Exclusive: Buck, one of the animation studios behind the Obamas-produced We the People for Netflix, has signed a trio of staffers including former Cartoon Network Series Exec Mike Rauch.
Rauch, who has worked on The Powerpuff Girls, Apple & Onion, and Victor and Valentino and is also the founder of Rauch Bros Animation, becomes Head of Original Animation at the studio, which was also behind Netflix’s Love, Death & Robots.
He is joined by Netflix’s Inside Job and HBO Max’s Close Enough director Mike Bertino, who becomes Director, Content and Story. Bertino previously spent several years storyboarding and writing on shows such as Nickelodeon’s Sanjay And Craig and Aaron Springer’s B’illey Dilley Super-Duper Subterranean Summer for Disney.
Both will work closely with Buck Head of Content Development Jay Brooker in the company’s LA office.
Meanwhile, Cassie Asta has joined as Animation Development Coordinator, having worked...
Rauch, who has worked on The Powerpuff Girls, Apple & Onion, and Victor and Valentino and is also the founder of Rauch Bros Animation, becomes Head of Original Animation at the studio, which was also behind Netflix’s Love, Death & Robots.
He is joined by Netflix’s Inside Job and HBO Max’s Close Enough director Mike Bertino, who becomes Director, Content and Story. Bertino previously spent several years storyboarding and writing on shows such as Nickelodeon’s Sanjay And Craig and Aaron Springer’s B’illey Dilley Super-Duper Subterranean Summer for Disney.
Both will work closely with Buck Head of Content Development Jay Brooker in the company’s LA office.
Meanwhile, Cassie Asta has joined as Animation Development Coordinator, having worked...
- 6/8/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
In August 2005, Marine Lance Cpl. Travis Williams and his 12-man team were on a mission in Barwanah, Iraq, when their caravan was hit by a roadside bomb. In “1st Squad, 3rd Platoon,” one of the finalists in TheWrap’s 2015 ShortList Film Festival, brothers Tim and Mike Rauch use animation and Williams’ own voice to retell the dramatic real-life story. The audio of Williams recounting that day was recorded as part of StoryCorps’ Military Voices Initiative, in which veterans chronicle their experiences in the military. The visual portion of the story was developed by the Rauches for StoryCorps in honor of...
- 8/8/2015
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
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