Gentle Giant Studios: For over 15 years, Gentle Giant Studios has pioneered innovative approaches to the design and creation of sculpture for film, toys & consumer products, collectibles, and large scale sculptures and monuments.
Growing with the digital revolution, Gentle Giant routinely provides 3d modeling and data acquisition services for feature film and television productions, industrial [...]
Academy Award® winning Blue Sky Studios became a wholly owned unit of Fox Filmed Entertainment in 1997 (a subsidiary of News Corporation). The studio was founded ten years earlier with a mission to pioneer creatively superior photo-realistic, high-resolution, computer-generated character animation for the feature film, television and entertainment industries.
Throughout our history, we at Blue Sky [...]
DreamWorks Animation creates high-quality entertainment, including CG animated feature films, television specials and series, live entertainment properties and online virtual worlds, meant for audiences around the world. The Company has world-class creative talent, a strong and experienced management team and advanced filmmaking technology and techniques. DreamWorks Animation has been named one of the “100 Best [...]
Founded in 2005 AnimationMentor.com is the only animation school built by professional animators specifically for people who want to become animators. The program teaches students the skills needed to succeed as a professional animator in the studio environment. By graduation, every student has worked in a production-style environment where mentors, who are working studio animators, [...]
Rhythm & Hues Studios is an Academy Award – winning visual effects studio. It is perhaps best known for its computer generated 3D character animation. Recognized internationally as one of Hollywood’s top visual effects and animation facilities, Rhythm & Hues has more than 100 feature films to its credit. The studio received the Academy Award [...]
DAMON BARD – For close to 20 years, Damon Bard has been working as a freelance artist in the entertainment industry primarily as a sculptor and designer of characters and creatures. Since then, he has contributed to nearly 30 films and other various projects during his career.
At an early age, (about 6-7 years old) Damon [...]
Kent Melton has spent the past 25 years working in animation. He was the first staff sculptor employed by Hanna Barbera. He then worked as an art director at Universal Studios before embarking on a full-time career as a sculptor for feature films. Melton has sculpted countless maquettes for Disney, Warner Bros., Don Bluth, Dreamworks, [...]
Jose Lopez has been a character designer for over 10 years working in the Film, TV and Video Game industries. He cultivated his signature style early on, working on such animated series as “Godzilla”, “Men In Black: The Series” and “Jackie Chan Adventures”. More recently, as lead character designer, his work on “Green Lantern: First [...]
Kei Acedera is the art director and co-owner of Imaginism Studios. She is known for her imaginative character designs for Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” and her best-selling childrens’ book illustrations for Harper Collins. Kei’s work can be best described as light-hearted, character-based illustrations, beautifully appealing with extreme versatility. Look out for more of Kei’s [...]
California-native Craig Elliott has been creating art for as long as he can remember. Fueled by an intense curiosity about the natural world, Elliott built elaborate dioramas as a child before taking up painting. After receiving training from greats such as Harry Carmean and Burne Hogarth at Art Center College of Design, Elliott began a [...]
Mission Statement
Woodbury University is committed to providing the highest level of professional and liberal arts education. The integrated nature of our educational environment cultivates successful students with a strong and enduring sense of personal and social responsibility. We prepare innovative learners who are adept at communicating and willing to cross the boundaries of knowledge in [...]
GUY VASILOVICH brings an illustrious animation, cartooning and musical background to film and television. He is the creator of National Geographic’s first animates series: “IGGY ARBUCKLE” and YTV’s Gemini nominated: “MOVILLE MYSTERIES”
He has directed, developed, designed and written animated shows for NICKELODEON, WARNER BROS, UNIVERSAL, COMEDY CENTRAL and DISNEY and has served as FILM ROMAN’S [...]
Bernard is a graduate from the Animation program at Sheridan College. He has worked as a character designer and visual development artist for various studios in Canada such as C.O.R.E Digital Pictures, Cuppa Coffee Studios, House of Cool and has worked for clients like Warner Brothers and Disney Toons.
Bernard currently lives in Toronto, Canada, where [...]
Sponsored by “Grumpy Pants Productions”
The Drawing Studio with Live Costumed Models is the heart of what we do as artists. It is the heart beat of ever design and every thing you see. The Drawing Studio is open during exhibit hall hours with floor to ceiling windows. Complete with costumed models and [...]
