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Karen Rupert Toliver is an American film producer. Toliver has worked as an executive at Walt Disney Animation Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation, and Sony Pictures Animation, and has supervised the production of films such as Ferdinand, Curious George and Meet the Robinsons. She is the executive vice president of creative development at Sony Pictures Animation. Toliver is best known for co-producing the short film Hair Love, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2020.^[1]

Career

Toliver began her career as an assistant at Walt Disney Pictures, where she worked on The Mighty Ducks film series.^[1]^[2] She was later hired as a production executive at Walt Disney Animation Studios and worked on movies such as Chicken Little and Meet the Robinsons.^[1] After developing Curious George for Universal Pictures, Toliver then joined 20th Century Fox Animation and did production and development work for the Rio and Ice Age franchises, as well as Ferdinand, all of which were produced by Fox's Blue Sky Studios division.^[1]^[3]^[4]

After ten years at Fox, in 2017 Toliver moved to Sony Pictures Animation as a senior vice president of creative development.^[3] Two years later she was promoted to executive vice president of creative, where she recruits talent and creative material.^[1]^[5] Shortly before she changed jobs, she was approached by Matthew A. Cherry for production help with Hair Love.^[6]

After her promotion, Toliver assisted Cherry as a side project, and arranged for the film to be shown in theaters ahead of The Angry Birds Movie 2.^[5] In an interview with WBEZ she stated, "I've been in animation for many years and have never been able to work on something so personal to me and about the black family that ... hasn't really been represented in animation."^[7] Toliver stated that her own mother had lupus during Toliver's high school years and lost her hair as a result of the illness.^[4] Toliver received a 2020 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film for Hair Love, shared with Matthew A. Cherry,^[8] becoming the first African-American woman to win in that category.^{[citation needed]}

Accolades

2020 - Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film - Hair Love^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e N'Duka, Amanda (2019-07-24). "Sony Pictures Animation Ups Karen Rupert Toliver To Executive VP Of Creative". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
^ Gilstrap, Peter (2007-07-02). "Toliver new prod'n VP at Fox Animation". Variety. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
^ ^a ^b Butler, Bethonie. "How 'Hair Love' went from a beloved Kickstarter project to an Oscar-nominated animated short". The Washington Post.
^ ^a ^b "From Kickstarter to Kickin' It At the Oscars: Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver Talk Hair Love". The Grapevine. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
^ ^a ^b Grobar, Matt (2020-01-22). "Director Matthew A. Cherry Earns First Oscar Nomination For 'Hair Love,' Aiming To 'Normalize' Black Families With 2D Animated Short". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
^ Mcgregor, Jena (2020-02-10). "Oscar-winning 'Hair Love' director calls attention to efforts to ban race-based hair discrimination". The Washington Post.
^ "Animated Short 'Hair Love' Brings Diverse Storytelling To The Oscars". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
^ ^a ^b Di Nunzio, Miriam (2020-02-09). "Matthew Cherry feels the 'Love' with Oscar win". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2020-02-11.

External links

[:0-1] N'Duka, Amanda (2019-07-24). "Sony Pictures Animation Ups Karen Rupert Toliver To Executive VP Of Creative". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-02-11.

[:1-2] Gilstrap, Peter (2007-07-02). "Toliver new prod'n VP at Fox Animation". Variety. Retrieved 2020-02-12.

[:2-3] Butler, Bethonie. "How 'Hair Love' went from a beloved Kickstarter project to an Oscar-nominated animated short". The Washington Post.

[:3-4] "From Kickstarter to Kickin' It At the Oscars: Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver Talk Hair Love". The Grapevine. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-12.

[Grobar-5] Grobar, Matt (2020-01-22). "Director Matthew A. Cherry Earns First Oscar Nomination For 'Hair Love,' Aiming To 'Normalize' Black Families With 2D Animated Short". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-02-12.

[6] Mcgregor, Jena (2020-02-10). "Oscar-winning 'Hair Love' director calls attention to efforts to ban race-based hair discrimination". The Washington Post.

[7] "Animated Short 'Hair Love' Brings Diverse Storytelling To The Oscars". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-02-11.

[:4-8] Di Nunzio, Miriam (2020-02-09). "Matthew Cherry feels the 'Love' with Oscar win". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2020-02-11.

