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David Stainton is the Founder and
CEO of Henry's World Media, Inc., creating smart, high quality family
entertainment for all media. Current projects include a broadband
television channel for a major family brand, a family movie slate for
independent financing, and an internet series based on Graham Roumieu's
acclaimed illustrated book, "In Me Own Words: The Autobiography of
Bigfoot".
Before founding Henry's World Media in 2006, David
was President of each of the animation divisions at Disney, including Walt
Disney Feature Animation. In these roles, he attained unparalleled
experience as a global leader in creating, developing, and producing
family entertainment. His theatrically released movies alone earned
over $800 million at the box office worldwide. Under his leadership,
the Disney Video Premieres business flourished with revenues of over
$1.7 billon. In all, David oversaw the release of 11 feature films,
four animated shorts, 22 video premieres, and 12 animated TV series --
generating nearly $3.5 billion in worldwide revenues.
At Feature Animation, David transformed the
division financially, creatively, and technologically. During his
tenure, he cut overhead, production costs, and operating losses in
half. At the same time, he revived the culture of creative excellence
at the studio with a new line-up of films. Finally, his leadership
drove the historic transition
from
hand-drawn to computer-generated animation at Feature Animation and
his other divisions, bringing animation at Disney fully into the
digital era.
The first fruit of David's turnaround of the division was the success
of "Chicken Little", released in November of 2005. It was named one of Time
Magazine's "Top Ten Movies of the Year" and went on to bring in
$319 million at the box office worldwide. It remains Feature
Animation's biggest hit since 2000.
Other positions held by David during his 17
year tenure at the Walt Disney Company include overseeing Feature
Animation's 150 person production facility in Paris, and heading up
creative development at Feature Animation from 1993-1997.
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