Jean MacCurdy

Jean H. MacCurdy is an American television executive, best known for her role as president of Warner Bros. Animation from 1989 to 2001.

Jean MacCurdy

Career

MacCurdy was hired by Warner Bros. Animation in 1980, and eventually became a vice president and a general manager. In 1983, she left to become an executive for Hanna-Barbera, supervising the production of shows such as The Smurfs and The Flintstone Kids.

In 1989, MacCurdy was hired by Warner Bros. Animation to help the studio make a push into original content production for television.[1] She hired several members of the creative team at Hanna-Barbera, including Tom Ruegger, Paul Dini, and later Alan Burnett, to form the creative team of her first Warner production, the Steven Spielberg-executive produced Tiny Toon Adventures, which ran in syndication.

Under MacCurdy's leadership, Warner Bros. Animation experienced a second renaissance, producing very popular children's programming and winning several Emmys.[2] The company's output was expanded to include other successful programming for the Fox TV during the early 1990s such as Taz-Mania, Batman: The Animated Series, The Plucky Duck Show, and Animaniacs.

In 1995, Warner Bros. launched The WB television network, and made the Warner Bros. Animation shows exclusive to it.[1] New shows produced for The WB's Kids' WB block included Superman: The Animated Series, Pinky and the Brain, Freakazoid, The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries, Road Rovers, Waynehead, Histeria, Batman Beyond, Detention and Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain.[1] During MacCurdy's tenure, Warner Bros. Animation was also the parent company of Hanna-Barbera following the Time Warner/Turner merger, until it was absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001. MacCurdy resigned as head of Warner Bros. Animation in 2001.

In 1997, MacCurdy was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award in recognition of her work to enhance and improve the perception of women through the medium of television.[3]

Personal life

MacCurdy lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, but still frequently visits Los Angeles. She participated in the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con panel on the creation of Tiny Toon Adventures, Freakazoid, and Animaniacs, in San Diego, California.

Filmography
Years Title Notes
1983The DukesExecutive In Charge of Production
1983–1984Pac-ManExecutive In Charge of Production
The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo ShowExecutive In Charge of Production
The BiskittsExecutive In Charge of Production
1983–1985The SmurfsExecutive In Charge of Production
1984–1985Challenge of the GoBotsExecutive In Charge of Production
1985–1986Paw PawsExecutive In Charge of Production
The Super Powers Team: Galactic GuardiansExecutive In Charge of Production
1985The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-DooExecutive In Charge of Production
1990–1995Tiny Toon AdventuresExecutive In Charge of Production
1991–1995Taz-ManiaExecutive Producer
1992–1995Batman: The Animated SeriesExecutive Producer
1992The Plucky Duck ShowExecutive In Charge of Production
1993–1998AnimaniacsExecutive In Charge of Production
1995–1999The Sylvester & Tweety MysteriesExecutive Producer
1995–1997Freakazoid!Executive In Charge of Production
1995–1998Pinky and the BrainExecutive In Charge of Production
1996–2000Superman: The Animated SeriesExecutive Producer
1996–1997Road RoversExecutive In Charge of Production
1996–1997WayneheadExecutive In Charge of Production
1997–1998The New Batman AdventuresExecutive Producer
1998–2000Histeria!Executive In Charge of Production
1998–1999Pinky, Elmyra & the BrainExecutive In Charge of Production
1999–2001Batman BeyondExecutive Producer
1999–2000DetentionExecutive Producer
2000–2002Static ShockExecutive Producer
2001–2004Justice LeagueExecutive Producer

References
  1. "Toon Zone News - 3/19/01 - Jean MacCurdy Steps Down". archive.is. Archived from the original on July 3, 2013. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  2. "Jean MacCurdy". IMDb. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 20, 2011. Retrieved May 9, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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