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-'''Karen Rupert Toliver''' is an American film producer. Toliver has worked in production at [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Animation Studios]], [[Fox Animation Studios]], and [[Sony Pictures Animation]], and has produced films such as ''[[Ferdinand (film)|Ferdinand]]'', ''[[Curious George (film)|Curious George]]'' and ''[[Meet the Robinsons]]''. She is the senior vice president of creative development at Sony Pictures Animation. Toliver is best known for co-producing the short film ''[[Hair Love]]'', for which she received a [[92nd Academy Awards|2020 Academy Award]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/sony-pictures-animation-karen-rupert-toliver-executive-vice-president-promotion-1202653048/|title=Sony Pictures Animation Ups Karen Rupert Toliver To Executive VP Of Creative|last=N'Duka|first=Amanda|last2=N'Duka|first2=Amanda|date=2019-07-24|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref>
+'''Karen Rupert Toliver''' is an American film producer. Toliver has worked as an executive at [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]], [[20th Century Fox Animation]], and [[Sony Pictures Animation]], and has supervised the production of films such as ''[[Ferdinand (film)|Ferdinand]]'', ''[[Curious George (film)|Curious George]]'' and ''[[Meet the Robinsons]]''. She is the executive vice president of creative development at Sony Pictures Animation. Toliver is best known for co-producing the short film ''[[Hair Love]]'', for which she received the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]] in 2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/sony-pictures-animation-karen-rupert-toliver-executive-vice-president-promotion-1202653048/|title=Sony Pictures Animation Ups Karen Rupert Toliver To Executive VP Of Creative|last=N'Duka|first=Amanda|date=2019-07-24|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref>
 ==Career==
-Toliver began her career as an assistant for [[Walt Disney Pictures]], where she worked on ''[[The Mighty Ducks (franchise)|The Mighty Duck]]'' film series.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2007/digital/markets-festivals/toliver-new-prod-n-vp-at-fox-animation-1117967959/|title=Toliver new prod’n VP at Fox Animation|last=Gilstrap|first=Peter|last2=Gilstrap|first2=Peter|date=2007-07-02|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> She was later hired as a production executive at [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney Animation Studios]] and worked on movies such as [[Chicken Little (2005 film)|''Chicken Little'']] and ''[[Meet the Robinsons]]''.<ref name=":0" /> Toliver next joined [[Fox Animation Studios]] and did production and development work for the ''[[Rio (2011 film)|Rio]]'' and [[Ice Age (franchise)|Ice Age]] franchises.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/02/03/how-hair-love-went-beloved-kickstarter-project-an-oscar-nominated-animated-short/|title=How ‘Hair Love’ went from a beloved Kickstarter project to an Oscar-nominated animated short|last=Butler|first=Bethonie|date=|website=The Washington Post|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> She also produced the films ''[[Ferdinand (film)|Ferdinand]]'' and ''[[Curious George (film)|Curious George]]''.<ref name=":3" />
+Toliver began her career as an assistant at [[Walt Disney Pictures]], where she worked on ''[[The Mighty Ducks (franchise)|The Mighty Ducks]]'' film series.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2007/digital/markets-festivals/toliver-new-prod-n-vp-at-fox-animation-1117967959/|title=Toliver new prod'n VP at Fox Animation|last=Gilstrap|first=Peter|date=2007-07-02|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> She was later hired as a production executive at [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] and worked on movies such as [[Chicken Little (2005 film)|''Chicken Little'']] and ''[[Meet the Robinsons]]''.<ref name=":0" /> After developing ''[[Curious George (film)|Curious George]]'' for [[Universal Pictures]], Toliver then joined [[20th Century Fox Animation]] and did production and development work for the ''[[Rio (2011 film)|Rio]]'' and [[Ice Age (franchise)|Ice Age]] franchises, as well as ''[[Ferdinand (film)|Ferdinand]]'', all of which were produced by Fox's [[Blue Sky Studios]] division.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/02/03/how-hair-love-went-beloved-kickstarter-project-an-oscar-nominated-animated-short/|title=How 'Hair Love' went from a beloved Kickstarter project to an Oscar-nominated animated short|last=Butler|first=Bethonie|date=|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref><ref name=":3" />
-After ten years at Fox, in 2017 Toliver moved to [[Sony Pictures Animation]] as a senior vice president of creative development.<ref name=":2" /> Two years later she was promoted to executive vice president of creative, where she recruits talent and creative material.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/hair-love-director-matthew-a-cherry-karen-rupert-toliver-oscars-animated-short-interview-1202837524/|title=Director Matthew A. Cherry Earns First Oscar Nomination For ‘Hair Love,’ Aiming To ‘Normalize’ Black Families With 2D Animated Short|last=Grobar|first=Matt|last2=Grobar|first2=Matt|date=2020-01-22|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> Shortly before she changed jobs, she was approached by [[Matthew A. Cherry]] for production help with ''[[Hair Love]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/02/10/hair-love-oscars-crown-act/|title=Oscar-winning ‘Hair Love’ director calls attention to efforts to ban race-based hair discrimination|last=Mcgregor|first=Jena|date=10-02-2020|website=The Washington Post|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
