{"id":2896,"date":"2016-10-31T21:08:37","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T21:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/10\/31\/atomic-cartoons-names-new-head-of-development\/"},"modified":"2020-10-29T22:00:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T22:00:44","slug":"atomic-cartoons-names-new-head-of-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/10\/31\/atomic-cartoons-names-new-head-of-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Atomic Cartoons names new head of development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"headline\"><em>Elizabeth Foster \/\u00a0Kidscreen<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Vancouver, Canada-based Thunderbird Films has appointed <strong>Matthew Berkowitz<\/strong>as head of development for its\u00a0subsidiary\u00a0Atomic Cartoons. In his new role, Berkowitz will develop and grow the studio\u2019s\u00a0slate of original properties and co-productions.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Berkowitz oversaw Arc Production\u2019s slate and established production relationships with partners like Sony Animation, DreamWorks Animation, Amazon Studios, Lego, Zodiak Kids and Sprout. He has also held positions at Film Roman and Strike Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Thunderbird and Atomic launched\u00a0Netflix original animated series <em>Beat Bugs<\/em>\u00a0with co-producers Grace: A Storytelling Company and Beyond Screen Production.<\/p>\n<p>Thunderbird and Atomic have also recently announced a partnership with Skybound North, a division of Skybound Entertainment. The agreement gives\u00a0Thunderbird an exclusive first-look at all animated and non-animated properties being developed for TV by Skybound North in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Berkowitz\u2019 appointment comes after Jennifer Twiner-McCarron was named\u00a0president of Atomic Cartoons in June. Twinter-McCarron previously served\u00a0for five years as Atomic\u2019s head of production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabeth Foster \/\u00a0Kidscreen Vancouver, Canada-based Thunderbird Films has appointed Matthew Berkowitzas head of development for its\u00a0subsidiary\u00a0Atomic Cartoons. In his new role, Berkowitz will develop and grow the studio\u2019s\u00a0slate of original properties and co-productions. Previously, Berkowitz oversaw Arc Production\u2019s slate and established production relationships with partners like Sony Animation, DreamWorks Animation, Amazon Studios, Lego, Zodiak Kids &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/10\/31\/atomic-cartoons-names-new-head-of-development\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Atomic Cartoons names new head of development - Thunderbird Entertainment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/10\/31\/atomic-cartoons-names-new-head-of-development\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Atomic Cartoons names new head of development - Thunderbird Entertainment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Elizabeth Foster \/\u00a0Kidscreen Vancouver, Canada-based Thunderbird Films has appointed Matthew Berkowitzas head of development for its\u00a0subsidiary\u00a0Atomic Cartoons. 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