Eric Ellenbogen is an American entertainment executive known for co-founding Classic Media and serving as CEO of

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from 1998 to 1999. He is the chief executive officer and vice chairman of WildBrain.

Education

Ellenbogen graduated from

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in 1978 and the

UCLA Anderson School of Management The John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management, also known as the UCLA Anderson School of Management, is the graduate business school at the University of California, Los Angeles, one of eleven professional schools. The school offers MBA (ful ...

in 1982.

Career

In 1987, Ellenbogen became head of Broadway Video. In 1996, he became president of

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. Ellenbogen was appointed CEO and president of

in November 1998 and served until July 1999. Together with John Engelman in May 2000, Ellenbogen launched Classic Media. After the sale of Classic Media to

Entertainment Rights Entertainment Rights PLC (formally known as Sleepy Kids) was a British multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that specialized in TV-shows and cartoons, children’s media, films, and distribution. In May 2009, the company was ...

in 2007, Ellenbogen left the company, along with Engelman. The two collaborated in January 2008 with

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to form

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, LLC. Boomerang Media purchased Entertainment Rights in 2009, bringing Classic Media back under his control. In 2012,

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acquired Classic Media and renamed it DreamWorks Classics. At that time, he became the head of DreamWorks Animation's television division, DreamWorks International Television. Later in 2016, DreamWorks Animation and its assets, including DreamWorks Classics, was purchased by

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. DreamWorks Classics, reverted to the Classic Media name, was restarted with Ellenbogen as co-president and co-head of DreamWorks International Television. In 2018, he joined the board of directors of Canadian animation company WildBrain. He was named WildBrain's CEO and board vice chairman in August 2019 after serving as a senior advisor since April 2019.

References

Living people Harvard University alumni UCLA Anderson School of Management alumni DreamWorks Animation people American chief executives in the media industry Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-CEO-stub