Stories that shape lives.

Original & adapted animation for film & television.

The stories we grow up with do more than entertain. They shape how we see the world, expand our imagination, and widen our sense of possibility. We develop animated stories for global audiences with that lasting impact in mind.

About us

Nicole and Erica over the years

Nicole P. Hearon

Nicole P. Hearon is a feature animation veteran who has spent years inside the studio system, building stories at scale and understanding what it takes to bring a film to life. Her credits include Frozen, Frozen II, Moana, Tangled, and most recently, That Christmas.

Erica Starks

Based in Andorra, Erica Starks is a creative entrepreneur with a background in Disney Feature Animation and Broadway, including work tied to productions such as Wicked, The Lion King, Frozen, and Chicago.

But our real connection was never resumes. It was taste.

We met the way a lot of good things start, working together in Los Angeles, over Friday afternoon teas, talking about movies. Not deals. Not strategy. Movies. And especially soundtracks.

We kept returning to the same idea: the films and television shows that stay with you do more than entertain. They shape your imagination, widen your sense of possibility, and sometimes even alter the trajectory of your life. That belief sits at the center of Pau Productions.

We are drawn to stories with big feeling, emotional truth, strong music, and imaginative world-building. We believe the strongest films and series treat audiences, especially children, with intelligence and respect.

Pau Productions develops projects with a global outlook, drawing on experience across high-level animation, international packaging, and IP-driven storytelling.

As our lives moved across the Atlantic, from Los Angeles to Spain, the UK, and Andorra, the idea of building something together came into focus. What began as shared instinct became shared purpose. That purpose became Pau Productions.

Our mission

Do you remember walking into a theater as one person and leaving as another?

The best films and television series create a before and after in your life. They stay with you. They shape how you see the world, expand your imagination, and widen your sense of possibility.

At Pau Productions, we believe that kind of storytelling matters.

Because the stories children grow up with become part of the adults they become.

Our mission is to develop and produce animated features and series with that kind of lasting emotional and cultural impact.

We are drawn to stories with big feeling, emotional truth, strong music, and imaginative world-building. We believe the strongest films and series treat audiences, especially children, with intelligence and respect.

Because animation is not just a genre. It is one of the most powerful narrative forms in culture.

Our slate

Pau Productions develops original and adapted animated storytelling for global family audiences.

We approach each project as a world with the potential to travel across formats. While every story finds its natural form, we develop with a broader horizon in mind across film, television, and selected publishing and interactive extensions.

Our slate is built selectively, with an emphasis on distinctive creative voices, strong underlying worlds, and long-term potential across formats.

Features

Original and adapted animated features in development.

Television

Original series concepts and selected adaptations for international family audiences.

Shorts

Short-form storytelling, proof-of-concept pieces, and visual world-building.

Project details available on request.

About Pau

Pau

2009-2025

Name

Pau was Erica's dog: an unforgettable one-eyed chihuahua from Valencia, and a constant through entire chapters of her life. Pau means peace in Catalan. It is also the Catalan form of Paul.

Story

Pau, who died in Erica's lap while she and Nicole were building the company in 2025, was funny, quiet, and impossible to categorize. Children would stop in the street and ask, Is it a dog, a cat, a rabbit? He moved through the world in his own way, and somehow made other people see it differently too.

Meaning

Nicole suggested naming the company after him because he represented something essential: instinct, loyalty, presence, and love.

Legacy

While Pau Productions is built for global audiences and studio scale, the work still begins somewhere small and deeply felt, with instinct, emotion, companionship, and the kind of presence that quietly changes the shape of a life.

Contact

All inquiries are reviewed personally.