Todd Waterman is Vice President of Trilogy Animation Group (TAG). A Daytime Emmy®-nominated director as well as an animator, storyboard artist, and producer, Waterman oversees the studio’s animated content and production.

 

Waterman has executive produced, directed, and animated a wide range of children’s series and feature films for such venerable companies as Fox Studios (Anastasia), Hasbro Studio (Transformers Prime, Transformers: Robots In Disguise), MGM Animation (All Dogs Go to Heaven II), Nickelodeon (Rugrats in Paris, The Rugrats Movie, Fan Boy and Chum Chum), Sony Pictures (Eight Crazy Nights), and Walt Disney Animation Studios (Mulan, The Tigger Movie), among others.

 

Since joining TAG in 2018, Waterman has executive produced 26 half-hour episodes of The VeggieTales Show, the beloved classic children’s series that promotes honesty, values, and kindness. He is also overseeing the reboots of fan favorites Jay Jay the Jet Plane and Emmy® Award-winning Tutenstein and managing production on two TAG original concepts, Earth to Eden and Doots (working title). Waterman recently struck a development deal with Universal Pictures Content Group (UPCG) for a full-length animated film, announcement pending.

 

Waterman began his animation career at age 20 as a character cleanup inbetween artist for Steven Spielberg’s An American Tail, a feature film from Sullivan Bluth Studios, followed by All Dogs Go to Heaven, Rock-a Doodle, and A Troll in Central Park. He then moved to Amblimation, where he worked on the Spielberg film We’re Back: A Dinosaurs Story.

 

Previously, Waterman was Director of Animation for ImagineAsia, Inc., where he was responsible for training artists, supervising production, and developing original content.

 

Waterman was twice nominated for Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program (Transformers Prime, 2011 and 2012).