Steven Wendland to head up its new US office as president.
Based in LA, Wendland officially starts today and is charged with developing and producing original content based on the company’s existing IPs, as well as building a new slate of proprietary concepts. He will also be responsible for expanding the company’s animation service capabilities across family-skewing TV, films and apps.
The US office is planning to staff up in the coming months, according to a spokesperson for the company.
Discreet Arts is primarily a work-for-hire studio specializing in 2D and 3D animation. It has collaborated with Titmouse, Technicolor and WildBrain and counts animated films like
India s Discreet Arts Sets Steven Wendland as Head of U.S. Operations (EXCLUSIVE)
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Veteran animation executive Steven Wendland has been appointed as president of Discreet Arts USA, the newly-launched offshoot of Indian animation firm Discreet Arts. The new unit is based in Burbank, California.
He is expected to expand the company’s work-for-hire business while also developing a slate of original productions. These may be based on Discreet Arts’ existing IP and new properties.
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Until last year, Wendland was VP of animation and head of creative development at Technicolor’s L.A. office. Among the projects developed and produced under his guidance were Mark Drop and Jerry Leibowitz’s “Atomic Puppet,” Tom Taylor and James Brouwer’s “The Deep,” for which he earned Emmy- and BAFTA-nominations. He helped develop a line of “The Deep” toys with Simba Toys, and story-edited a series of four-chapter
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