Title: The Thinking Behind Colorscripting
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
Length: 45min
Filmed in November 2010
Description: Join Toy Story 3 Art Director Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi as he shares all the secrets of how he built the color and lighting design of the film Toy Story3.
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Pixar Art Director Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi:
Born and raised in Tokyo, Dice moved to [...]
Bobby Chiu is a Toronto-based artist and the founder of Imaginism Studios. He is known for his creature concepts and other fantastical, quirky characters. Some of Bobby’s favorite themes to explore are disguise, irony, and duality. You can see his creatures in Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland”, to be released in March 2010, as well [...]
Tony Bancroft, Director/Animator –
As a California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) student, Tony’s talent was recognized very early on. As a result, his college career was cut short upon immediately being “drafted” to the big leagues of Walt Disney Animation Studios. His ability to quickly adapt his skills to any given project led him to [...]
Title: One on One Spotlight on Virtual Collaboration
Presented by The Creative Talent Network
20 min
Moderator TBA
Uri Shinar is the founder and President of Aniboom, the world’s first Virtual Animation Studio, which brings together 8,000 professional animators within an online global community and connects them to the animation industry in all its forms: cinema, television, web, mobile, [...]
Don Hahn produced the Disney classic Beauty and the Beast, the first animated film to receive a Best Picture Oscar® nomination from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, and to win a Golden Globe® for Best Picture. His next film, The Lion King, broke box office records all over the world to become [...]
Title: The Future Has Arrived
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted August 2010
Length 45 min
Chris Oatley has worked as a visual development artist and a content creator in the entertainment industries for six years. Chris has worked in visual development on films at Disney and The Weinstein Company. He has developed music [...]
Title: Director for Animation vs Live Action
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted August 2010
Length 45 min
Bill Kroyer is an award-winning director of animation and computer graphics commercials, short films, movie titles and theatrical films. Trained in classic hand-drawn animation at the Disney Studio, Bill was one of the first animators [...]
Sean Galloway is a self taught artist that is based in Los Angeles. His works include lead character designer on Spectacular Spider-man Animated, lead character designer on Hellboy animated, cover artist for DC Comics and Marvel Comics. He recently has worked as a storyboarder for Marvel Comics’ new Avengers series, Hasbro’s new G.I.Joe [...]
Born in Campeche, Campeche (MEXICO) the 8th of December 1976. In 2000, started working in the American comic book industry at Dark Horse Comics (SPY BOY & STAR WARS TALES). 2001-2003, D.C. Comics, published his first own project done called KMKZ (KAMIKAZE). Then he jumped to D.C. Comics with small projects (THUNDER CATS, SUPERMAN & [...]
OLIVIER TOSSAN grew up in Paris but has been living in Berlin for the last ten years. He comes from the world of scene design and illustration drawing. As a logical step, the world of story telling and entertainment now rises to the topmost level of his creations.
Like the Mary Poppins’ characters, his dream is [...]
Stuart NG carries thousands of rare & out-of-print books as well as notable recently published titles. They strive to offer the best selection of current artists sketchbooks; from aspiring students to well-established professionals.
Title: A Spotlight Career Interview with Peter de Sève
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted Sept 2010
Length 20 min
PETER de SÈVE’S illustration and character designs are known throughout the world. His work spans three decades and various media, including magazines, books, print and television advertising, animated feature films and magazines. Best recognized [...]
Title: 20/20 Visions with Headless Productions
Hosted by The Creative Talent Network
Length 45 min
Join this innovative creative group and hear first hand how they started collaborating, see some of their previous works, and find out how they went about creating Headless Productions and what their future goals are. They will be showing teasers [...]
John Musker began his career at Disney in 1977. His first assignment was as an assistant animator on a short called The Small One (1978). His feature film debut came when he worked as an animator on Pete’s Dragon (1977). He was promoted to supervising animator by 1981, when he worked on The Fox and [...]
It is our pleasure to welcome you to The Art Institute of California — Hollywood community. More than ever, it’s an exciting time to pursue an education in the creative and applied arts.
To prepare for the creative world, you need a brand new vocabulary. Your creative vision can never be truly understood until you can properly [...]
