Project Management Creative Producer

Kenny Micka

Culver City, CA. / 310-***-**** / ******@*****.***

LinkedIn / IMDB

Animation Producer / Line Producer / Post Producer Qualifications & Key Achievements

- Produced over 260 half hours of primetime animation, 2 animated movies, shorts & 20 hours of live action vfx.

- Highly familiar with adult & family comedy animation genres across 2D, CG and Stop Motion formats.

- Honored with several professional distinctions including an Annie Award “Best Program” win, a Primetime Emmy Award Nomination, along with Telly, Environmental Media Award, Monitor Award and Pixie Award wins.

- Started on the pilot episode of “King of the Hill” and enjoyed an amazing run for the first 10 seasons. Producer, The Freak Brothers Professional S2 (WTG / Lionsgate Experience / Tubi) 05/22 – 06/25 Hired and remotely supervised 40 staff members (including editors, artists, animators) to finish / deliver production. Managed digital assets to and from Philippines studio, oversaw retake animation, assembled / mixed in Canada. Producer, Slippin’ Jimmy (Starburns Industries / AMC+) 06/19 – 03/22 Remotely produced animated prequel of “Better Call Saul presents Slippin’ Jimmy” 6 episode shorts for AMC+. Producer, Woman in the Book (Starburns Industries / Crypt TV) Remotely produced Spanish-American/Anime/Horror series for Facebook Watch in North & Latin America. Producer, The Freak Brothers S1 (Starburns Industries / WTG / Lionsgate) Animation produced Season 1 of 8 episode series and 4 shorts. Hired and supervised 91 staff members (including directors, editors, artists, animators). The A-list cast of Woody Harrelson, John Goodman, Pete Davidson and Tiffany Haddish were secured after animation was finished, which equated to a huge lip-synch / acting pass to accommodate their acting / improv additions. Alan Cohen and Alan Freedland were showrunners. Producer, Momma Named Me Sheriff S2 (HotHouse / Adult Swim) 04/20 – 05/21 Transitioned to going remote during Covid in middle of production; lots of logistics & workflows figured out. Producer, Momma Named Me Sheriff S1 (HotHouse / Adult Swim) 04/18 – 05/19 Produced the “Mr Pickles” spinoff series for Adult Swim. Will Carsola and Dave Stewart were showrunners. Producer, Mr. Pickles finale episode (HotHouse / Adult Swim) Produced a quarter hour finale for Adult Swim. Introduced creators to using a Storyboard Pro pipeline. Line Producer, The Cops (FX / TBS) 01/17 – 01/18

Found and set up writers’ offices, recorded VO talent across 10 episodes and had to pre-maturely wrap animated series from Albert Brooks & Louis C.K. due to #metoo cancellation of LCK. Saladin Patterson was the showrunner. Animation Producer, Animals. S1 & S2 (Starburns Industries / HBO) 04/15 – 12/16 Season 1 was produced all in-house with 61 artists / animators that I hired & supervised. S2 was shipped to Canada for animation (Pre and Post were done in-house). This was with the Duplass brothers, Jen Roskind, Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano.

Producer, Harold & Kumar animated pilot (Bento Box / Lionsgate TV) 01/13 – 03/15 Produced animated hour pilot based on the “Harold & Kumar” franchise from Jon Hurwitz & Haden Schlossberg

(Cobra Kai). This was one of the funniest projects I’ve produced that is shelved / never got to see an audience. Producer, Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Tough Love (Bento Box / Lionsgate) Produced animated movie based on the “Madea” character for Tyler Perry Films, Lionsgate & aired on OWN. Producer, Achmed Saves America (Bento Box / Levity Ent. Group) Produced 2D animated movie based on comedian / ventriloquist Jeff Dunham’s stand-up character Achmed. Kenny Micka Resume – Page Two

