Animation Producer/Executive Drew Tolman has 20 years of experience making family blockbusters in both development and production for Fox, Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. She has helped build three animation studios and has managed nearly every department at one point or another. Currently she is building a new studio with a group of her favorite fellow former studio colleagues, called Waterslide Studios.

Ms. Tolman began her career as a Development Coordinator at 20th Century Fox Animation and worked there for three years, where many family movies were developed including Titan AE (2000) and Ice Age (2002). From there, she worked in production on Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) for The Walt Disney Company, Curious George (2006) for Universal Studios and Imagine Entertainment, Everyone's Hero (2006) for Fox and Starz Media and Alvin and the Chipmunks II, the Squeakquel (2009) for Fox 2000 and Hop (2011) for Universal Studios. She was the Production Manager at Warner Bros. for a series of CG animated shorts distributed in Kenya as part of the U.S. Pepfar initiative (2008). She supervised Post Production on several Disney shows including Phineas and Ferb, Jake and the Never Land Pirates and Star Versus the Forces of Evil for Disney TV Animation. She was the Animation Associate Producer for Fox’s Alvin and the Chipmunks – Road Chip! Then VP, Development and Production for DreamEast Pictures. Then Line Producer at WB Animation for Teen Titans Go to the Movies marketing. Her first tech start up was ProducersPool.com – a job matching site and social club for the entertainment industry, including animation and vfx. Drew delivered 300 11-min episodes of television as the Line Producer for the Disney Jr. preschool shows, T.O.T.S. and Pupstruction. She also produced the Annecy selected short film "Spongebob: Go Fetch."

Ms. Tolman is a proud member of the Producer's Guild of America (P.G.A.) Animation and VFX Committee and is on the Board of Directors for Miami International Animation (MIA) Conference and Festival. An avid writer, poet, awarded screenwriter and aspiring children’s book author, her screenwriting has placed in several contests and has been endorsed by the prestigious KIDS FIRST! Coalition for Quality Children's Media. Through her personal company, Beach Plum Media, Drew grows her own ideas and also consults and freelances budgets and schedules to help others grow their ideas!

EDWIN RIVERA (EP/VFX Supervisor)

Edwin Rivera is a VFX Supervisor with over 30 years of experience in the VFX industry, highly respected and proficient in all aspects of the feature film VFX production pipeline, from pre-production through on-set supervision to post-production. He was most recently the Production VFX Supervisor on Disney’s theatrically released feature film ‘Haunted Mansion’.

Prior to this, Edwin was the Production VFX Supervisor for ‘Joker’, Todd Phillips’ origin story for Gotham’s most infamous villain, nominated for a VES Award in the Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature category.

Edwin’s filmography represents both his creativity and his versatility, with client-side VFX Supervisor credits on Marvel blockbusters such as ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ and ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’, and on films such as ’22 Jump Street’ and ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip’, for which he supervised the pre-production, filming and creation of over 1,100 animated creature shots.

Starting his career as a Digital Compositor in 1994 on ‘Batman Forever’, Edwin worked his way up through the ranks as Digital Supervisor and then CG Supervisor, amassing an impressive credit list on films including ‘Star Trek: Insurrection’, ‘X2’, ‘Night at the Museum’, ‘Garfield’, ‘Scooby Doo’ and VFX Oscar winners ‘Titanic’ and ‘The Golden Compass’.

Edwin is a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and a member of the Visual Effects Society.

“I am extremely excited to have been asked by Drew to be part of what has the makings of an animation powerhouse and look forward to helping craft stories that excite, educate and entertain both young and old."

Natasha Kopp is a California native and began her career in animation at The Walt Disney Company, where she produced the Emmy nominated series Phineas and Ferb. She loves helping others achieve their creative vision, and enjoys being a part of the team that brings a project to life. Throughout her career she has accumulated decades of animation knowledge and experience. Natasha looks forward to continuing her collaboration on quality entertainment that focuses on pushing the boundaries and reaches new heights for the animation industry. 

Brice Parker is a veteran visual effects producer and creative executive whose career has bridged feature animation, large-scale visual effects, and immersive storytelling for more than three decades. Beginning his career in the Bay Area during the rise of modern digital filmmaking, Brice developed a reputation for combining technical production expertise with a strong instinct for story and emotional tone. His work spans some of the industry’s most ambitious productions, including Dune: Part One, Dune: Part Two, Joker, Venom, and The Matrix Reloaded, as well as collaborations with studios such as Pixar, Marvel Studios, and Weta FX. Throughout his career, Parker has focused on using visual effects not simply as spectacle, but as a tool to deepen character, atmosphere, and audience connection. His projects often sit at the intersection of technology and emotion, helping filmmakers translate imaginative worlds into cinematic experiences that still feel grounded in human storytelling. 

A major throughline in Parker’s career has been his connection to feature animation and the storytelling traditions pioneered by Pixar. While working with Pixar and members of the legacy storytelling team, Parker helped develop and produce “Pixar in Concert,” a live symphonic experience that highlighted how music and visual storytelling work together to shape emotion and narrative. The production emphasized dialogue-free sequences from Pixar films, allowing audiences to experience how score, editing, and animation alone can communicate character and feeling. Parker has also demonstrated a deep appreciation for film history and preservation. In 2013, he collaborated with fellow filmmakers and restoration artists to help revive Black Angel, the long-lost fantasy short that originally screened before The Empire Strikes Back in select international theaters. Working alongside industry veterans connected to Lucasfilm and the Visual Effects Society, Parker helped oversee restoration efforts that preserved the film’s original spirit while preparing it for modern audiences. Across both animation and visual effects, his work reflects a consistent belief that technology serves its greatest purpose when it supports memorable characters, emotional resonance, and timeless cinematic storytelling.