Flying Bark Productions has appointed Alexia Gates-Foale, who has been with the company since 2008, as executive director of content.<\/p>\n
Gates-Foale will lead Flying Bark\u2019s independent content strategy worldwide, steering the creative vision and production for original IP across kids and family. She recently produced the animated adaptation of Shaun Tan\u2019s Tales from Outer Suburbia<\/em> and is currently producing Zac Power<\/em>.<\/p>\n Gates-Foale will also work on scripted originals under the company\u2019s new indie label After Bark, partnering with its local and international development executive team.<\/p>\n At Flying Bark since 2008, Gates-Foale has played a pivotal role in the global expansion of the studio. She most recently served as director of production. She will continue to oversee flagship client collaborations, including Netflix\u2019s Stranger Things: Tales from \u201985<\/em> and Minecraft<\/em>, as well as an animated Ghostbusters<\/em> series.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m incredibly honored to step into this role at such a pivotal moment for our company as we grow and diversify our business with new creative talent, producing partnerships and the expansion of production in Europe and North America,\u201d Gates-Foale said. \u201cFlying Bark has always believed in the power and universality of crafting stories for local and global audiences, and I\u2019m excited to help lead the next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFlying Bark is going from strength to strength, and Lex has been instrumental in driving our growth and creative excellence,\u201d commented Flying Bark CEO Barbara Stephen. \u201cWith new opportunities emerging for locally made screen content, I\u2019m thrilled to see our Australian slate flourish under her leadership. There is no one better placed to guide Flying Bark into this next era.\u201d<\/p>\n Rounding out the leadership team, Flying Bark also recently appointed Matthew Mupfanochiya as its new director of operations to lead operational functions across the studio\u2019s three international locations, overseeing facilities, IT, people and culture and production support.<\/p>\n \u201cFlying Bark sits at a really exciting intersection of creativity and technology, and that\u2019s exactly where I love to work,\u201d said Mupfanochiya. \u201cThe studio has built a remarkable reputation for world-class animation made right here in Australia, and I\u2019m thrilled to bring my experience in scaling fast-growing organizations to support the artists, producers and teams who make that possible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Flying Bark Productions has appointed Alexia Gates-Foale, who has been with the company since 2008, as executive director of content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":31348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[11051,11948,1333,11949],"class_list":["post-31345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-alexia-gates-foale","tag-barbara-stephen","tag-flying-bark-productions","tag-matthew-mupfanochiya","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n