Kevin Noel - Senior Vice President of Production, Sony Pictures Animation As Senior Vice President of Creative for Sony Pictures Animation, Kevin Noel is responsible for helping shepherd both series and feature projects through the creative and production pipelines, from development, through pre-production, production, and post. Noel was one of the first staff members at Sony Pictures Animation as the assistant to the producers of the studio's first CG feature, “Open Season.” He followed that by working on many films for both Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks. Some of his credits include titles in the “Hotel Transylvania,” “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” and “Smurfs” series. After a stint at Mattel where he produced original content for some of the toy giant's most lucrative brands, Noel returned to Sony Pictures Animation in 2016 in a new role as the executive director of physical production. Noel began his career as an executive assistant at the management and production company 3 Arts Entertainment. He is a graduate of San Francisco State University with a degree in Cinema.