guru, the internationally renowned award-winning animation studio is pleased to announce the addition of Janice Jacobs to the team. Janice is stepping in to the role of producer for their episodic + film department.
Janice comes to guru with over 20 years experience as a producer, production manager and line producer for animated CGI feature films, television series, long and short format programming for broadcast and commercials. Some notable experience includes the Weinstein Bros. feature film “Outlander”, Disney’s 3D animated feature “The Wild”, “Peter and Jane”, “Return to Neverland” and popular children’s series, “Franklin, and The Magic School Bus”.
Frank Falcone, Creative Director of guru studio, comments, “Janice possesses tremendous attention to detail along with the ability to manage demanding and complex productions. She will be a great asset to guru at a time when we are expanding into multiple series productions, including our own in house content.”
ABOUT GURU STUDIO
Founded in 2000, guru studio (www.gurustudio.com) is an award-winning animation design and production company specializing in character animation for screen based media. Their creatively driven team has won numerous awards including Clio, Applied Arts and Mobius, as well as having been featured in international festivals and publications including SIGGRAPH, Pictoplasma, Applied Arts and The Annecy Festival in France. guru’s directors have worked with an impressive roster of international advertisers and clients including DDB NY, Leo Burnett London, FCB Chicago, Kraft, Hersheys and Tropicana, in addition to national broadcasters Cartoon Network, YTV and Corus/Nelvana with Nick Jr. on the Gemini and Emmy award-winning Television series The Backyardigans. Guru’s original series Justin Time has also just been picked up for 26 episodes for Family Channel and Playhouse Disney in Canada.
