Stacey Carr, Senior Director, Unscripted Development, Nickelodeon and Brittany Cope, Vice President (VP), Live Action Development, Scripted, Nickelodeon will be taking part in a 30 Minutes With... session, taking place on Monday 15th June 2020 at 1:00 PM, whilst Nina Hahn, Senior Vice President (SVP), International Production & Development, Nickelodeon UK will be speaking in the "Quick Draw: Animation Industry Leaders with Lessons for the Future" panel on Tuesday 16th June 2020 at 3:00 PM.
Additionally, BANFF has announced the Peppa Pig episode "Gaston’s Cave" has been nominated for the "Pre-School" award in the "Children & Youth" category of the 2020 Rockie Awards. The hit animated series that airs on Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels globally. Winners will be announced during a virtual 2020 Rockie Awards International Program Competition ceremony live-streaming on June 15th at 3:00 pm EST.
Below are details about both sessions along with bios for Carr, Cope and Nahn. BANFF Virtual Edition 2020's full agenda is available online at https://banffmediafestival.playbackonline.ca/2020/agenda/.
30 MINUTES WITH... STACEY CARR & BRITTANY COPE, NICKELODEON
MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2020 | 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
*Included with your BANFF Virtual Edition Virtual + Networking Pass
Group sessions with influential international network and streaming executives. Hear the programming needs and priorities of major content investors first-hand, participate in Q&A.
Sign ups open Wednesday June 3 at 11:00am EST and close on Wednesday June 10 at 5:00pm EST.
All Virtual + Networking pass holders can access 30 Minutes With sessions. Sign up is still required, but previous restrictions on numbers for these sessions have been removed. 30 Minutes With sessions will also be recorded and made available exclusively to Virtual + Networking pass holders only on BANFFXchange for 7 days following the session.
QUICK DRAW: ANIMATION INDUSTRY LEADERS WITH LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE
TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2020 | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
When the majority of the entertainment industry ground to a halt this year, animation not only survived, it thrived. Hear tales from top producers and broadcasters who kept the development lights on during the first wave of the pandemic and the way forward for animators beyond 2020. Learn how planning and forethought is as key as experimentation and breaking the rules.
MODERATING:
Agnes Augustin, President & CEO, Shaw Rocket Fund
FEATURING:
Vince Commisso, President & CEO, 9 Story Media Group
Nina Hahn, SVP, International Production & Development, Nickelodeon UK
Jennifer Twiner McCarron, CEO, Atomic Cartoons/Thunderbird
Pam Westman, President, Nelvana Ltd
SPEED MEETINGS - CBC, NICKELODEON, THE ALPERN GROUP
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020 | 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
*Included with your BANFF Virtual Edition Virtual + Networking Pass
BANFF's Speed Meetings are a fantastic opportunity for content producers to meet one-on-one with leading decision-makers. A signature of The Banff World Media Festival, this is your opportunity to connect with people who can help take your idea to the next level and put your TV or digital content into development.
Specifically designed to be 8-minute time slots, this program has facilitated thousands of one-on-one meetings and has led to many millions of dollars in new content.
You may submit for one (1) Speed Meeting host, which will be available through our lottery-style selection through BanffXchange.
Lottery opens on Friday, June 19 at 12:00pm ET, and closes on Sunday, June 21 at 5:00pm ET. Lottery results will be emailed to participants on Monday, June 22. General sign-ups open Tuesday, June 23 at 11:00am ET, and close on Wednesday, June 24 at 5:00pm ET.
FEATURING:
Jeff Alpern, Table host
President, The Alpern Group
Helen Asimakis, Table host
Senior Director, Drama, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Mandel Ilagan, Table host
VP, Live-Action Development, Unscripted, Nickelodeon
NELVANA PARTNER PRESENTATION: REDEFINING THE NEW ANIMATED PARTNERSHIP MODEL - HOW NELVANA PARTNERS WITH GLOBAL BROADCASTERS
THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2020 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
With the growing demand of animated content, strategic global partnerships have become increasingly essential in the way animation is developed and created. Corus executives, along with three key global partners, will discuss how their relationships have evolved, the pros and cons of “multiple cooks in the kitchen” and the challenges of creating a mutually beneficial framework in the ever-changing world of kids entertainment.
MODERATING:
Sangita Patel, Host of HGTV's Home to Win and Entertainment Reporter, ET Canada, Corus Entertainment Inc
FEATURING:
Athena Georgaklis, Head of Development, Nelvana Enterprises
Melanie Grisanti, SVP, Production Management, Sesame Workshop
Chris Rose, VP of Animation Production and Development, Nickelodeon International
Adriano Schmid, Senior Director of Production, Discovery Kids Latin America
Pam Westman, President, Nelvana Ltd
BIOS:
STACEY CARR
Sr. Director, Unscripted Development, Nickelodeon
Stacey Carr currently serves as the Senior Director of Unscripted Development at Nickelodeon. Alongside her team, she develops and oversees a variety of development projects, including specials and series like Top Elf and Kid of the Year. Prior to Nickelodeon, Ms. Carr served as Director of Original Unscripted Development at Endemol Shine North America, developing various projects for broadcast, streamers, and syndication. Ms. Carr also spent 4 years working in Programming and Development for OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. She played an integral role in the development of several original series including Ready to Love, Mind Your Business with Mahisha, Released, and OWN Tonight!
