Walt Disney Animation won its first animated-feature Oscar on Sunday for “Frozen,” and with it a new lease on life after a difficult transition to computer-aided filmmaking.
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Executives worked hard during a call with analysts to focus attention on the company’s film pipeline and an aggressive expansion into consumer products.
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Mr. Scheimer’s company, Filmation, produced “Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids,” “The Archie Show” and “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe,” among other cartoon series.
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Walt Disney Studios got more thumbs up than down from the crowd as it previewed projects like “Maleficent” and “Frozen,” the latter a likely Oscar contender.
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The ill-fated, computer-animated “Foodfight!” took multiple food-brand corporate mascots and made them characters.
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The company reported net income of $22.2 million, or 26 cents a share, up from $12.8 million a year ago and better than analysts’ forecasts of 20 cents a share.
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Bill Damaschke, the chief creative officer of the film studio, is increasingly calling the artistic shots as the head of DreamWorks, Jeffrey Katzenberg, focuses on other areas.
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