
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 Creator and Executive Producer of the Netflix original series Go! Go! Cory Carson. 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. He is currently directing “In Your Dreams,” an original animated feature for Netflix.
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. 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, Toy Story Toons, Cars Toons, and several award-winning music videos and short films.
Tim is currently producing “In Your Dreams,” an original animated feature for Netflix.

OUR TEAM

Jason Heaton
Series Director

Steve Pilcher
Production Designer

Keri Cicolani
Script Supervisor

Maria Andrea Acosta Canchila
Production Assistant

Sarah Helton
Studio Manager

Greg Knowles
Series Editor

David Condolora
First Assistant Editor

Huey Nguyen
Visual Development Artist

Marci Salk
Associate Production Manager

Joe Stevano
IT & Pipeline Manager

Ying Hsuan Chen
Story Artist

Miriam Wallen
Executive Assistant

Maureen Gottschall
Controller

Nai Saeyang
Production Coordinator

Brandon Rein
First Assistant Editor

Hunter Dixon
Second Assistant Editor

Monique Arroyo
Production Coordinator

Ken Schretzmann
Lead Editor

Max Brace
Head of Story

Nicholas Sy
2nd Assistant Editor

Patrick Canning
Line Producer

Kent Guresky
Production Accountant