Search results
Jennifer Twiner McCarron is an award-winning producer and the CEO of Thunderbird Entertainment Group since 2018. She has led production on multiple critically-acclaimed titles, including Emmy-winning The Last Kids on Earth for Netflix, and was named the Equity and Inclusion Champion during BC Business' 2021 "Women of the Year" Awards.
- Producer, Additional Crew, Art Department
- Jennifer Twiner McCarron
Jennifer Twiner McCarron is an award-winning producer and has been the CEO of Thunderbird Entertainment Group since 2018. Having joined Atomic Cartoons (Thunderbird’s Kids and Family division) as the Head of Production in 2011, Jenn was promoted to its chief executive in 2016, and under her leadership the studio grew from 25 artists to more than 1,200 today.
- How was Thunderbird able to hit record numbers during everything that was 2020? As content creators, we were fortunate to find ourselves working in a relatively pandemic-proof industry.
- What productions that aired last year are you particularly proud of? A handful of our productions across all divisions were nominated for and won industry awards, including Molly of Denali, which won a Peabody Award in June for its groundbreaking work featuring the first Indigenous lead character in a nationally distributed children’s series, and a 2020 Television Critic Association Award.
- Were they any that you think deserved a better shake from audiences than they ended up getting? No; we trust the audiences’ taste. If it works, it works, and if not, we learn from it and pivot.
- What do you think 2021 holds for the Vancouver film industry? Opportunity in this sector is only increasing with so many big, new players up and coming online that are not startups, including Disney, who’ve intensified their focus on streaming content now that their cruise ships and theme parks are down, for example.
View Jennifer Twiner McCarron’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members. Experience: Atomic Cartoons and Thunderbird Entertainment · Location: Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area · 500+ connections on LinkedIn.
- 500+
- Atomic Cartoons And Thunderbird Entertainment
- 6.3K
- Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area
Jan 2, 2024 · CEO and Chair Thunderbird Entertainment Group. Vancouver, BC, Canada. Member Since January 2023. Skills. Leadeship and Team Inspiration. Growth Strategy and Execution. About. I am the CEO and Chair of Thunderbird Entertainment Group, a global award-winning, full-service multiplatform production, distribution and rights management company.
Jun 23, 2019 · As part of my series about strong female leaders, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jennifer Twiner McCarron, the CEO of Thunderbird Entertainment Group. In the role, she overseas Thunderbird’s…
Jun 20, 2018 · Twiner McCarron joined Atomic as Head of Production in 2011 and has helped grow the company from 25 to more than 450 artists. Supervising all in-house production, including Beat Bugs and the recently announced New York Times best-seller turned series The Last Kids on Earth for Netflix. In 2016, Twiner McCarron became President of Atomic when ...
