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HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (2012)PRODUCTION NOTESthe Bay. He started Orphanage Animation Studios in 2005, where he has directednumerous well-known commercial spots and was instrumental in conceptualizing andstoryboarding the final action sequence on Paramount Pictures’ summer 2010blockbuster film Iron Man 2.Tartakovsky was born and raised in Moscow, Russia (“I’m still fluent in Russian, but itgets a little worse every year!” Tartakovsky admits jokingly). His family first moved toItaly before coming to the United States, first in Columbus, OH when he was sevenyears old then Chicago, IL two years later. After high school, Tartakovsky studied filmat Chicago’s Columbia College before moving to Los Angeles to study animation atCalifornia Institute of the Arts (CalArts). At CalArts he wrote, directed, produced andanimated two student films. One of his student films, which was selected for the CalArtsProducers Show, was the basis for “Dexter’s Laboratory.”MICHELLE MURDOCCA (Producer) has been with Sony Pictures Animation since itsformation in May of 2002, when she served as vice president of production. In thatcapacity, she was responsible for overseeing all aspects of production and crewing.She segued into a producer role and served as producer for the company’s first feature,Open Season, as well as lending her vocal talents to the film’s spunky skunk, Maria.Subsequently, she produced the division’s short film, Midnight Bun Run, and executiveproduced Open Season 2, the direct-to-video sequel to the 2006 hit.Prior to joining Sony Pictures Animation, Murdocca was a senior visual effects producerfor sister company Sony Pictures Imageworks. She joined Imageworks in 1998, whereshe worked on the Academy Award®-nominated Stuart Little. She then went on tobecome the associate producer and senior visual effects producer on the sequel, StuartLittle 2 that was honored with the VES Award (Visual Effects Society) for Best CharacterAnimation in an Animated Film.© 2012 Sony Pictures Animation 38
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (2012)PRODUCTION NOTESMurdocca has over ten years of visual effects production credits. In 1997 she served asa visual effects producer on Wolfgang Peterson’s Air Force One. In 1996 Murdoccajoined VIFX (now Rhythm & Hues) as an executive producer for digital imaging. Sheoversaw production on the visual effects of The Relic and Switchback and pre-producedVolcano, Jingle All the Way, and the television miniseries “The Shining.” During hertenure at Boss Film Studios, Murdocca was instrumental in building their visual effectsdepartment from 10 to 100 artists and in the process received digital effects productionmanager credits on Species, Multiplicity, Outbreak, True Lies, and Drop Zone. Shebegan her career in 1988 at Videocraft Film & Tape in Boston, where she producedcommercials, documentaries, industrials and corporate videos.Originally from New City, New York, Murdocca is a graduate of Roger WilliamsUniversity in Bristol, Rhode Island and holds a degree in Psychology.PETER BAYNHAM (Screenplay by) is an acclaimed screen and television writer andproducer, whose credits include the hit comedy Borat: Cultural Learnings of America forMake Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, for which he earned Academy Award ® andWriters Guild Award nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film was alsonominated for a Golden Globe for Best Musical or Comedy and was on the AmericanFilm Institute’s 2006 Best Movies list. Baynham also co-produced and wrote the storyfor “Bruno,” its successful follow up. He co-wrote (with director Sarah Smith) andexecutive produced Sony Pictures/Aardman Animation’s acclaimed international hitanimated feature Arthur Christmas. The movie, nominated for Golden Globe, BAFTAand Annie Awards, received was the Rotten Tomatoes critic website’s best-reviewedanimated movie of 2012, receiving an incredible 93% rating.Baynham’s television credits include writing two seasons of the BBC’s criticallyacclaimed, extremely popular “I’m Alan Partridge,” starring Steve Coogan. The showwon a British Comedy Award and Baynham received a BAFTA Award for Best Series.He also received a BAFTA Best Comedy Series nomination as co-writer of BBC 2’s© 2012 Sony Pictures Animation 39
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