TransPacific Media LLC
TransPacific Media LLC
Greg Manwaring
Creative Producer
David Silverman
Executive Director
Terry Maloney Haley
Co-Creator/Writer
Granger Whitelaw
Executive Producer
George Mendoza
Line Producer
James Woodham
Writer
Moroni Taylor
STORY ARTIST
John Sanford
STORY ARTIST
Chris Mitchell
STORY ARTIST
Stephen Lewis
Layout Supervisor
Dennis Venizelos
Background Supervisor
Chuck Gammage
Animator
St. Paul Peterson
Music Composer
Jason Peterson-Delaire
Music Composer
Greg Manwaring
Creative Producer
Greg was born in Gary, Indiana, but at the age of 10 he moved with his parents and two older brothers to an Army base in Wuerzburg, Germany. After corresponding with the Walt Disney Studios while still in his teens, Greg took their advice and after graduating from high school he moved to Los Angeles to attend the California Institute of the Arts, where he studied the art of Character Animation.
His goal of becoming a Walt Disney animator was soon achieved and since that time Greg has gone on to work for many of the other major studios and is a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Greg is highly sought after for big studio productions (most recently Dolittle and Space Jam 2) and has many original projects in various stages of production.
David Silverman
Executive Director
David Silverman (born March 15, 1957) is an American animator who has directed numerous episodes of the animated TV series The Simpsons, as well as The Simpsons Movie. Silverman was involved with the series from the very beginning, animating all of the original short Simpsons cartoons that aired on The Tracey Ullman Show.
He went on to serve as director of animation for several years. He also did the animation for the 2016 film, The Edge of Seventeen, which was produced by Gracie Films.
Terry Maloney Haley
Co-Creator/Writer
Terry Maloney Haley has written several short plays for Left Coast, including “The Fierce,” “Stewart James,” and “Falling.” He received his MFA in playwriting a from UC Davis a hundred years ago and wrote for television after that.
GRANGER WHITELAW
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Granger Whitelaw’s core strengths are Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Mergers/Acquisitions, Governance & Corporate Development with a strong Finance and Operations background. He has successfully built & advised many businesses in Media, Aviation, Racing, Entertainment, Software, Technology, Consumer Products, and Real Estate in the USA & countries around the world.
His passion is to see a vision executed and dreams fulfilled. Having raised over $3.4 BN for independent projects over his career and completing many mergers, acquisitions, public offerings & Private Equity financings as well, he has seen many clients enjoy great success.
George A. Mendoza
Line Producer
Mr. Mendoza has a long and distinguished career producing feature films, animation, and broadcast commercials. Although George is best known for Producing Disney’s “Lion King 11⁄2” and “Winnie the Pooh’s Heffalump Movie”, George also spent years overseeing the operations of Pepper Films, SimEx Digital Studios and the well-established VFX shops, Composite Image Systems and EFilm in Hollywood.
As a Senior Producer at Disney and Warner Bros., Mr. Mendoza produced major feature film animation projects where he was often called upon to oversee other producers to help projects stay on schedule and within budget.
James Woodham
Writer
James is a Los Angeles-based writer for TV and film, specializing in the world of animation. Drawing on his professional background in Southern politics and his atypical upbringing as the child of dual-military parents, James strives to imbue all of his work with a truly original comedic style — and just the right amount of heart. He recently wrote the screenplay for a David Silverman Directed feature film called “Extinct”. Previously James wrote many of the 26 episodes for the first season of the popular Youtube series “Talking Tom and Friends” which Greg Manwaring Directed.
Moroni Taylor
STORY ARTIST
Moroni Taylor started his career at Warner Brothers Studio in California after going to California Institute of the Arts. The animation style at the time was what Disney was using for movies like “The Lion King” and “Beauty and the Beast.” Taylor was frustrated trying to do animation that he didn’t really even like when he found a small studio looking for storyboard artists.
Desperate for a job, Moroni told the studio he could do storyboards (even though he’d never tried) and they hired him on the spot. He ended up working on “The Brave Little Toaster 2,” but more importantly Taylor found that storyboarding was what he was good at and he wanted to do more of it. Soon after, Taylor talked himself into a job at Warner Brothers where he did the storyboard for “Quest for Camelot” and other movies.
