Steve O'Connell

Steve O'Connell (born August 9, 1961) is an American film and television producer, known for creating Frenzy Animation, and producing various films.

Early life
Steve O'Connell was born in San Diego, California, the oldest of five children to David O'Connell (1951-2014), John O'Connell (1941-2009), Henry O'Connell (1929-2005) and Robert O'Connell (1919-2009). He moved to Los Angeles in 1971.

Career
His career experience begin when he was 18 as associate producer of Time-Life Animation. He stayed until 1983, when he was moved to Universal Studios as head of animation. O'Connell oversaw the development of films like Shelly, We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story and Balto.

He left Universal in 1996, as Michael Wildshill took over duties as head of animation. Around the same time, he moved to Zoetrope Feature Animation as producer. He stayed until 2000, when he moved to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as head of feature animation. He hired deals with SD Entertainment, Dan Krech Productions and Mainframe Entertainment to create a unique feature animation slate and strategy, and oversaw development of Lost in a City and Runover Boys.

He left MGM in 2003 to start Frenzy Animation, of which he still works today. He hired MGM employee Marcus Crawford to join the studio. The first features Frenzy produced is The Princess and the Pied Piper. He remained president of Frenzy today.