Katie Petrachonis joined WBA in 2019 as Director, Series in the then newly emerging adult animation team. She has been at Warner Bros. since 2014, initially joining the studio as an Executive Assistant at Blue Ribbon Content, Warner Bros. Television Group’s digital series production unit. Prior to her time at Warner Bros., Petrachonis was a producer on The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall for Epix and was also a story and development producer at Picture Shack Entertainment (Paranormal State, The Haunted).
2024 has been quite a challenging year for both traditional outlets and the streamers as everyone tries to hang on to audiences as competition continues to grow elsewhere and the industry faces the threats and promises of new technologies. In this important and helpful panel, some of the top animation professionals and development execs discuss their priorities, the types of projects they are looking for and reveal how to approach them with your hot animation pitches.