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Tom Wilhite
 
Willard Carroll
 
Bruce Smith
 
Chris Young
 
Rishabh Jain
 
Christian Mills
 
Peter Sandvoss
 
Steve Sandvoss
 
JP White
 
Stiles White
 
 
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About Hyperion Pictures
Hyperion was founded in 1984 by Tom Wilhite, after serving as head of motion picture and television production for The Walt Disney Studios. Among the motion pictures made during his Disney tenure are “TRON,” the first computer-generated feature film, and “Splash,” up to then Disney's biggest live-action success. A former executive director of Sundance Institute and Sundance Film Festival, Wilhite began his entertainment industry career at the Rogers & Cowan public relations firm before joining Disney as a senior marketing executive.

Hyperion currently has four series playing on TV around the world: “The Proud Family,” the top-rated animated series on Disney Channel; three-time Humanitas Prize winner “Life With Louie”; CableACE winner “Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child”; and “Da Boom Crew.”

In 2000, Hyperion moved actively into making TV movies and theatrical films with the Miramax release “Playing By Heart” – an all-star drama written and directed by Willard Carroll – with Sean Connery, Gillian Anderson, Ellen Burstyn, Anthony Edwards, Angelina Jolie, Jay Mohr, Ryan Phillippe, Dennis Quaid, Gena Rowlands, Jon Stewart, and Madeleine Stowe. Last summer, Sony released Hyperion’s Hyperion won the 2003 Emmy Award for its Showtime movie “My Louisiana Sky,” and last summer Sony released the thriller “Three Way” starring Gina Gershon, Joy Bryant, and Dominic Purcell.

Hyperion is also the leading independent producer of direct-to-DVD animated features. “The Proud Family Movie” will be released by Disney on Dec. 6. Miramax recently released “The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina” starring Elijah Wood and Jennifer Love Hewitt. And production starts early next year on a CG-animated sequel to the best-selling “Brave Little Toaster” animated movie series.

The company’s past theatrical, TV, and home video productions include “Bebe’s Kids” (Paramount), “Tom’s Midnight Garden” (BBC/HBO), “Killing Mr. Griffin” (NBC), “The Tangerine Bear” (Lion’s Gate), “Bone Chillers” (ABC), “Rover Dangerfield” (Warner Bros.), “Family Dog” (NBC), “The Oz Kids” (Paramount), “The Runestone” (Lion’s Gate), “Nutcracker” (Paramount), and “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” (USA).