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12.05.2022 - 17:37 / variety.com
K.J. Yossman Sir William Sargent, CEO and founding member of Oscar-winning VFX studio Framestore, whose work includes blocbusters such as “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” and “No Time to Die,” has revealed he is stepping down.Chief operating officer Mel Sullivan will replace him, with a mandate to focus on the company’s strategic direction.Sargant, who has been at Framestore for 26 years, will remain with the wider business, focusing on the Framestore Company 3 Group.CFO Claire Price will oversee the finances of Framestore and Company 3 from July while Fiona Walkinshaw is upped to CEO of film and episodic and Charles Howell serves as president of global advertising and content.
Sullivan comes from a finance and corporate brokerage background. She joined Framestore in 1998 and is described as having “played a pivotal role” in helping the company grow from a London-based VFX studio to a global player with eight offices across four continents.
Since she has been at the company, it has blossomed from a headcount of 150 to 3,000, which includes artists, producers and technologists.“From day one I always felt like Framestore had a rare, lightning-in-a-bottle quality as a company,” says Sullivan. “I think it stems from a unique mixture of creativity, collaboration and boldness of vision – it sets our work apart and it sets our people apart, and it’s something we’ve been keen to hold onto throughout the integration of studios in Montreal, Vancouver and Melbourne, the growth of our Mumbai studio and the strides we’re making in fields like real-time, machine learning and virtual production.” “I’ve been constantly amazed by the people here and what they do, and it’s my absolute pleasure to be playing an even bigger
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