Producer, Rick and Morty pilot (Starburns Industries / Adult Swim) 01/12 – 11/12 Produced the half-hour animated “Rick and Morty” pilot with Dan Harmon (Community / Kraptopolis) and Justin Roiland. Set up S1 production which led it to be greenlighted for its current S12 / 90 episode order. Producer, Shady Palms presentation (Stop-motion pilot) 10/10 – 12/11 Shepherded an animated pilot presentation for Rob LaZebnick (The Simpsons) and Phil Rosenthal (Everybody Loves Raymond) with Aardman Animations, voiced by Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Aubrey Plaza & Anton Yelchin. Post Producer, Warehouse 13 S2 & S3 (NBCU / SyFy) 03/10 – 10/11 Responsible for “Warehouse 13” Post Production and delivery of Seasons 2 & 3 of live-action / VFX series for SyFy network. Each hour episode averaged over 300+ VFX shots. Also produced a “motion-comic” for the web. Line Producer, The Goode Family (MRC / ABC) 03/08 – 09/09 Found, furnished and closed production offices in Sherman Oaks. Hosted table reads, dealt with stakeholders

(ie. network / studio / signatories / agents / actors / writers / vendors). Built out record and mix room in-house so EPs John Altshuler, Dave Krinsky and Mike Judge would not have to travel. Line Producer, Creature Comforts America (Aardman / CBS) 01/06 – 05/07 Found and staffed the Culver City satellite office for Aardman Animations (Wallace & Gromit) in Bristol, UK.

• Supervised the organization, digitization and transcription of over 700 audio interviews across the US.

• Solicited submissions from composers for main title theme / initiated agreement with Steve Earle.

• Conceived and implemented Polaroid-type theme title transitions within the stop motion episodes.

• Nominated for Emmy Award & Won an Annie Award - Best Animated TV Production of 2007. Co-Producer, King of the Hill (20th TV / FOX) 10/96 – 01/06 Administered daily operations of King of the Hill production and post production. Started as Post P.A. on the pilot episode and promoted to Co-Producer over 10 seasons with co-creators Mike Judge and Greg Daniels.

• Supervised 175+ episode show records with A-list talent.

• Oversaw spotting / scoring sessions, onlines, mixes, laybacks, deliveries.

• Conceived and contributed menu items / deleted scenes / Easter eggs / bonus materials for DVDs.

• Chaperoned show’s writers / producers on two separate research retreats to Austin, TX.

• Initiated and implemented “tag lines” over end production “Deedle-Dee” title card for 190+ episodes.

• Pitched the final end scene that was used for the series finale episode in 2013. Summary of Producer duties

• Scope projects by building budgets and waterfall schedules for bidding / greenlight purposes.

• Oversee budget / payroll functions, including cost reports, cash flows, funding requests & change orders.

• Recruit / hire / manage - Director(s) / design / storyboard / editorial / animation artists / compositors.

• Facilitate table reads & show records with A-list talent along with contracts and signatory paperwork.

• Collaborate with showrunners / writers on schedules / draft rewrites / incorporating revisions.

• Orchestrate / direct numerous Walla / ADR / pick-up sessions.

• Supervise editing process comprising of audio selection, animatic / rough cuts, picture locks & deliveries.

• Act as Music Supervisor, to clear library & licensed music / pitch cues / completing cue sheets.

• Supervised show’s online, mix, layback and delivery of air masters / final assets to network / studio. Skill sets

Production: Project Management, Budgets, Schedules, Cost Reports, Greenslate, Cast & Crew, E.P., A.I. Software: Adobe, MS Office, Photoshop, Final Draft, Movie Magic Budget, Toonboom Tracking: Google docs, Smartsheet, Shotgrid / Flow, File Maker Pro, Airtable, Jira Communication: Zoom, Slack, Discord, MS Teams, Workspace, Cisco Webex, Trello Editorial: Premiere, Avid, Final Cut

Deliverables: Aspera, Box, Dropbox, PIX, DAX, Frame.io, FTP, Hightail, RapidCue Certifications: Game Production, How to Use Generative AI Education / Affiliations

B.A. – Film / Media - University of North Texas - Denton, Texas PGA / ATAS / ASIFA / Women in Animation / Creator’s Society / Ai LA

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