20th Century Fox has recently named Marci Proietto to the newly created position of executive vice president of animation.
In her present role, Proietto will continue to head the studio’s animation area, overseeing creative and production of the studio’s hit animated properties including Family Guy, Bob’s Burgers, American Dad and The Simpsons.
She’s responsible for the studio’s animation development slate as well as upcoming series including: Central Park for Apple from Loren Bouchard and Josh Gad; Solar Opposites for Hulu from Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan; Bless the Harts for Fox from Emily Spivey, Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Kristen Wiig and Seth Cohen; Duncanville for Fox from Amy Poehler and Mike and Julie Scully; and Hoops for Netflix from Ben Hoffman, Lord, Miller and Jake Johnson.
“Proietto is a beloved executive who has been an enthusiastic and talented steward of our thriving animation business for over twenty years. Her relationships with powerhouse creators like Matt Groening, Seth MacFarlane and Loren Bouchard are incredibly strong, because she’s been there championing their work from the beginning…This promotion acknowledges both her past contributions as well as sets her up for even greater success as a member of our senior creative executive team, and I couldn’t be happier that she’ll be with us for many more years to come,” said 20th TV president of creative affairs Jonathan Davis.
Proietto joined the studio right after college and has been at the company ever since. She worked her way up through the ranks, after identifying animation as her passion early on. While she joined The Simpsons in its sixth season, she has worked on every other animated property the studio has made since its very first episode.
Together with Davis, Proietto has helped spearhead the studio’s recent string of animation sales. It is estimated that she has now worked on over 1800 episodes of 16 animated television series in her 26 years at the studio.