1. William Damaschke was born on November 20,1963 and is an American film executive and producer who currently serves as the president of Warner Bros.
12 Facts About Bill Damaschke
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Bill Damaschke's tenure oversaw the release of some of the company's big franchise films, including Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon and The Croods.
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Bill Damaschke oversaw all of DreamWorks's live theatrical productions, including the award-winning Shrek the Musical.
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Bill Damaschke is the oldest of seven children, and grew up in Chicago.
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Bill Damaschke attended St Bruno Catholic Elementary and Argo Community High School, and graduated at the School of Theatre Arts at Illinois Wesleyan University.
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Bill Damaschke then moved on to become head of creative production in 1999 and head of creative production and development in 2005.
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Bill Damaschke served as a producer of Shark Tale and an executive producer of Over the Hedge and Kung Fu Panda.
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Bill Damaschke was president of DreamWorks Live Theatricals, and produced Tony Award-winning, but financially unremarkable, Shrek the Musical.
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In January 2015, Bill Damaschke stepped down from his position as Chief Creative Officer at DreamWorks to pursue other interests including: theatrical productions; animated television movies, web series, and live action films.
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Bill Damaschke would continue operating his StoryKey Entertainment theatrical production company.
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In January 2019, Bill Damaschke was replaced by John Lasseter as the CCO of Skydance Animation.
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Discovery earnings call by CEO David Zaslav that Bill Damaschke had been hired, and was hard at work with Warner Bros.