Marvel’s Victoria Alonso Upped To President Role As Studio Expands Animation Production
When Louis first urged I come to work with the crew on Iron Man, I by no means might have imagined the journey forward, and so far as I’m involved, it has solely simply begun! We’ve a completely unbelievable group of people who find themselves bringing their many skills to the thrilling slate of movies and sequence we have now on the horizon, and I’m particularly thrilled about ramping up our studio’s animation efforts, which is a private ardour of mine. Stay up for extra singing!
August noticed the Disney+ launch of What If…?, the primary animated sequence within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It was launched by Marvel Studios, not Marvel Animation, the unit that had produced animated sequence and movies prior to now.
After a stint at vfx studio Digital Area, Alonso joined Marvel Studios in 2006 as government vp of visible results and post-production. She co-produced the early movies within the MCU, beginning with 2008’s Iron Man, earlier than being bumped as much as government producer on 2012’s The Avengers. She has retained that title on all subsequent MCU releases.
In 2016, Cartoon Brew spoke to Alonso about her role at the studio. “I’m concerned … from the very starting to the very finish,” she mentioned. “We’re there previs’ing the present and doing visible growth on reveals, generally a 12 months earlier than a director comes on board. And I’m the one which sees the ultimate body of each shot of each format.”
A local of Buenos Aires, Alonso is uncommon amongst senior executives within the trade in being a girl of colour. She is a vocal advocate of variety onscreen and behind the scenes, and has twice made Folks en Español’s record of most influential hispanic ladies.
Different accolades embody a Visible Results Society (VES) award for her vfx work on Kingdom of Heaven, a VES Visionary Award for storytelling by means of visible results, and an Emmy nomination for producing Marvel’s Wandavision.
