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Karen Rupert Toliver is an American film producer. Toliver has worked in production at Walt Disney Animation Studios, Fox Animation Studios, and Sony Pictures Animation, and has produced films such as Ferdinand, 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 received 2020 Academy Award.[1]
Career
Toliver began her career as an assistant for Walt Disney Pictures, where she worked on The Mighty Duck film series.[1][2] She was later hired as a production executive at Disney Animation Studios and worked on movies such as Chicken Little and Meet the Robinsons.[1] Toliver next joined Fox Animation Studios and did production and development work for the Rio and Ice Age franchises.[1][3] She also produced the films Ferdinand and Curious George.[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 him as a side project, and arranged for the film to shown in theaters ahead of The Angry Birds Movie 2.[7] 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."[8] 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]
Accolades
Toliver received a 2020 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film.[9]
References
- ^ a b c d e N'Duka, Amanda; 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; 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "From Kickstarter to Kickin' It At the Oscars: Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver Talk Hair Love". The Grapevine. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
- ^ Grobar, Matt; 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 (10-02-2020). "Oscar-winning 'Hair Love' director calls attention to efforts to ban race-based hair discrimination". The Washington Post.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Grobar, Matt; 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.
- ^ "Animated Short 'Hair Love' Brings Diverse Storytelling To The Oscars". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
- ^ Nunzio, Miriam Di (2020-02-09). "Matthew Cherry feels the 'Love' with Oscar win". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2020-02-11.
External links
- Karen Rupert Toliver on IMDb
- Karen Rupert Toliver on Sony Pictures Animation