Ann Daly named head of DreamWorks Animation.UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 1997--Ann Daly, former Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Co. executive and president, Domestic Home Video, Buena Vista Home Video Inc., has been named head of DreamWorks SKG's Feature Animation division, in partnership with Ron Rocha, effective this July, it was announced Thursday by Jeffrey Katzenberg of DreamWorks SKG SKG Stichting Kwaliteit Gevelbouw (Dutch) SKG Spielberg, Katzenberg,and Geffen (DreamWorks Studios) SKG Thessaloniki, Greece - Thessaloniki (Airport Code) SKG Smith and Kraus Global . Katzenberg stated: ``Ann, one of the top women executives in the entertainment industry, has been responsible for developing some of the most innovative and dynamic marketing concepts in the video business. She is a pioneer in her field. During our years together at Disney, she was unquestionably un·ques·tion·a·ble adj. Beyond question or doubt. See Synonyms at authentic. un·ques  tion·a·bil among the most talented and creative executives I had the pleasure to work with.'' ``I am really delighted to be joining Jeffrey, Ron Rocha and the amazing team of artists they have assembled at DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (NYSE: DWA) is an independent American animation studio, producing primarily feature animated films. It was formed by the merger of the feature animation division of DreamWorks SKG and Pacific Data Images (PDI). ,'' stated Daly. ``Without question, I could not imagine a more exciting place to be.'' As president of Buena Vista Home Video, a position she left this past spring, Daly was responsible for marketing, sales, distribution, production and all other areas of the company's operation. During her 14-year tenure with the Disney Co., she was a video-industry pioneer, orchestrating many innovations. Beginning in 1994, Daly initiated a radically new business concept for the entertainment industry -- high-quality, family- oriented films produced exclusively for video, featuring some of the Disney Co.'s most successful character franchises and presented under the banner ``Walt Disney Home Video Presents.'' Among the films released under Daly's supervision are the animated ``Aladdin'' sequels, ``The Return of Jafar'' and ``Aladdin and the King of Thieves,'' and the recent feature film ``Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves is a 1997 direct-to-video sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Honey, I Blew Up the Kid. Plot The Szalinski family, from the previous two movies, has returned. .'' Prior to being named president of Buena Vista Home Video in 1992, Daly was senior vice president, marketing, of the division. DreamWorks Animation's feature films currently in production include: ``Prince of Egypt,'' a dramatic, musical retelling re·tell·ing n. A new account or an adaptation of a story: a retelling of a Roman myth. of the life of the prophet Moses; ``El Dorado,'' about the comic misadventures of a pair of 16th-century Spanish ne'er-do-wells who stow away to the New World and accidentally discover the fabled Lost City of Gold; and ``Antz,'' a 100 percent computer-generated feature produced in conjunction with Pacific Data Images Pacific Data Images was a computer animation production company that was bought by DreamWorks SKG. It is now known as PDI/DreamWorks and is half of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., the public company formed by merging PDI and the feature animation division of DreamWorks. . Currently in preproduction pre·pro·duc·tion adj. 1. Taking place or existing before production: preproduction planning. 2. is the comedy ``Shrek,'' based on the popular children's book by William Steig. CONTACT: DreamWorks SKG, Universal City Fumi Kitahara, 818/733-6055 |
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