VFX Firm DNEG Promotes Erika Burton to Animation President Alongside Tom Jacomb
thewrap.com“Nimona” for Annapurna Pictures and Netflix and the animated “Garfield” movie set at Alcon Entertainment and Sony, as well as Locksmith’s next animated title “That Christmas.” They’re also working on an unannounced episodic animated title for a streamer.
Prior to DNEG, Burton had worked within animation for both Disney Animation and DreamWorks. She now leads a team of approximately 850 employees at DNEG Animation working across studios in London, Montreal, Mumbai, Vancouver, Los Angeles and Toronto.“I feel excited and honored to be joining Tom and the DNEG Animation team,” Burton said. “I have been fortunate enough to work with some immensely talented VFX and animation teams during the course of my career, and I love both disciplines equally.
There is something really compelling and challenging about animated filmmaking that keeps drawing me back and this is just a tremendous new opportunity.”“Working with DNEG’s VFX teams over the last year has been a career highlight for me, but when the invitation came to join Tom, David [Prescott, SVP Creative], Crosby [Clyse, Head of Production] and all of the other talented folks on the animation side of our business, it was one that I could not turn down,” Burton continued. “We have some truly amazing projects in the pipeline at DNEG Animation, as well as some exciting opportunities to push the creative and technical boundaries of animated content production to their limits.” .
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