ALLISON ABBATE (Executive Producer) is an executive vice president at Warner Animation Group (WAG), a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment. Prior to assuming her post at WAG, Abbate was an executive producer on the global blockbuster “The LEGO® Movie,” written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller; and a producer on Tim Burton’s “Frankenweenie” and “Corpse Bride,” Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox,” and Brad Bird’s directorial debut, “The Iron Giant.” The many honors earned by “The LEGO Movie” include a BAFTA Award, New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) Award for Best Animated Feature, a Golden Globe nomination, and placing second in the balloting from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA). “Corpse Bride” was nominated for an Oscar and BAFTA Award; “Fantastic Mr. Fox” earned Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations, and won the NYFCC’s and LAFCA’s Awards for Best Animated Feature; and Abbate earned a BAFTA Award for “The Iron Giant.” Her additional credits include producing the animation for “Looney Tunes: Back in Action,” co-producing the Academy Award- nominated Mickey Mouse short “Runaway Brain,” and co- producing “Space Jam,” which broke new ground by combining classic animated Warner Bros. characters with live-action sequences. Abbate began her career working on several of Disney’s most beloved animated films, including “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Rescuers Down Under” and “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas.”