Computer Animation Festival

Speaker(s):
Gennie Rim, Glen Keane Productions, United States of America
Peilin Chou, Netflix, United States of America

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Abstract: Producers Peilin Chou and Gennie Rim discuss the development and production of the recently premiered Netflix and Pearl Studios animated musical adventure, Over the Moon, directed by the legendary Oscar winner Glen Keane, and co-directed by Oscar winner John Kahrs. In the film, a bright young girl fueled with determination and a passion for science, Fei Fei, builds a rocket ship to the moon to prove the existence of the legendary Chinese Moon Goddess, Chang’e. After an impossible journey, she ends up in a whimsical land of fantastical creatures. Directed by Keane, animated at Sony Pictures Imageworks and produced by Rim and Chou for Shanghai-based Pearl Studios, Over the Moon is a musical adventure about moving forward, embracing the unexpected, and believing the impossible is possible. And, it has a rabbit in a space suit. Nuff said!

Speaker(s) Bio:
Gennie Rim is an Emmy award-winning producer whose career in animation spans 20 years. She has worked at Pixar and Disney on various films such as Cars, Ratatouille, The Incredibles, and Up. After leaving Disney, she produced several independent and commercial projects including the Academy Award winning animated short Dear Basketball with Glen Keane and the late Kobe Bryant. Most recently, in addition to her work on Over the Moon, Gennie has been handling executive producer duties on the Netflix animated preschool series, Trash Truck.

Peilin Chou is an animation film producer with an overall deal at Netflix Animation. Her entertainment content creation career also spans more than two decades and includes a number of years as a creative executive at Walt Disney Studios and Touchstone Pictures. In addition to her work on Over the Moon, she also produced Abominable, an animated feature co-production between DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studios directed by Jill Culton, which ran in theatres last year. Prior to joining Netflix, Peilin was the Chief Creative Officer of Pearl Studios (formerly Oriental DreamWorks). In her 5 year tenure, Peilin oversaw the overall mission and creative direction of the studio, including the development and production of all Pearl Studios’ films and projects, as well as the creative oversight of all marketing, PR, and consumer products effort

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