The mission of the Burbank Arts Education Foundation is to generate long-term, broad-based financial support to ensure equal access to high-quality arts education for all students in the Burbank Unified School District.
The BAEF raises money throughout the year, and provides grants twice a year to the District, Principals, Teachers, Arts Coordinators, PTA groups, and others [...]
Mission
Helping you learn, master, and apply digital tools and techniques.
Website:
http://www.lynda.com
The mission of the Entertainment Technology program is to provide students with a comprehensive and well rounded education in rapidly evolving media fields. The Entertainment Technology curriculum is designed to meet the changing needs of the entertainment industry. Entertainment Technology courses are comprehensive and rigorous, covering areas such as Animation, Game Development, Post-Production, Visual Effects [...]
MARCELO VIGNALI is a Production Designer and Visual Development artist for Sony Pictures Animation in Culver City, California.
He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Argentine immigrant parents. In 1976 his family moved to Southern California, where his father started an auto repair shop. Marcelo graduated from West Covina high school in 1983, and that same [...]
ICEF Public Schools is a nonprofit charter school management organization serving communities in the South Los Angeles area. We operate high-quality, tuition-free, public charter elementary, middle and high schools. Our goal is to develop and manage charter schools that prepare minority students to attend and compete academically at the top colleges and universities in the [...]
Women In Animation is a professional, non-profit organization established in 1994 to foster the dignity, concerns and advancement of women who are involved in any and all aspects of the art and industry of animation.
Website:
http://wia.animationblogspot.com/
The Animation Guild is Local 839 of the IATSE. We represent writers, animation and visual effects artists. Our mission is to provide the strength of a collective voice and the seamless cloak of benefits to the writers and artists across the animation industry
Website:
http://www.animationguild.org
The Flip Video is a simple camcorder for digital video created by Pure Digital Technologies[1], a company bought by Cisco Systems in March of 2009.[2] Variants include the Flip Ultra, the Flip UltraHD, the Flip Video Mino, the Flip Video MinoHD, and the Flip Video SlideHD.
Website:
http://www.theflip.com
Cold Hard Flash, a news and entertainment source focusing on TV series, feature films and online shorts being produced with Adobe’s Flash software. Only 5 years ago, there were no more than 5 Flash-animated shows airing on TV. Today, that number is closer to 50. Beyond TV, the web is now full of independent animators [...]
The people who teach animation can vary from an old studio veteran, to a young independent filmmaker, to a computer tech. All are united in their love of teaching and a desire to ensure the skills of the past are passed on to future generations. Despite the large number of people now teaching animation, there [...]
The John C. Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts (DADA) is devoted to providing its students with the tools, theory and support to fully explore their creative potential as animators. The field of animation has evolved to encompass everything from traditional, character-based storytelling, to abstract and experimental work, and utilizes techniques ranging from painting [...]
The Burbank Unified School District provides a comprehensive, balanced educational program for kindergarten through grade 12.The District is governed by a five-member Board of Education and served by a central administrative staff. Eleven K-5 elementary schools, three middle schools, two comprehensive high schools, and a continuation high school serve a diverse and culturally enriched student [...]
Pixar Animation Studios is an Academy Award ®-winning computer animation studio with the technical, creative and production capabilities to create a new generation of animated feature films, merchandise and other related products. Pixar’s objective is to combine proprietary technology and world-class creative talent to develop computer-animated feature films with memorable characters and heartwarming stories that [...]
Love TV? So do we! Nickelodeon has been the #1 children’s network nearly 17 years in a row! Not only do we put kids first, but our employees too! At our studio having a passion for children’s entertainment plus employee perks such as remote control car races, water gun fights, life drawing classes, chocolate tasting, [...]
Imaginism Studios is made up of independent artists specializing in publishing, television, and movie pre-production. We produce some of the most fun and upbeat designs, concepts, and illustrations around! Plus we’re really friendly and will work long hours to meet your needs, so please feel free to contact us and let us know how we [...]
WebiFringe Talent President/Recruiter Debra Blanchard started her career in animation at Warner Brothers TV where she worked on the Emmy award winning Tiny Toon Adventures. Debra then joined Industrial Light & Magic, recruiting production and artistic talent for the most recent Star Wars trilogy. She then went on to head up recruiting for DreamWorks Animation, [...]
