Laura Clunie is the Senior Vice President of Development and Feature Film at Spin Master Entertainment, a leading global children’s entertainment company. In her role, she oversees creative strategy which includes long-form, short-form, and feature film projects and the development of new intellectual property across the portfolio. Laura also acts as a Producer, leading the creative on greenlit theatrical and long-form content.

In her eight years at Spin Master, Laura has led the creative for the hit preschool series PAW Patrol, producing the franchise’s first feature film, PAW Patrol: The Movie and the second big screen release PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie. Currently, she is also directing creative for Spin Master’s newest production, Unicorn Academy, a fantasy-adventure series premiering on Netflix globally in November 2023, and Vida the Vet, an animated series debuting across premiere children’s broadcasters this fall.

Laura has a rich background in developing children’s programming. Before joining Spin Master, she served as Vice President of Creative Affairs at eOne Family, overseeing all creative initiatives for global hit properties Peppa Pig, PJ Masks and Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom. She also served as a Producer for Chorion LTD (now Silvergate Media) in London, England (Noddy, Olivia The Pig, Famous Five). Laura holds a Bachelor of Arts from Concordia University and a Masters of Film Studies from University College Dublin.

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