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Secret Starbase

A creative conspiracy for animated ideas

Animation Development · Exec Production · Creative Leadership · Original Projects

Mission

Characters, worlds and stories built to ignite emotion and travel far

Secret Starbase supports studios, creatives and IP owners to shape premium animated projects from early development through production, with EP supervision, creative direction and co-production partnerships.

Series Specials Features Shorts Franchise Extensions Original IP

Development

Shaping concepts, worlds, tone, characters, series engines and pitch-facing creative direction for animated series, specials and features.

Exec production

Hands-on creative EP support across scripts, animatics, design, voice, animation, compositing, music and mixes — all the decisions that keep a show on course.

Creative leadership

Clear notes, sharp story judgement and practical creative advice for producers, studios and rights holders building animated projects for international audiences.

Founder

Gerardo Orlando

Executive Producer · Creative Conspirator

Gerardo Orlando
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Gerardo Orlando is an animation creative executive and executive producer with 16+ years’ experience leading the creative direction of internationally distributed animated series from development through final delivery.

Formerly a senior Disney EMEA animation executive, he has worked hands-on with writers, script editors, directors, story artists, voice directors, producers and studios across a large variety of formats, genres and audiences.

His work spans preschool, kids, family co-viewing and older-skewing animation — including script and board-driven comedies, action-adventures, franchise storytelling, original IP and serialised projects.

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Selected Disney-era series work includes:

Dragon Striker
Dragon Striker
Messi and the Giants
Messi and the Giants
Chip ’n’ Dale: Park Life
Chip ’n’ Dale: Park Life
Kiya and the Kimoja Heroes
Kiya and the Kimoja Heroes
PJ Masks
PJ Masks
Counterfeit Cat
Counterfeit Cat
Furiki Wheels
Furiki Wheels
Viking Skool
Viking Skool
Boyster
Boyster
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
Rekkit Rabbit
Rekkit Rabbit
Lucky Fred
Lucky Fred

Work

Released Work and Active Projects

Some Secret Starbase work can be named. Some is just waiting behind the airlock.

Dragon Striker logo artwork

The Very End

Creative supervision of a music video based on Dragon Striker's
end-credit song.

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25 x 30" SHORTS SERIES

Fully Delivered

1 x MUSIC VIDEO

Fully Delivered

22 x 22' FANTASY SERIES

In Active Development

18 x 22' ADVENTURE SERIES

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Original projects

Secret Starbase Original Slate

Secret Starbase also develops original animated projects of its own: story worlds, characters and formats built with emotion, edge, adventure and an eye to the future.

The first ideas are still being whispered among the conspirators, so watch this space...

Coming soon

Make contact

For development conversations, partnerships and collaborations

Get in touch for projects that need sharper story, stronger direction, production support or senior creative firepower.