Digital Domain is a visual effects and animation company based in Venice, Los Angeles, California. The company is known for creating state-of-the-art digital imagery for feature films, television advertising, interactive visual media and the video game industry. Digital Domain also provides technical software solutions for the visual effects and animation industry.
Website:
http://www.digitaldomain.com/
Burbank is a city built by People, Pride, and Progress. These three ingredients turned a tiny, rural town into the thriving community it is today.
In the beginning, the land occupied by the present City was part of two large Spanish land grants. The first was the vast Rancho San Rafael, granted to Don Jose Maria [...]
In 1937, the Walt Disney Studios released its first fully animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and pioneered a new form of family entertainment. More than seven decades later, Walt Disney Animation Studios continues to honor its heritage through animated films that combine beautiful artistry, masterful storytelling and ground breaking technology.
With 14 Marriott brands and more than 3,100 hotels and resorts worldwide, there’s a lot to learn about Marriott International. As a leader in the hospitality industry, we enjoy outstanding name recognition, exceptional customer preference, unprecedented international locations and a reputation for operational excellence.
Marriott Lodging
Marriott operates or franchises hotels, resorts, executive accommodations and suites worldwide, translating [...]
The Animation World Network is the largest animation-related publishing group on the Internet, providing readers from over 151 countries with a wide range of interesting, relevant and helpful information pertaining to all aspects of animation. Covering areas as diverse as animator profiles, independent film distribution, commercial studio activities, licensing, CGI and other animation technologies, as [...]
Each day, Cartoon Brew brings the latest news and trends in animation to over 10,000 different artists, entertainment execs and cartoon aficionados. Animation authorities Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi — both of whom are recognized historians and published authors, with long experience in the animation industry — cover a wide range of topics, including contemporary [...]
Title: The Broad Appeal of Animation
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted May 2010
Length 45 min
The number of females working in the animation industry has dramatically increased in the past quarter century. What began mostly as a male-dominated profession has evolved into an arena full of women animators, directors, story artists, designers [...]
Craig Harris has been working as a game animator for the past nine years with brief stints with animation masters including James Baxter and John K. He is now out on his own working as an entity called the Nomad Gallery. It is a travelling art gallery featuring his own work of The [...]
Stefan G. Bucher is the man behind the ongoing drawing and storytelling experiment DAILYMONSTER.COM and the “Daily Letter” segments on “The Electric Company” airing on PBS.
He is the author of the books “All Access—The Making of Thirty Extraordinary Graphic Designers” and “The Graphic Eye — Photographs by Graphic Designers From Around The Globe,” as well [...]
The Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art (LAAFA) was named one of American Artist’s Top 10 Art Schools. In the November 2011 article, Pursuing The Classical Dream: The American Artist Guide to Art Schools, LAAFA is one of the selectschools worldwide that have established reputable practices in delivery of classical art education.
LAAFA’s Programs are designed [...]
The Los Angeles Film School is an accredited college with a campus located in the heart of Hollywood. The private post-secondary college, which has quickly become a leading academic center for aspiring filmmakers, offers degrees in film, computer animation and game production with an exceptional curriculum in state-of-the-art facilities. Its campus comprises of over 250,000 [...]
Lubomir Arsov is a character designer and visual development artist residing in Toronto, Canada. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, he journeyed over the Atlantic Ocean seven hours back in time, to step upon the soil of the New World. Enthralled by the visual language of the material realm, he chose to explore it’s many variations through [...]
DigiCel FlipBook Makes 2D Animation Easier Every Step of the Way!
DigiCel FlipBook lets you draw right on the computer with your mouse or tablet. Or you can draw on paper, like the pros, and shoot your rough drawings under a camera for speed and then scan your cleaned-up drawings for quality. FlipBook will keep track [...]
MAXON Computer, USA is a leader in 3D animation software. Its award-winning products, CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D, are used worldwide to create 3D animation and designs for feature films, television programs and commercials, live theater, music videos, motion graphics show packages, web sites, as well as medical and scientific visualization. Both products are completely [...]
Title: An Animation Career Snapshot
Sponsored by Animation Mentor
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted May 2010
Length 45 min
Join Animation Mentor and guests at CTN-X for a conversation about “An Animation Career Snapshot”. Panel Description: Just as the animation industry is constantly evolving, so does your career in animation!
