Turner Studios Brings on Three Turner Studios Brings on Three Turner Studios recently welcomed Nancy Putney as the new Director of Operations for the Effects Department. Putney is responsible for scheduling, resources, training personnel, and media management procedures for the department. Putney brings 20 years of production and broadcast experience to Turner Studios. She most recently held the position of Executive Director of Atlanta's Threshold Productions/Peachtree Post. Putney also spent twelve years at Gannett Productions Services/WXIA-TV, where she worked as a writer, producer and was later promoted to manager.

Turner recently selected Trevor Mincher as Engineering Manager of technical operations. Mincher will oversee the daily technical readiness for all Turner Studios' production projects, the largest of which is now Turner's coverage of the NBA. He will also lead the engineering team in its upcoming endeavor of moving into Turner Studios' new 127,000 square foot facility, due to open in January 2000.

Turner also acquired the talents of Cel Animator Mike Schultze. Schultze spent the last eight years with the DesignEfx division of Crawford Communications. There he worked as Cel Animation Director for such clients as CNN, TNT, and Cartoon Network.