Sherry Gunther

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Sherry Gunther is an American producer known for her work in animation. While at Klasky Csupo, Gunther worked on the television series Duckman , Rugrats and early seasons of The Simpsons , for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1991. [1] She was made senior vice president of production at Hanna-Barbera Cartoons in 1995. [2] Under Hanna-Barbera President Fred Seibert she oversaw production of Turner Entertainment programs such as Dexter's Laboratory , Johnny Bravo , The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest and the World Premiere Toons . Sherry then went on to produce Family Guy and to found Twentieth Television's first in-house prime-time animation studio, and produced countless prime-time pilots for Imagine Television, Touchstone Television, Twentieth Television, Fox and Carsey Warner. She also produced theatrical shorts of Looney Tunes for Warner Bros. Sherry has received four additional Primetime Emmy nominations, Festival Awards, [3] [4] [5] [6] a Daytime Emmy Award, [7] two CableACE Award nominations, and a Humanitas Prize. [8]

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Aside from her lucrative career as an animation producer and media executive, Sherry also became a serial Entrepreneur in 2007, founding companies in digital media content, social gaming, toys, and multi-platform brands. Sherry is currently Founder/CEO of POPmedia Brands, Inc., POPmediabrands.com a media company focusing on creating developing and producing media brands anchored in television series and animation, with digital and toy extensions. The company is in active development on The Beatrix Girls brand TheBeatrixGirls.com, which she created and launched in mass retail music and YouTube in 2013; as well as on several other exciting new projects.

Sherry is also an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California, at the Marshall School of Business, teaching graduate level classes through the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurship, focused on Entrepreneurship in the Media and Entertainment Industry. She is also a frequent speaker at industry conferences such as Digital kids, Digital Hollywood, Internet Marketing Association and many more.

Personal life

Gunther earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Southern California. She speaks 4 languages fluently. She has two children, and lives in Calabasas, California, with her husband Ken. [8]

Filmography

1986 The Glo Friends Production assistantTV series
1987 Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures Production manager; talent coordinatorTV series; 7 episodes
1988 Oliver & Company Assistant production managerFeature Film
1989Hound TownExecutive in charge of productionTV movie
The Butter Battle Book Production supervisorTV short
1989–92 The Simpsons Animation production manager; animation producerTV series; 61 episodes
1990 Do the Bartman Animation producerMusic video
1991–94 Rugrats Supervising producer; executive in charge of productionTV series; 65 episodes
1993Recycle RexProducerAnimated short
1994Edith Ann: Homeless Go HomeProducerTV movie
1994–95 Duckman ProducerTV series; 22 episodes
1995 Dumb and Dumber Executive producerTV series
1995–97 What a Cartoon! Senior vice president of production; executive producerAnimated shorts showcase series
1996 Cave Kids Executive producerTV series; 1 episode
1996–97 The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Senior vice president of productionTV series; 52 episodes
1996–2003 Dexter's Laboratory Senior vice president of production; executive producerTV series; 33 episodes
1997–99 I Am Weasel Executive producerTV series; 17 episodes
1998 Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island Executive producerfilm series
1997-1997 Johnny Bravo Executive producerTV series; Season 1
1999–2003 Family Guy ProducerTV series; 37 episodes
2000GlobehuntersExecutive producerMovie
2002 3 South ProducerTV series; 1 episode
2003The Electric PiperExecutive producerTV movie
The Whizzard of Ow ProducerAnimated short
Museum ScreamProducerAnimated short
2004Cock-A-Doodle DuelProducerAnimated short
Duck Dodgers in Attack of the DronesProducerAnimated TV short
My Generation G... G... GapProducerAnimated short
Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas ProducerAnimated short
2006The RoachesExecutive producerTV series
2007–2008ZooKazoo.comCreator/Executive ProducerOnline Virtual World
2009–2010MyMiniPeeps.comCreator/Executive Producer3D MMOG Social Game Virtual World
2012–2017The Beatrix GirlsCreator/Executive ProducerWebisodes, Original Music, Fashion Dolls, Media Brand

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