Yogi Bear may be smarter than your average bear, but Leading Authorities’ Exclusive Speaker Barry Weiss is smarter than your average person when it comes to animation and production. Leading Authorities is hosting a special screening of the new movie, Yogi Bear, this January in Chicago. Weiss is the animation producer for the film and has used his past experience in the film industry to create another unique experience for viewers. Weiss will share behind-the-scenes stories about making the movie and how his lessons from Hollywood can help business.
Weiss has a profitable track record that includes creating animation characters for the film, Stuart Little as well as the Spiderman franchise. Weiss uses innovation and opportunity to create use of a technology that delivers an experience that otherwise could not happen. Walt Disney once said, “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible,” the impossible is what Weiss tries to create everyday in the production studio.
Weiss is a visionary animation and entertainment executive with an $8.6 billion track record. He has worked on some of the most profitable and award-winning projects of the last fifteen years. As an animation executive, producer, and collaborator with Sony and Turner, he is recognized as a creative business leader in the evolution of the animation business and art form.
Yogi Bear is a 3D live action/CGI film that features Dan Aykroyd voicing as Yogi Bear and Justin Timberlake voicing as Yogi’s sidekick Boo-Boo. The film follows the adventures of Yogi and Boo-Boo in their adventures through Jellystone Park.
For more information and to RSVP— please contact Shani Ben-Shlaush at shani@lauthorities.com or by calling (202) 721-2361.
