Kutchaver, Zielinski Form Effects Company HimAnI

Burbank - HimAnI Productions, Inc., a new, boutique visual effectsdesign and production company, has been co-founded in Burbank byveteran visual effects wizard, Kevin Kutchaver, who will serve aspresident and effects' executive producer, and Kathy Zielinski, anaward winning animator who joins the venture from DreamWorks Animationto serve as HimAnI's lead designer.

HimAnI Productions will specialize in the creation of originalvisual effects for feature films, television projects, and homeentertainment releases. At present, the company employs over a dozenvisual effects artists and producers.

Most recently, Kutchaver served as president and founder of FlatEarth Productions, one of Hollywood's leading visual effects houses,best known for its work on the TV series "Hercules" and "Xena," and onthe feature films "Blade," "Mortal Kombat II," and "Dungeons andDragons." Kutchaver, with over 20-years of experience in the visualeffects industry, has worked on the design, creation and production ofvisual effects for over 150 feature films and television projects.

Since 1996, Zielinski has served as a supervising animator forDreamworks Feature Animation. During her years with Dreamworks, she hasworked on characters appearing in such films as "The Prince of Egypt,""The Road to El Dorado," and the upcoming "Spirit of the Cimmaron."Prior to Dreamworks, she was an animator for 13 years with Walt DisneyStudios, working on such films as "The Black Cauldron," "The GreatMouse Detective," "The Little Mermaid," "The Rescuers Down Under,""Aladdin," and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."

The first project for HimAnI Productions was the design, creationand production of over 100 visual effects shots for the film "Tremors3," which is currently being released by Universal Home Video. Thatfilm was produced by Stampede Entertainment and Nancy Roberts, withBrent Maddock directing.

HimAnI Productions is headquartered in Burbank. The phone number is818-952-9188. The website address is: www.himaniproductions.com