Netflix animation lays off 30 as overhaul continues
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EXCLUSIVE: The Netflix Animation overhaul continues with the exit of 30 employees, Deadline has confirmed. This comes after Netflix set new leadership for the Animation Film team with Karen
Toliver (VP Animation Film Content) and Traci Balthazor (VP Animation Film Production). They have been tasked with streamlining the animation team, which explains the attrition. This does
not signal a downturn in animation output for a division that in five years had seven Oscar nominees, with a win for _If Anything Happens, I Love You_. Netflix’s original animation
productions includes _Robin, Robin, Klaus,_ Kris Pearn’s_ The Willoughbys, Over the Moon, Back to the Outback, Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood_ from Richard Linklater, and the recently
released _The Sea Beast_ directed by Chris Williams. Upcoming releases including Henry Selick’s_ Wendell & Wild_, Nora Twomey’s _My Father’s Dragon_, Guillermo del Toro’s _Pinocchio_,
Wendy Rogers’_ The Magician’s Elephant,_ and an Aardman sequel to _Chicken Run_. Recent animated film acquisitions by Netflix include the Academy Award-nominated _The Mitchells vs. The
Machines, Vivo!, Spongebob: Sponge on the Run_ (excluding North America), and _Wish Dragon_. But today, there is sadness for the 30 staffers who will have to find new jobs. Netflix has
confirmed the move. WATCH ON DEADLINE