{"id":10685,"date":"2016-09-02T09:50:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T13:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cinesite-taps-former-illumination-entertainment-exec\/"},"modified":"2016-09-02T09:57:22","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T13:57:22","slug":"cinesite-taps-former-illumination-exec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cinesite-taps-former-illumination-exec\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinesite Taps Former Illumination Exec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MONTREAL: Visual effects and animation studio Cinesite has appointed Dave Rosenbaum, who previously worked for\u00a0Illumination Entertainment (<em>Minions<\/em>), as the company&#8217;s chief creative officer.<\/p>\n<p>Rosenbaum will oversee Cinesite&#8217;s next phase of growth and\u00a0increasing film slate. He will help expand the company&#8217;s Montreal studio, based at its\u00a0new 54,000-square-foot facility, which\u00a0has room for\u00a0more than 500 storytellers. He is also charged with finding and cultivating new projects, artists, writers and directors.<\/p>\n<p>Rosenbaum was with\u00a0Illumination since it was founded. As VP of talent, he worked on the company&#8217;s\u00a0marketing, video games, theme park rides and feature films, including the animated hit\u00a0<em>Minions<\/em>.\u00a0He also served as production executive and story supervisor for <em>Despicable Me<\/em> 1 &amp; 2, <em>The Lorax<\/em>, <em>The Secret Life of Pets<\/em> and the upcoming\u00a0movie\u00a0<em>Sing<\/em>.\u00a0Earlier in his career, Rosenbaum worked for such companies as DreamWorks and Screen Imagination Agency in Bulgaria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDave is one of the industry\u2019s most highly regarded animation executives, with an impeccable track record of shaping movies that become culture phenomena,\u201d said Antony Hunt, the president of Cinesite Animation. \u201cDave\u2019s drive, passion and vision will harness a new phase of expansion for us, as he leads our studio\u2019s growing slate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rosenbaum added: \u201cTo grow our studio with impressive capacity and potential, to support talented filmmakers, and to deliver great animated films to a worldwide audience is an exciting opportunity. Let\u2019s start with the best stories and storytellers and make Montreal the next animation nexus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cinesite is currently in production on the Warner Bros. live-action feature film <em>Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them<\/em>, <em>Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/em> for 20th Century Fox and the animated movie <em>Gnome Alone<\/em> for 3QU Media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONTREAL: Visual effects and animation studio Cinesite has appointed Dave Rosenbaum, who previously worked for Illumination Entertainment (Minions), as the company&#8217;s chief creative officer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":10686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1712,1713],"class_list":["post-10685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-cinesite","tag-dave-rosenbaum","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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