+After ten years at Fox, in 2017 Toliver moved to [[Sony Pictures Animation]] as a senior vice president of creative development.<ref name=":2" /> Two years later she was promoted to executive vice president of creative, where she recruits talent and creative material.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Grobar">{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/hair-love-director-matthew-a-cherry-karen-rupert-toliver-oscars-animated-short-interview-1202837524/|title=Director Matthew A. Cherry Earns First Oscar Nomination For 'Hair Love,' Aiming To 'Normalize' Black Families With 2D Animated Short|last=Grobar|first=Matt|date=2020-01-22|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> Shortly before she changed jobs, she was approached by [[Matthew A. Cherry]] for production help with ''[[Hair Love]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/02/10/hair-love-oscars-crown-act/|title=Oscar-winning 'Hair Love' director calls attention to efforts to ban race-based hair discrimination|last=Mcgregor|first=Jena|date=2020-02-10|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
-After her promotion, Toliver assisted Cherry as a side project, and arranged for the film to be shown in theaters ahead of ''[[The Angry Birds Movie 2]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/hair-love-director-matthew-a-cherry-karen-rupert-toliver-oscars-animated-short-interview-1202837524/|title=Director Matthew A. Cherry Earns First Oscar Nomination For ‘Hair Love,’ Aiming To ‘Normalize’ Black Families With 2D Animated Short|last=Grobar|first=Matt|last2=Grobar|first2=Matt|date=2020-01-22|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> In an interview with [[WBEZ]] she stated, "I've been in animation for many years and have never been able to work on something so personal to me and about the black family that ... hasn't really been represented in animation."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/local/309/2020/02/06/802739449/animated-short-hair-love-brings-diverse-storytelling-to-the-oscars|title=Animated Short 'Hair Love' Brings Diverse Storytelling To The Oscars|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref> Toliver stated that her own mother had [[Systemic lupus erythematosus|lupus]] during Toliver's high school years and lost her hair as a result of the illness.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/from-kickstarter-to-kickin-it-at-the-oscars-matthew-a-1841461506|title=From Kickstarter to Kickin' It At the Oscars: Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver Talk Hair Love|website=The Grapevine|language=en-us|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref>
+After her promotion, Toliver assisted Cherry as a side project, and arranged for the film to be shown in theaters ahead of ''[[The Angry Birds Movie 2]]''.<ref name="Grobar"/> In an interview with [[WBEZ]] she stated, "I've been in animation for many years and have never been able to work on something so personal to me and about the black family that ... hasn't really been represented in animation."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/local/309/2020/02/06/802739449/animated-short-hair-love-brings-diverse-storytelling-to-the-oscars|title=Animated Short 'Hair Love' Brings Diverse Storytelling To The Oscars|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref> Toliver stated that her own mother had [[Systemic lupus erythematosus|lupus]] during Toliver's high school years and lost her hair as a result of the illness.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/from-kickstarter-to-kickin-it-at-the-oscars-matthew-a-1841461506|title=From Kickstarter to Kickin' It At the Oscars: Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver Talk Hair Love|website=The Grapevine|date=5 February 2020 |language=en-us|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> Toliver received a [[92nd Academy Awards|2020 Oscar]] for [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film|Best Animated Short Film]] for ''[[Hair Love]]'', shared with [[Matthew A. Cherry]],<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Di Nunzio|first=Miriam|date=2020-02-09|title=Matthew Cherry feels the 'Love' with Oscar win|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/9/21130569/matthew-cherry-oscar-best-short-film-hair-love-hollywood|access-date=2020-02-11|website=Chicago Sun-Times|language=en}}</ref>  becoming the first African-American woman to win in that category.{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}}
 == Accolades ==
-Toliver received a [[92nd Academy Awards|2020 Oscar]] for [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film|Best Animated Short Film]] for ''[[Hair Love]]'', shared with [[Matthew A. Cherry]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/9/21130569/matthew-cherry-oscar-best-short-film-hair-love-hollywood|title=Matthew Cherry feels the ‘Love’ with Oscar win|last=Nunzio|first=Miriam Di|date=2020-02-09|website=Chicago Sun-Times|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11}}</ref>
+* 2020 - [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]] - ''[[Hair Love]]''<ref name=":4" />
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