AnimationMentor.com has gathered top animators in all areas of the [...]
For the past 15 years Video Symphony has been the industry’s leader in post production training and education. Since 1995 post houses, production companies, recording studios, and major studios and networks including Fox, Universal, Sony, MTV, Warner, Disney, NBC, and CBS have sent their employees to Video Symphony for training to stay on the cutting [...]
Jerry Beck is an animation historian and cartoon producer. His twelve books on the subject include The Animated Movie Guide, Looney Tunes: The Ultimate Visual Guide and The 50 Greatest Cartoons. He is a former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney, and is currently a consulting producer to Warner Bros., Universal and Disney for their [...]
Brittney Lee has had a passion for drawing ever since she was old enough to hold a pencil! After graduating from the Film and Animation program at the Rochester Institute of Technology, she journeyed across the country to her new home in San Francisco. Brittney currently works as a freelance animator, designer and visual development [...]
John Loter and Shelley Loter are both former Creative Directors from Disney Consumer Products. They work together as Loter, Inc., an independent creative studio with experience in product design & development, book design & illustration, animation, character design, video game development, comics, graphic design, packaging design, and retail/branding development.
Loter, Inc. has contributed to the legacy [...]
Jeremy Bernstein is a story artist and animator who has worked for Dreamworks, Sony, and Nickelodeon animation studios. His animation credits include, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Monsters vs. Aliens, Kung Fu Panda, Shrek 2 and 3, Madagascar, Over the Hedge, and Flushed Away. He is currently a storyboard artist on Nickelodeon’s The Penguins [...]
Valerio Ventura career of over twenty-five years in the animation industry makes him one of the top development artist in the industry and his work as a multi-award winning live-action director has been receiving praises all over the world with his recent short film “Winter”. The award winning “Winter” DVD will be available at CTN-X. [...]
Renegade Animation was founded in 1992 with the aim of producing outstanding animation, providing exceptional service and fostering a supportive and creative environment for its employees. The studio made its initial splash in commercial animation and one of its first projects, the Nike Superbowl spot “Aerospace Jordan” was one of the most successful commercials of [...]
Scott Wright grew up in a small town in Alberta, Canada where winters are long and summers are rare. So what did this Canadian do to pass the time? You guessed it, he planned his escape. Scott now lives in Los Angeles, California, where summers are long and winters don’t exist.
After studying animation in Toronto, [...]
California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is recognized internationally as a leading laboratory for the visual, performing, media and literary arts. Housing six schools–Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film/Video, Music, and Theater–CalArts educates professional artists in an intensive learning environment founded on artmaking excellence, creative experimentation, cross-pollination among diverse artistic disciplines, and a broad context of [...]
Silver names three treasures to success in life that give him what it takes to keep on drawing: determination, passion and desire.
Stephen Silver was born in London in 1972. Aspiring to be a professional artist his whole life and knowing drawing would be his vocation, Silver got his professional start in 1992 drawing caricatures in [...]
Frank M Hansen (FM Hansen) is an independent artist living in Los Angeles working in illustration, comics, animation and design. He is also the creator of Animatic Press for posting his personal comics and a platform to discover new w-
ays to combine animation and fine art with sequential art of storytelling.
His work has been featured [...]
Bill Robinson is a 27 year old illustrator and animator living in Berkeley, CA. Bill is a graduate of the Film and Animation program at Rochester Institute of Technology. He is currently a Lead Artist at Kabam, where he develops massively multiplayer online strategy games for Facebook. In addition to his day job in games, [...]
Title: Zeroes and Ones
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
Length 45 min
Moderator Tom Sito:
Tom Sito is a thirty year veteran of animated film production.
His screen credits include the Disney classics THE LITTLE MERMAID, BEAUTY & THE BEAST, ALADDIN, THE LION KING, WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT ? POCAHONTAS,DINOSAURS and FANTASIA 2000. Animation World Network called Tom “one [...]
MARK McDONNELL is a well-rounded versatile Visual Development Artist working in the Animation and Entertainment industry. Starting his career as a toy designer for Applause, he has held a wide variety of crafts within the commercial art world before setting his sights on the Animation and Entertainment Industry. From Toy Designer, Art Director, Theme Park [...]
