Skydance Media Appoints Bill Damaschke as President of Animation and Family Entertainment

Skydance Media has named Bill Damaschke as president of animation and family entertainment. Damaschke will curate and oversee a team dedicated to producing a bold and original slate of both animated and hybrid family programming, in conjunction with the company’s feature film and television divisions.

Damaschke previously had a 20-year career at DreamWorks Animation, most recently as chief creative officer, where he was responsible for leading the creative, artistic, and operational direction of the company. He began his career in animation, working on the hit feature film Pocahontas. A native of Chicago, Damaschke graduated from Illinois’ Wesleyan University with a BFA in music and theatre.

“Bill is a well-loved creative executive whose oversight of the DreamWorks Animation feature slate resulted in such global successes as Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, and How to Train Your Dragon,” said Skydance Media’s chief executive officer, David Ellison. “Bill will now serve as the key architect of our family entertainment business and I look forward to working alongside him to extend our vision for world-building into animation and beyond.”