Guru Appoints Animation Vet Laura Dundas as VP Production

Guru Studio has hired Laura Dundas as Vice President of Production. She \ will be joining the studio team at the Ottawa International Animation Film Festival this week, and at MIPJunior/MIPCOM next month.

An Emmy-nominated producer, Dundas brings over 20 years of animation production leadership to Guru spanning both 2D and 3D animation in Canada, the U.S., Europe and Asia with a successful track record managing multiple international co-productions. Based in Toronto, Dundas will be responsible for overseeing Guru’s productions, as well fostering relationships with the studio’s growing number of production partners and new clients.

Dundas joins Guru Studio after serving as Head of Production, Animation, North America at ReDefine (part of the DNEG Group), where she produced two SpongeBob movies for Nickelodeon, including Saving Bikini Bottom which premiered as the #1 movie on Netflix. Prior to her role at ReDefine, Dundas was a Producer at Spin Master, contributing to hit titles such as PAW Patrol: The Movie, Mighty Express, Toca Boca Life Stories and Rusty Rivets 3. Before Spin Master, she also served as Producer at Brown Bag Films on three seasons of Nature Cat.

“Laura’s production leadership on features, television and international co-productions helps broaden Guru’s expertise as we continue to innovate our production capabilities and content partnerships,” said Frank Falcone President & Executive Creative Director at Guru Studio.

Guru Studio is the animation prodco behind some of the most recognizable children’s properties in the world, including PAW Patrol, the Sesame Street animated spin-off Mecha Builders and the studio’s own Netflix original series, True and the Rainbow Kingdom. Guru is currently in production on new seasons of PAW Patrol, new content for Mecha Builders and most recently wrapped production on My Magic Pet Morphle for Moonbug Entertainment, and the family mini-series adaptation of Charlotte’s Web for Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max. The company also recently announced it has acquired the TV rights to Penguin Random House’s best-selling book Where’s Spot? and more than 25 other Spot titles.

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