{"id":10551,"date":"2016-08-05T10:09:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T14:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/new-head-of-development-in-place-at-nelvana\/"},"modified":"2016-08-05T12:37:13","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T16:37:13","slug":"new-head-of-development-in-place-at-nelvana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/new-head-of-development-in-place-at-nelvana\/","title":{"rendered":"New Head of Development in Place at Nelvana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO: Corus Entertainment\u2019s TELETOON executive Athena Georgaklis has been appointed as the head of development at Nelvana, effective immediately.<\/p>\n<p>In her new role, Georgaklis will lead the acquisition of rights and the development of all original content for Nelvana. She will work with the studio\u2019s producers, creators and talent worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>She will also work closely with the recently appointed head of Nelvana Enterprises, Pam Westman. Georgaklis will be based in Montreal and\u00a0will also have a presence at the Corus Entertainment headquarters in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Georgaklis will report to Scott Dyer, the president of Nelvana, who commented: \u201cWe are delighted to welcome Athena to this role. Athena joins our team with an exceptional international reputation built on her keen eye for animation and her breadth of knowledge and experience in the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Georgaklis has worked in Canadian broadcast and production for more than 19 years. Most recently, she\u00a0oversaw all original productions for Corus Entertainment\u2019s TELETOON, supervising the development and production of Canadian content in both English and French. During her time at TELETOON, she led the production and development of hit shows like <em>Johnny Test<\/em>, <em>Knuckleheads<\/em> (English and French), <em>Fugget About It<\/em> (English and French), <em>Atomic Puppet<\/em>, <em>Rocket Monkeys<\/em> and the <em>Total Drama Island<\/em> franchise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m thrilled to be joining Nelvana at this time of growth for the studio,\u201d said Georgaklis. \u201cI\u2019ve admired this studio\u2019s work for decades and look forward to developing premium kids\u2019 content that we can distribute around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO: Corus Entertainment\u2019s TELETOON executive Athena Georgaklis has been appointed as the head of development at Nelvana, effective immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":10552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[213,397,782],"class_list":["post-10551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-corus-entertainment","tag-nelvana","tag-teletoon-canada","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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