ST. LOUIS — Just 4 years after launching his St. Louis-based animation studio, David Steward II now holds rating among the many Hollywood elite.

The founder and CEO of Lion Forge Animation on Thursday was named by the Hollywood Reporter newspaper as one of many “75 Most Powerful People in Kids’ Entertainment.”

Steward II, the son of World Wide Technology Chairman and Co-founder David Steward, launched Lion Forge Animation in May 2019, as an growth of his Lion Forge comedian guide publishing imprint, with each constructed to create content material produced by and that includes numerous tales.

Within a number of months of launching Lion Forge Animation, the studio signed on as co-producer of the animated quick movie “Hair Love,” a narrative of a Black father’s strugglers to do his daughter’s hair for the primary time, which went on to win an Oscar in February 2020.

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