Sony Pictures Animation
Matt Davis is a seasoned executive in the animation industry, currently serving as Vice President at Sony Pictures Animation since 2003, where notable projects include "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse." Prior experience includes the role of Executive Director overseeing the post-production of acclaimed films such as "Open Season," "Surf's Up," and "Hotel Transylvania." Davis was also a writer and executive producer for the Emmy-nominated pilot "Lost Treasure Hunt," aired on PBS, from 2014 to 2016. Previously, Davis worked as Production Supervisor at DreamWorks Animation, contributing to iconic films like "Shrek" and "The Prince of Egypt." Educational credentials include a double major in Film and History from Brigham Young University.
Sony Pictures Animation
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Sony Pictures Animation engages in the development and production of computer-generated features for Sony Pictures Entertainment. The company produces stories, characters, images, and games that are conceived, created, and rendered digitally. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Culver City, California. Sony Pictures Animationproduces a variety of animated and family entertainment for audiences around the world. The studio is following its worldwide comedy hits - the 2012 monster hit comedy Hotel Transylvania, the hybrid live action/animated blockbusters The Smurfs and The Smurfs 2, and the 2009 mouth-watering Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs - with the family comedy Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 in theaters September 2013. Sony Pictures Animation will also release a brand new mini-movie on DVD and television this Fall, The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow. The studio, in conjunction with Aardman Animations, has produced two critically acclaimed feature films: the CG-animated family comedy Arthur Christmas; and the Academy Award® nominated stop-frame animated high-seas adventure, The Pirates! Band of Misfits. In 2007, Surf's Up also received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Animated Feature Film. The division, whose first feature film Open Season led to a very successful movie franchise, turned 10 in 2012. Sony Pictures Animation is an operating unit of Sony Pictures Digital Productions.