Mimi Maynard is a multifaceted creative professional with a 15-year tenure as a producer, casting director, and voice director in the realm of animated features. Her extensive credits include the production of Fly Me To The Moon, the first stereoscopic 3D animated feature, which garnered widespread recognition.
Maynard's subsequent projects have also achieved significant success, with Sammy's Adventures: A Turtle's Tale grossing over 100 million dollars and earning a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the European Film Awards. The film went on to win the Best Feature Film Cartoon Movies 2010 and the Trophee du Film European. She also worked on the sequel, A Turtle's Tale Escape From Paradise, as well as the 3D animated ride attractions Turtle Vision, Sammy and Ray, and Fly Me To The Moon.
In addition to her work on animated features, Maynard has collaborated with her partner, Paulette Lifton, on various projects for independent animation companies worldwide. They are currently adapting, casting, and voice directing for several international companies, and are also developing an animated series with Nancy Cartwright and Spotted Cow Entertainment.
Throughout her career, Maynard has demonstrated her versatility by working on both animation and live-action projects, including dubbing for numerous international companies over the past 15 years. Prior to her work in animation, she had a successful acting career, with credits in TV and film, as well as experience in sound design, ADR, and voice-over work.
Maynard's dubbing experience encompasses a wide range of tasks, including scheduling, casting, celebrity casting, voice directing, and hiring talent for translation, transcription, writing, music lyricist, singers, conductors, and music lyric replacement. On the production side, she was co-owner of various production companies, where she recruited talent and developed projects for management, television, and motion pictures.
Notably, Maynard oversaw the development of the Japanese television series Gundam into an American-made-for-television movie, further solidifying her expertise in the industry.
