Marianne Culbert to Lead Production at Portfolio

Portfolio Entertainment has hired Marianne Culbert, a former Arc Productions, Mercury Filmworks and Nelvana exec, as VP of production.

In her new position, Culbert will work under Lisa Olfman, Portfolio’s CEO and co-founder. She will manage the production of all of the company’s animated properties and its animation studio. She will be involved from the start of each project, collaborating with Portfolio’s partners on new and upcoming projects.

Before this appointment, Culbert served as VP of production at Arc Productions, Mercury Filmworks and Nelvana, where she led the production of such hit programs as Wilbur, Toot and Puddle, Little Bear, Max & Rub, Braceface, Cybercase, Elliot Moose, Beyblade and George & Martha. She has more than three decades of animation studio service and content production experience.