Producer Connie Nartonis Thompson joins us for The Mentor Series

Producer Connie Nartonis Thompson (DESPICABLE ME 2, BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD, FRANKENWEENIE, DC SUPER PETS) to give in-person talk Monday, November 17 at 5:30PM in Hartung Hall 100 as part of The Mentor Series.

Date: Monday, November 17
Time: 5:30PM
Where: Hartung Hall 100

Connie Nartonis Thompson is a movie producer based in Los Angeles. She began working in TV animation in 1992 on MTV’s BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD and THE REN & STIMPY SHOW. During the 1990’s and 2000’s, she worked on animated feature films including FANTASIA 2000, TANGLED, FROZEN, DESPICABLE ME 2, MISSING LINK, SPACE JAM 2, and DC SUPER PETS among others at studios such as Disney, Illumination/Universal, Paramount, Laika and Warner Bros. In 2009 she became associate producer on Tim Burton’s FRANKENWEENIE working with famed producer Allison Abbate and legendary exec producer Don Hahn. Nartonis Thompson moved between Los Angeles (pre-production & post) and London (shoot) until the movie’s completion in 2012. Nartonis Thompson has also worked on documentary films with Don Hahn’s Stone Circle Pictures. Together they produced seven documentaries including WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY, DisneyNature’s OCEANS, EARTH and AFRICAN CATS. In 2021, she joined Cinesite and moved back to London in order to produce George Orwell’s ANIMAL FARM directed by Andy Serkis. Nartonis Thompson is currently producing director Brad Bird’s long awaited feature film RAY GUNN. She splits her time between Hollywood and New York City with her novelist husband of 36 years.