Management
Tony Stutterheim - CEO
Formerly the President of Rainbow Studios Animation Division, Tony has
more than 15 years of experience working in production and post production.
His prior roles and credits include General Manager and Vice President
of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Imaging, an honor from the Academy of Television
Arts & Sciences for Visual Effects, more than a hundred hours of animated
and live action production and numerous directing and editing credits.
Tony graduated with a B.A. from Fort Hays State University, majoring in Television and Film with a minor in computer programming. Upon graduating, Tony spent 3 years as a photographer and editor for a CBS news affiliate. In 1991 he joined video and computer graphics pioneer Newtek as head of the video and computer generated animation department. He joined NewTek shortly before they released the revolutionary Video Toaster – the first truly non-linear desktop video production system.
While at Newtek, Tony directed several productions including an ADDY award winning promotional video titled “REVOLUTION.” He was also editor and technical director for several videos produced by the magic duo Penn and Teller.
In 1993 he was chosen to be the lead CGI artist at Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Imaging, located on the Universal Studios lot. His primary function was leading the animation team for the NBC sci-fi drama “SeaQuest.” Tony was later promoted to the position of Vice President and General Manager of Amblin Imaging.
As GM, Tony was responsible for directing CG animation for multiple TV shows, commercials and various special projects for Steven Spielberg.
In 1996 Tony left Amblin Imaging to form his own company, TRG3, which was acquired in 1997 by Rainbow Studios. Shortly after joining Rainbow ,Tony became the President of its animation division. For the next five years Tony oversaw, directed and edited many hundreds of hours of production work that has been seen around the globe for companies including Hasbro, Microsoft, Playmates Toys, and Sony Family Entertainment.
Tony is also the author of two commercially available software applications: Wavemaker and Scene Machine. These packages have been popular tools for creating motion graphics and flying logos and were recently acquired by a major provider of video and animation tools for incorporation into a popular 3D animation package.