Industry News: Cartuna And Look Mom! Productions Make Key Administrative Moves

 

Cartuna has announced Mike Flavin as SVP, Head of Development. Cartuna is the same studio behind Magical Girl Friendship Squad, Human Kind Of, Loafy and more.

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Look Mom! Productions, a Blue Ant Studios company, announced today the appointment of Sam Chou to Creative Development Director in a newly created role as part of the studio’s ongoing expansion in North America. Reporting to Managing DirectorJosh Bowen, Sam is charged with leading Look Mom!’s creative development slate as the studio builds its offering with new adult animation projects for buyers in the U.S market and around the globe. He is also responsible for introducing new projects to Look Mom!, which he will produce and direct.

Sam is a highly sought after creator and developer who brings a swiss-army set of built-in tools to his leadership role at Look Mom! Productions, including raw talent and a keen eye for direction,” said Josh Bowen, Managing Director, Look Mom! Productions. “Sam’s vast experience also offers deep connections in the adult animation space across North America, which is critical to Look Mom!’s aspirations to produce scripted, animated dramas.”

Sam Chou is an award-winning series creator and director in the animation industry. A 20-year veteran, his career began as a traditional animator on feature films for Warner Bros, Sony, DreamWorks and Disney. Sam co-created and directed Crime: The Animated Series, which premiered at both Sundance and TIFF and won Best Series for Adults at the OIAF in 2014. Sam has developed and directed a diverse slate of programming that includes short films, series, commercials, web-series and feature-length documentaries. His past directorial experiences include the animated comedy series City in Crisis (Mondo, Adult Swim Canada), CG action series Max Steel: Team Turbo (Mattel) and Kody Kapow, an animated adventure series starring Jason Alexander (Universal Kids). In 2008, Sam founded Style5.tv, an animation studio centered around storytelling and independent films.

Look Mom!’s slate of premium programming includes Doomlands (Quibi), Adult Swim Canada’s Night Sweats, VRV’s (USA) Bigfoot, and Gary and His Demons for Mondo Channel on VRV (USA), CBC Gem (Canada), Comedy Central (UK) and ABC Comedy (Australia). The company is executive producing Ocean Village, currently in development at FOX, and is also known for digital shorts such as Don’t Feed the Humans, World Doctors, Crack-Duck and more.