Keynotes
Opening this milestone edition of TAC is Brown Johnson, President of Animation at Nickelodeon, MTVN Kids and Family Group. Johnson is responsible for supervising the creative direction of contemporary classics such as SpongeBob Squarepants, The Fairly Odd-Parents and Back at the Barnyard. Matthew Senreich and Seth Green set the tone for day two. Together they are the creators of the Emmy-award winning series Robot Chicken, on the Cartoon Network Adult Swim block. (TAC AnimaPass or TAC Only Pass required.)




Brown Johnson

President, Animation (Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids and Family Group)

Brown JohnsonBrown Johnson is President, Animation, Nickelodeon and MTVN Kids and Family Group. Johnson spearheads development and production for all animated programming across Nickelodeon, the largest provider of television animation in the US, while continuing to oversee development and production for all preschool programming.

In addition to supervising the creative direction of contemporary classics such as SpongeBob Squarepants, The Fairly OddParents and Nick's latest hit Back At The Barnyard, Johnson is the driving force in shepherding upcoming Nicktoon series The Mighty B! starring Amy Poehler and The Penguins of Madagascar in partnership with DreamWorks SKG. She supervises creative executive teams on both the East and West Coasts, managing the creative direction and coordination efforts between series production, on-air promotions, marketing and consumer products.

Johnson has been the driving force behind Nickelodeon Preschool and the success of the number-one preschool brand Nick Jr. Her creative leadership nurtured and grew ground breaking properties for Nick Jr., including Blue’s Clues, Dora the Explorer, The Backyardigans, Go, Diego, Go!, The Wonder Pets!, Yo Gabba Gabba! and most recently, Ni Hao, Kai-lan. Johnson spearheads all preschool content across Nickelodeon networks, including Nick Jr., Nickelodeon's programming block dedicated to preschoolers seen in over 96 million homes, and NOGGIN, Nickelodeon's commercial-free digital educational network for preschoolers seen in 64 million homes.

As General Manager of NOGGIN, her leadership has driven double-digit ratings growth for the digital network which recently expanded from 12-hours into a 24-hour preschool network. NOGGIN will offer more of the network's award-winning, quality, educational children's programming, including original series Jack's Big Music Show, Obie award-winning The Upside Down Show, Pinky Dinky Doo and Oobi.

Speakers:
Brown Johnson, President Animation, Nickelodeon (Nick Jr/Noggin)




Seth Green and Matt Senreich

Producers/Writers/Directors, Robot Chicken (Stoopid Monkey)

Seth GreenSeth Green is co-creator, executive producer, writer, director, and main voice talent for the Emmy-nominated Robot Chicken series, now wrapping up their third season on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Green directed George Lucas in the Robot Chicken: Star Wars special last year and the stop-motion animated show was the #1 TV DVD upon release. Green has starred in films starting with Hotel New Hampshire and his acting credits include stints as Scott Evil in all three Austin Powers films, The Italian Job, Party Monster, Without a Paddle, Can't Hardly Wait and dozens more, including Disney's upcoming Old Dogs with Robin Williams and John Travolta, and Sex Drive released this fall. He's been voicing Chris Griffin on Fox's hit Family Guy since the animated show's debut 10 years ago.

Matthew Senreich is the co-creator, director, producer and writer of the TV series Robot Chicken.

Matthew SenreichMatt began his entertainment career in 1991 at the early age of 16, when he worked as a summer intern for Marvel Comics. Throughout his attendance at Wesleyan University, Matt arranged other internships within the comic book community, like Defiant Comics, Broadway Comics and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, where he gained more personal hands-on experience. Finalizing his string of internships, Matt returned to Marvel Comics in December 1995.

Upon graduating college in 1996, Matt secured a job as an editorial assistant at the New York-based Wizard Entertainment. After two years with Wizard Entertainment, Matt rose through the ranks and became editor of ToyFare. One year later, he was promoted to editorial director of all Wizard Entertainment publications.

Matt soon met up with actor Seth Green, who was a fan of Wizard's magazines. This new found partnership between Matt and Seth spawned the creation of a series of stop motion animated shorts entitled Sweet J Presents for Sony's Screenblast.com in 2000 and 2001. Based upon these 'webisodes', Cartoon Network's Adult Swim committed to 20 episodes of Robot Chicken. Green and Senreich, through their production company Stoopid Monkey, have produced three seasons of the show and are also producing an upcoming stop-motion animated holiday movie titled Naughty or Nice and a live-action film as well.

Speakers:
Seth Green, Producer/Writer/Director, Feldman Public Relations
Matt Senreich, Producer/Writer/Director, Feldman Public Relations