9 Story Entertainment announced that head of production Tanya Green has been promoted to VP of production at the studio. In this expanded role, Tanya will continue reporting to company president and CEO Vince Commisso.
“The fact that we’ve been able to successfully increase our production slate so dramatically over the last several years is in large part due to Tanya’s invaluable contributions,” said Commisso. “She has a tremendous ability to balance creative needs with production concerns, as well as manage complex projects and teams through tight deadlines. We are absolutely thrilled to promote Tanya to this new position and have her continue to lead our studio.”
Tanya originally joined 9 Story as Production Supervisor and was later made Head of Production in 2010. During her 5 year tenure she has led the studio through incredible growth including a production slate that has increased from 2 shows to 10, a staff that swelled from 60 to 200 and a software pipeline that went from Flash only to Flash, Toon Boom Harmony and After Effects. While at 9 Story, Tanya has overseen 23 different productions and over 450 episodes, including Almost Naked Animals, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood and Wild Kratts.
Based in Toronto, 9 Story Entertainment is one of the top producers and distributors of both animated and live-action series for children and has produced and distributed over 800 hours of content for kids channels around the world, including familiar titles such as Arthur, Wibbly Pig, Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars, Wild Kratts, Almost Naked Animals as well as newer shows like Numb Chucks, Camp Lakebottom, Cache Craze, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood and Nerds and Monsters. The company recently acquired CCI Kids, the family content division of CCI Entertainment, increasing 9 Story’s portfolio to over 1500 half hours of content with popular shows such as Guess How Much I Love You, Joe & Jack, Artzooka! and Extreme Babysitting. For more info, visit www.9story.com.
