Adam Shaheen (born 13 October 1964) is a British-

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. He is the founder and owner of

Cuppa Coffee Studios Cuppa Coffee Studios (formerly known as Cuppa Coffee Animation) is a Canadian production company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Cuppa Coffee was founded by Adam Shaheen in 1992. It specializes in both stop-motion animation and 2D animation, ...

where he developed and produced original programming. He was the executive producer of Cuppa Coffee's award-winning broadcast design and commercial studio.

Cuppa Coffee

The studio won awards for its film and title work - namely '' Jane the Virgin'', ''

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'', and over 50 awards from the Broadcast Design Association and Promax. Shaheen's credits include shows and movies like ''

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JoJo's Circus ''JoJo's Circus'' is a stop-motion animated television series created by Jim Jinkins, David Ray Campbell, David Campbell, Lisa Jinkins, and Eric Weiner and produced by the Canada-based Cuppa Coffee Studios and Cartoon Pizza. The series was writte ...

'' Season 1 and 2, '' Celebrity Deathmatch'' Season 3, 4 and 5 '', Starveillance'', ''Bruno'', ''Bruno and the Banana Bunch'', ''Tigga and Togga'', ''Little People'', ''

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Henry's World ''Henry's World'' is a Canadian animated children's television series produced for Canada's Family Channel by Cuppa Coffee Animation, Alliance Atlantis Communications, with TV-Loonland AG also producing the first. It was first aired from 2001 ...

'', '' Rick and Steve'', Season 1 and 2, ''A Very Barry Christmas'', '' Starveilance'', ''Nerdland'', ''

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'', Seasons 1 and 2, Ugly Americans, Seasons 1 and 2. The Devils Due. ''Fordtacular Spectacular'', ''Clever Trevor'', ''The Adventures of Sam Digital'', Shaheen is a published author and record producer. Shaheen has produced over 400 commercials and won over 150 International awards - including 3 Gemini's/Canadian Screen Awards for his contribution to Canadian Animation and also the Prix Jeunesse, the prestigious international award given at Annecy. Shaheen is widely considered the single most awarded executive in the field of animation. Shaheen has worked with Nickelodeon,

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and with over 40 different advertising agencies. In September 2017, Cuppa Coffee celebrated its 25th Anniversary with Shaheen announcing "I've achieved all I've ever wanted to achieve creatively in animation and now I will put my efforts into live action" In a British interview, Shaheen cited having "achieved awards, created dozens of shows and hundreds of commercials, my talents in telling story has naturally gravitated to live action" Shaheen opened Cuppa Coffee USA in 2018 and is based in Los Angeles, to focus on live action drama development. Shaheen is co-authoring a dramatic limited series set during WW1 (''The Undefeated''), and a feature film set during WWII, about Americans in Berlin in 1945. Shaheen continues to consult on animated TV series.

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