EXCLUSIVE: twentieth Tv Animation has promoted Chris Cikowski to Vice President, Animation.
Cikowski has risen by means of the ranks, starting as an assistant on the comedy staff on the former twentieth Century Fox Tv studio. He was quickly tapped to work immediately underneath the previous twentieth Century Fox Tv studio President Jonnie Davis, the place he spent a couple of years earlier than leaving to work as a coordinator underneath the movie and tv director McG. From there, he discovered his dream job in Marci Proietto’s twentieth Tv Animation manufacturing unit beginning as a supervisor, and was promoted twice earlier than making Vice President.
Cikowski is a local of Philadelphia and a graduate of Loyola Marymount College’s Movie Program the place he spent three semesters within the Disney ABC Internship program working on the Disney Channel and ABC Community. His first job out of faculty was as assistant to tv producer Aaron Kaplan.
As VP Animation, Cikowski’s present assignments embrace Hulu’s upcoming Koala Man from Justin Roiland, Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, and Fox’s Duncanville (Amy Poehler, Mike Scully, Julie Thacker-Scully) and The Nice North (Minty Lewish, Wendy Molyneux, Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin). He’s presently creating Standing By for Hulu from Dan Levy and Ally Pankiu, and How To Be Black from Baratunde Thurston, Courtney Lilly, Laurence Fishburne and Helen Sugland and The Hobblepots from Ben Schwartz , Mortal Media and Rooster Enamel for ABC.