Sam Register serves as President, Warner Bros. Animation (WBA), Cartoon Network Studios (CNS) and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe. He reports to Tom Ascheim, President, Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics (GKYAC).

Register has served as President of Warner Bros. Animation since April 2014, adding oversight of Cartoon Network Studios to his responsibilities in August 2020. In April 2021, Register’s duties grew to include oversight of the recently established Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe (previously Cartoon Network Studios Europe, operating from Great Marlborough Productions), co-leading the London-based studio with Vanessa Brookman, Head of Kids EMEA. Together, the three units represent WarnerMedia’s collective of premiere animation studios producing content for a wide audience covering preschool, kids, family, and adult across multiple platforms including linear broadcast networks, premium/pay and basic cable channels, streaming platforms, SVOD, podcasts and theatrical.

In his role, Register oversees the creative efforts related to the development, creation, and production of original animated content, including traditional animated series, shorts, longform specials and movies across the studios which, as of December 2021, has over 60 current projects in active production.

WBA’s current series include Animaniacs for Hulu, Green Eggs and Ham and Wings of Fire for Netflix, Batman: Caped Crusader, Batwheels, Bugs Bunny Builders, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, Harley Quinn, Jellystone!, Little Ellen, Looney Tunes Cartoons, My Adventures with Superman, Tiny Toons Looniversity, Tom and Jerry in New York, Tom and Jerry Time, Velma and Young Justice for HBO Max, DC Super Hero Girls and Teen Titans Go! for Cartoon Network,  Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, Scooby-Doo! and Guess Who?, The Tom and Jerry Show and Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs! for Boomerang. WBA is also in production on a series of animated longform movie specials for ACME Night, WarnerMedia Kids & Family’s family programming block on Cartoon Network and HBO Max. Programs include Did I Do that to the Holidays? A Steve Urkel Story, Merry Little Batman and an Untitled Looney Tunes Cartoons movie.  The studio is currently in production with New Line Cinema on the upcoming original anime feature film, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.

CNS programs include Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake, Apple & Onion, Close Enough, Craig of the Creek, Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal, Summer Camp Island, The Fungies!, Tig n’ Seek, Unicorn: Warriors Eternal, Victor and Valentino, and We Baby Bears.

Current projects at Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe include the new The Amazing World of Gumball movie and series, The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe, and Elliott from Earth.

Prior to joining WBA, Register developed and produced many animated series for both Cartoon Network Studios and Warner Bros. Animation, including Chowder, Flapjack, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Ben 10. He began his animation career with Cartoon Network in 1994 and went on to run Cartoon Network Online, creating the company’s first website CartoonNetwork.com in 1998.