a value of $999.99), a selection of animation books from The Animated Toon Factory, copies of Chronicle Books’ The Art of Up by Tim Hauser, and a copy of the 2D software title Digicel Flipbook Studio (for Mac or PC).
Deadline to enter is June 10. For more details on this year’s contest and how to enter, click through to www.animationmagazine.net/pitch_party_09.html.
