OUR FOUNDERS
Alex Woo
Founder & CEO
Alex is the Founder and CEO of Kuku Studios, an independent animation studio based in Berkeley, California. Prior to founding Kuku Studios, Alex was a Story Lead at Pixar Animation Studios, a director in development at LucasFilm Animation, and a Student Academy Award-winning filmmaker.
He is the Director of In Your Dreams, an original animated feature premiering on Netflix this year. He is also the Creator and Executive Producer of the Netflix original series Go! Go! Cory Carson, for which he was awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Directing. His credits include Ratatouille, Wall•e, The Good Dinosaur, Finding Dory, the Student Academy Award-winning short Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher, and the Sundance New Frontier selection VR short, The Rose and I.
Alex holds a BFA in Film/TV Production from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Stanley Moore
Co-Founder & VP of Creative
Stanley is an award-winning filmmaker with a deep, nerdy love for animation and an intrinsic taste for marketable creative content. His student film has won numerous awards in film festivals around the world. Prior to founding Kuku Studios, Stanley was one of the top Story Artists at Pixar Animation Studios. He holds a BA in Animation from Ringling School of Art & Design.
He is the Creator and Executive Producer of the Netflix original series Go! Go! Cory Carson, for which he was awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Directing. His credits include Finding Dory, Monsters University, and the Oscar-winning short The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.
Stanley is currently leading Kuku Studios Development.
Tim Hahn
Co-Founder & VP of Production
Tim is an award-winning producer with a knack for bringing out the best in a creative team. Having led his production company Chinese Takeout Films to create multiple award-winning short films (both animated and live action), he is the glue that holds the team together. Prior to joining Kuku Studios, Tim worked in Production at Pixar Animation Studios. Tim holds a BA in Theater & Dance from Amherst College.
He is the Producer of the Netflix original series Go! Go! Cory Carson. His credits include Finding Dory, The Good Dinosaur, Toy Story of Terror, Toy Story That Time Forgot, numerous Toy Story and Cars Toons, and several award-winning music videos and short films.
Tim is a Producer of “In Your Dreams,” an original animated feature which will premiere on Netflix later this year.