In her early career, Ms. Carr also worked for the prolific production company, A. Smith & Company, as well as in the Alternative department at Cartoon Network. In addition to her work in the industry, Ms. Carr is a board member for HollywoodWEST, a networking group that supports rising women executives, and Black & Unscripted, a group for Black professionals working in various roles within the Unscripted genre.
Originally from Reno, Nevada, she received a Sociology degree from Occidental College in 2004.
BRITTANY COPE
VP Live Action Development, Scripted, Nickelodeon
Currently VP of Scripted Development at Nickelodeon, Brittany started her entertainment career working at DreamWorks SKG in the casting department covering animated and live action features and television. She then moved into television development at Amblin TV before joining the Comedy Development team at ABC Network. While at ABC working on broadcast development she also took over responsibilities building, developing and programming for the network’s digital platform. Before joining Nickelodeon, she spent a few years leading development at Abominable Pictures. Some of her favorite projects include How To Train Your Dragon, The Croods, The Americans, Speechless, Blackish, American Housewife, Fresh Off the Boat, All That, Are You Afraid of the Dark and many more.
Brittany is originally from Portland, Oregon and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Otterbein University in 2008.
NINA HAHN
SVP, International Production & Development, Nickelodeon UK
As Senior Vice President, International Production & Development, Nina Hahn oversees international content development and co-production partnerships for Nickelodeon outside of the US.
Based in London, Hahn coordinates and drives the development process, spearheading new production models, managing productions from pilot through to series, and working in direct partnership with Nickelodeon’s content teams around the world. As part of this role, Hahn is responsible for internationally sourced productions, aligning Nickelodeon’s global production and development pipeline, representing Nickelodeon US’s production and development interests abroad and identifying resources and expertise to drive creative partnerships and cultivate talent. As the main international production and development conduit for Nickelodeon’s channels, Hahn also ensures the cultural relevancy of all Nickelodeon production and development for global broadcast.
Hahn also works in direct partnership with Nickelodeon in the UK to source content from UK independent producers for potential global production and development.
Hahn is an industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience in creating and producing content for kids spanning all genres, from pre-school and kid’s animation, to live action and TV movies. Since joining Nickelodeon in 2005, Hahn has been responsible for overseeing the production and development of some of Nickelodeon’s biggest hits including live action favourite House of Anubis and pre-school animation Nella the Princess Knight.
Working closely with Nickelodeon US, Hahn is also the driving force behind establishing the brand as a core international hub for creators and talent, spearheading the international roll-out of creative outreach initiatives designed to unearth and identify new creative talent. These include the Nickelodeon Writers Program, designed to attract, develop and staff writers with diverse backgrounds and experiences on Nickelodeon Network Productions; and the global Nickelodeon Shorts Program, spanning both Nickelodeon and Nick Jr., providing animation and comedy talent with a platform to explore original characters, concepts and innovative styles through short form storytelling.
Prior to joining Nickelodeon, Hahn worked as an independent producer and development consultant for some of the world’s leading kid’s content producers and broadcasters in New York, including HBO and Jim Henson Productions.
MANDEL ILAGAN
VP, Live-Action Development, Unscripted, Nickelodeon
Mandel Ilagan is the VP of unscripted development at Nickelodeon, where he’s helped launch shows such as The Crystal Maze, The Substitute, Top Elf, Paradise Run and the recent reboots of the Emmy® Award-nominated Double Dare and Emmy® Award-nominated Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader.
Prior to Nickelodeon, Ilagan served as an exec at Hasbro Studios where he developed and produced the Emmy-winning Hub game show Family Game Night. Over his career, he’s also been a founding executive at Fox Reality Channel and a development executive at Fremantle where his projects included Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck and the creation of the game 1/2 Off for The Price is Right.
The Harvard graduate was also a question writer on the Fox game show Greed and producer on NBC’s The Million Second Quiz.
In addition to his TV work, he was a keyboardist for The Remotes, a TV theme cover band that served as the house band for the Daytime Emmy Awards for five years.
CHRIS ROSE
VP of Animation Production and Development, Nickelodeon International
As VP of Animation Production and Development, Chris Rose heads up animation development and production for Nickelodeon International. In addition to identifying and developing new IP for Nick Toons, Nickelodeon and Nick Jr, Rose works across Nick International’s original animated content production slate and manages the international component of the animated shorts programme.
Rose previously ran the development and production arm of London’s Beano Studios and served as TV Commissioning Editor for ABC ME and ABC KIDS, ABC Australia’s children’s channels.
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Originally published: Tuesday, June 09, 2020.
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