Leading the team is Emmy award-winning artist and seven-time Annie nominee Shannon Tindle. Since graduating from the California Institute of the Arts (Class of 2000), Shannon has served as a designer, story artist, writer, and director for both television and feature films. He has collaborated with, among others, Dreamworks, Disney, Cartoon Network, and Universal Studios on a wide range of projects, including Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Turbo, The Croods, and Coraline.

At Laika, Shannon created, wrote, designed characters, and directed the actors on Kubo and the Two Strings (nominated for two Oscars and winner of the BAFTA for Best Animated Feature). For Google’s Spotlight Stories, he created and directed the Annie-nominated On Ice. At Netflix, in addition to writing and directing Ultraman: Rising, he was the creator, writer, and executive producer on the Emmy-Award winning series Lost Ollie.