Animation Magazine reports that there are two new managerial roles at Pixar and Disney.  Andrew Millstein, Disney Animation exec has been titled General Manager of Walt Disney Animation Studios.  At Pixar, former VFX vet Jim Morris will now act as General Manager of the studio.

Reporting to Ed Catmull, president of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, both execs will run the day-to-day operations of their respective studios, and will continue to oversee all aspects of production related to animated features, short films and special animated projects.

Mr. Millstein has been involved with Disney for over 11 years,  with experience running day to day operations of studios (including acting as senior VP/general manager of production for Walt Disney Animation in Florida, where he oversaw production on Brother Bear). Mr. Morris most recently acted as Producer for Pixar’s latest film “Wall-E”.  Prior to that, he was responsible for the production of the studio’s shorts, features, and theme park attractions.  Before joining Pixar, Morris was president of Lucas Digital Ltd, and managed its two divisions, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) and Skywalker Sound.