Allison Abbate

Allison Abbate
Born	(1965-07-23) July 23, 1965 United States
Occupation(s)	Animator, film producer
Years active	1988–present
Known for	Producing animated films such as The Iron Giant, Corpse Bride, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Frankenweenie, The Lego Movie, Scoob!, Space Jam: A New Legacy

Allison Therese Abbate (born July 23, 1965) is an American animator and film producer, recognized chiefly for her contributions to animated cinema.

Biography

Abbate initiated her career in animation working on The Little Mermaid at The Walt Disney Company. She subsequently contributed to projects such as The Rescuers Down Under and The Nightmare Before Christmas, where she first partnered with Tim Burton.

She transitioned to Warner Bros. as co-producer on the 1996 film Space Jam, and later produced The Iron Giant, which garnered a BAFTA award. In 2006, she received a nomination from the Producers Guild of America for "Motion Picture Producer of the Year" for her work on Tim Burton's Corpse Bride.

In 2004, Abbate moved to the United Kingdom to launch an animation production studio at 3 Mills Studios. During this period, she produced Fantastic Mr. Fox, also lending her voice to a minor character, and went on to produce Burton’s Frankenweenie, marking their third significant collaboration.

Since 2012, Abbate has been married to animation director and producer Tony Cervone. That same year, she returned to the United States to serve as executive producer on Warner Animation Group’s inaugural feature, The Lego Movie (2014).

Elevated to Executive Vice President of Warner Animation Group in 2017, she managed productions including Lego Ninjago, Scoob!, Smallfoot, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, Lego Movie 2, Tom and Jerry, Space Jam: A New Legacy, and DC League of Super-Pets. Abbate resigned from this position in August 2022 following the merger between WarnerMedia and Discovery.

Filmography

• Out of This World (1988) (production associate)
• The Rescuers Down Under (1990) (assistant production manager: layout/retakes)
• The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (artistic coordinator)
• Runaway Brain (1995) (associate producer)
• Space Jam (1996) (animation co-producer)
• The Iron Giant (1999) (producer)
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) (animation producer)
• Corpse Bride (2005) (producer)
• Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) (producer)
• Frankenweenie (2012) (producer)
• The Lego Movie (2014) (executive producer)
• Smallfoot (2018) (executive producer)
• Scoob! (2020) (producer)
• Tom & Jerry (2021) (executive producer)
• Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) (executive producer)
• DC League of Super-Pets (2022) (executive producer)