John Sanford
STORY ARTIST
John was a director at Walt Disney Animation Studios.
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Chris Mitchell
STORY ARTIST
Illustrator/designer/ director currently working in the animation industry. Past works include The Power Puff Girls, Dexter’s Laboratory, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, Spongebob Squarepants, Samurai Jack, Ren & Stimpy.
Stephen Lewis
Layout Supervisor
Lead Production designer in creating award winning 2D and 3D animated shows and commercials with a strong background in understanding all aspects of pre-production. Thorough knowledge in the creation of key background design, character, prop and storyboard. Starting with the initial script breakdown, creating lists, executing roughs, revisions and clean ups, with final approval by producer to then be shipped overseas to Post production studios. Well versed in the creation of Ortho-graphics ( blueprints & schematics) to scale, digitally or traditionally for outsourced studios to create models or environments in 3-D films or series.
Dennis Venizelos
Background Supervisor
Dennis Venizelos is a graphic and digital artist who is employed by Walt Disney Television Studios Production Company. He has gained notoriety through his efforts as a background/location artist and painter for various movies and television series.
His notable efforts include Godzilla (1978-1979), The Smurfs (1981-1982), Dungeons & Dragons (1983-1985), G.I. Joe (1986), The Transformers (1984-1987), My Little Pony ‘n Friends (1986-1987), Jem (1985-1988), Muppet Babies (1987-1989), and X-Men (1993-1995). Presently, he is contributing to The 7D (2014-2016 television series.
Chuck Gammage
Animator
Chuck is an award-winning animator and director with a career spanning over 40 years across TV series, feature films, and commercials in Canada, The United States, and The UK. Feature credits include Animation Supervisor roles on “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”, “Ferngully” and “Space Jam”, and animator roles on “Highlander” and “Rock and Rule”.
In the UK, Chuck worked on music videos for artists such as Queen and Grace Jones. He worked as Animation Supervisor with the Academy award-wining director Richard Williams on the classic feature “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”, where he became well known for his cartoony style of animation.
Since 1996, Chuck has been the owner and Creative Director of Chuck Gammage Animation in Toronto, Canada. The studio has provided animation services on the feature “Space Jam” and has produced several commercials for clients such as Kellog’s, Ford, Old Navy, Coca-Cola, Wrigley’s Hubba Bubba, Tim Horton’s, Office Depot, and Teletoon.
St. Paul Peterson
Music Composer
Paul Joseph Peterson (born October 18, 1964), also known as St. Paul Peterson, is a singer and musician best known for his memberships in the bands The Family and The Time.
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Peterson was the youngest son in a musical family. He was discovered by Prince in 1983 and groomed to replace Monte Moir as keyboardist of R&B band The Time. Peterson gained exposure when the band appeared in the hit movie Purple Rain.
Peterson is also a session musician and has backed up many bands and singers in their tours. In the late 1980s to early 1990s, Peterson toured as a member of the Steve Miller Band. He has also toured with Kenny Loggins, Oleta Adams and most recently Peter Frampton.
Jason Peterson-Delaire
Music Composer
Jason Peterson DeLaire is a member of the well-known musically talented “Peterson family” of Minneapolis, MN. He is proficient on keyboards and saxophone, as well as being a seasoned singer, songwriter and producer.
Jason is a well-rounded and versatile performer of classic jazz and R & B. He attended the renowned Berklee School of Music in Boston, studying film score and musical harmony. He has earned a reputation as a solid touring accompanist and ‘front’ solo performer.
Currently, the keyboardist and saxophonist is in Michael Bolton’s band, he is doing the 2008 Bolton World Tour. Jason has many years of experience touring nationally and internationally with renowned artists such as Donny Osmond, Prince, Oleta Adams, Alexander O’Neal, Richard Marx, Solo, and Cherrelle. Jason has also done studio work with Alexander O’Neal, Prince, Donny Osmond, Bobby Brown, Ben Sidran, St. Paul Peterson, Michael Bolton and Flyte Time Productions.