Catherine Winder

Winder is a Canadian entrepreneur and the CEOEP of Wind Sun Sky Entertainment httpswindsunskycom a multimedia production company focused on building creatordriven global franchises based in Vancouver She is also the CEOPartner of Skybound North Entertainment in partnership with Skybound Entertainment The Walking DeadOutcast Managing studios in both Vancouver and LA and collaborating with partners in Europe and Asia she is in production and development on a diverse slate of multiplatform media content in all genres including interactive My Singing Monsters Fandemonium and linear shows as well as a kids mobile app and several ROBLOX games Throughout her career Winder has worked on iconic brands with leading filmmakers and creators At WSS she built and oversaw the teamstudio to adapt the Invincible comic book created by Robert Kirkman into an animated series for Amazon Prime She also adapted the Angry Birds game into the global event hit film The Angry Birds Movie 350 million WWBO and Executive Produced the sequel Acting as George Lucas producer she took the Star Wars franchise into animation producing the highly rated television series and film Star Wars The Clone Wars As PresidentExecutive Producer for Rainmaker EntertainmentThe Weinstein Company she produced Escape from Planet Earth and worked with the Barbie executives at Mattel to develop a new look for the property for home video As Fox Feature Animation Senior Vice President she oversaw the production of the Oscar nominated film Ice Age She has also held executive positions at HBO Original Programming VP Hanna BarberaTurner Sr Director Production Disney Animation Japan Production Manager and produced various series for an older audience including Aeon Flux MTV Spawn HBO and Spicy City HBO Winder is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences She is also the coauthor of the industry handbook used around the world Producing Animation the third edition published in 2020