Micah Brooke

About Micah Brooke

With over 20 years of experience, Micah is a thought leader of the digital content and animation landscape where his storytelling acumen and forward thinking approach has given him a distinguished expertise in an ever-evolving space- Co-Founded Octopie, a cutting edge animation studio that partnered with filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo (“Avengers: Infinity War”, “Avengers: Endgame”) to become the animation vertical for their film studio AGBO- Key figure in the launch and accelerated growth of Machinima which became the top entertainment network for the gamer audience. Established a pool of over 200 content creators and developed dozens of hit shows that generated over 1 billion global views- Spearheaded Happy Hour, Machinima’s animation brand that became the fastest growing animation channel ever on YouTube and surpassed Adult Swim as the most viewed animation brand in the 18-34 demographic- Led in the development of high profile franchise adaptations such as “Transformers”, “Magic the Gathering”, and “Re-Animator”- Built and managed bespoke animation pipelines at all scales and budgets.

Experience

1. Co-founder Chief Creative Officer

   Octopie

   Apr 2016 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   Led in the development of 20 original digital series, including “Explosion Jones”, which was pitched and sold to the El Rey network. Director Robert Rodriguez (“Sin City”, “Machete”) executive produced- Managed the development team of “Magic The Gathering” in collaboration with the Russo brothers, which was pitched and sold to Netflix- Launched the Octopie Youtube channel which garnered 200k subscribers and nearly 20m global views within a year of launching- Closed a partnership and $5m equity investment from AGBO films- Worked with brands such as PUBG Corporation, LA Clippers, HyperX, Skybound Games, the FDA, and Socialpoint on custom & branded marketing activations that reached over 30m impressions on digital platforms- Built and managed pipelines for a multitude of animation formats including 2D, 3D/Virtual Production, Stop Motion, Motion Comic, Pixel Animation, and Anime. Fostered relationships with overseas studios in Japan, Philippines, Spain, Canada, Costa Rica, and India for animation scale and leverageable economic

Education

• Full Sail University

  Associate of Arts (AA), Film/Cinema/Video Studies

  2003 — 2004

Skills

• Talent Acquisition
• Storytelling
• Video Editing
• Post Production
• Animation Programming
• Video Production
• New Media
• Programming
• Digital Media
• Writing
• Community Management
• Youtube
• Entertainment
• Creative Direction
• Audience Development