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 an unannounced 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 directing an unannounced original animated feature for Netflix.
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 an unannounced original animated feature for Netflix.
OUR TEAM
Jason Heaton
Series Director
Ben Mansfield
Story Artist
Miriam Wallen
Executive Assistant
Nicholas Sy
2nd Assistant Editor
Monique Arroyo
Production Coordinator
Ken Schretzmann
Lead Editor
Greg Knowles
Series Editor
Gina Huang
Production Coordinator
Hunter Dixon
Second Assistant Editor
Keri Cicolani
Script Supervisor
Patrick Canning
Line Producer
Kent Guresky
Production Accountant
Ying Hsuan Chen
Story Artist
Max Brace
Head of Story
Tony Piedra
Visual Development Artist
Sam Wilson
Production Manager
Maria Andrea Acosta Canchila
Production Assistant
Sarah Helton
Studio Manager
Brandon Rein
First Assistant Editor
Steve Pilcher
Production Designer
Jason Merck
Visual Development Artist
Huey Nguyen
Visual Development Artist
Marci Salk
Editorial Manager
Joe Stevano
IT & Pipeline Manager
Adam Campbell
Showrunner
David Condolora
First Assistant Editor
Mike Dutton
Visual Development Artist
Maureen Gottschall
Controller
Nai Saeyang
Production Coordinator