Fabian Molina is a Northern California based artist who specializes in and hand-drawn character animation and character design. His work is defined by a great use of gesture and shapes to bring out the personality, emotion, and action of his characters. His drawings tell a visual story that everyone can relate to. Fabian is working [...]
Donnachada Daly is an animator and illustrator. He is also the creator and pioneer of 3D Illustration. His artwork has broken the boundaries of the page and can be viewed in 3D without using 3D glasses.
He has worked as a Directing Animator on Shrek, Shrek 2, Madagascar and Antz. He began as a cel painter [...]
Mitchell Bernal has created art for Disney Feature Animation, Imagineering, and Disney Pictures for 15 years. His credits include Beauty & the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Fantasia 2000, Mickey’s Philharmagic & Enchanted. He is the creator of Skelanimals, “Dead animals need love too,” a brand that has garnered a following of collectors with clothing, [...]
Title: Screening of Tick Tock Tale
Meet The Makers
Sponsored by Disney Animation
Moderated by: Frank Gladstone has been working as a professional animator, producer, director, writer and teacher for nearly 35 years. From 1973 to 1989, he managed his own Emmy award-winning studio, Persistence of Vision, producing commercials and educational films, and has since held management positions [...]
Beth Sleven has worked at a number of studios as both a tradtional 2D and CG animator. She has animated on such films as “Looney Tunes: Back in Action”, “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe”, and “Curious George”, as well as a number of other films. Her more recent work [...]
Rik Maki has been creating character designs for every feature animated film from Lion King to most recently Princess and the Frog. He ahs created designs for BlueSky Studios, Laika, Sony and is the owner of Grumpy Pants Productions happily serving the animation community for 32 years.
More work by Rik Maki can be seen at [...]
David Colman is an illustrator who has been working as an Emmy winning character designer, development artist, story artist and art director in the animation industry for over 10 years. He has worked for many clients such as Disney Feature Animation, Disney TV, Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Imageworks, Blue Sky Studios, Jim Henson, Hasbro, Cartoon [...]
ROBIN JOSEPH currently works as a freelance designer , collaborating closely with directors and writers developing the look, characters and visual language for their worlds! He has designed on projects for House Of Cool, Bluesky Sudios, Laika Entertainment, Illumination Entertainment and Sony Pictures Animation.
In his spare time he chisels away developing his short film [...]
Title: How to break into Animation and How to Stay There!
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted April 2010
Length 20 min
Description: Director/Producer Steve Hickner gives practical advice and hints on how to get into the animation industry and pitfalls to avoid once in it.
Steve Hickner has spent the past thirty years working [...]
Liana Hee was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has had a love for illustration since childhood and has been doing it ever since. In 2007 Liana graduated from the Art Institute of California-SF with a degree in Media Arts andAnimation. Since then she has worked designing toys, characters and animating [...]
Title: Pixar is in the House: Story Story Story
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted April 2010
Length 45 min
Join award winner animation director Roger Allers and Pixar Story Artists Ted Mathot, Scott Morse, Bill Presing, and Derek Thompson, in this rare opportunity as they discuss Pixar’s unique and exciting Story Development process.
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Moderator [...]
Title: The History of the Maquette
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted April 2010
Length 45 min
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Join Kent Melton, Ruben Procopio and other maquette sculptors in a relaxed and informal setting while they discuss the history of the [...]
Title: The Pioneer Series: Those Who Paved the Way
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted April 2010
Length 45 min
Moderated by Animation Historian Jerry Beck this round table discussion with Don Bluth and Gary Goldman centers on the pioneering spirit. Hear first hand about the passion and drive that drove these great talents [...]
Title: One on One Spotlight with Mike Mignola
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted April 2010
Length 47 min
Moderated by animation Producer and Director Don Hahn this one on one interview with An American Cartoonist Mike Mignola is a rare moment in time as these two giants in the industry speak casually about [...]
J. Scott Campbell is a renowned illustrator and a world famous comic book artist with over a decade and a half in the business. Best known for his landmark series ‘Danger Girl’, where he served as both creator and artist, Scott has also created a huge fan-base over the years from his work on such [...]
Lou Romano (b. 1972) was born and raised in San Diego, Ca. He began drawing and painting at an early age and studied theater arts, performing in plays throughout high school. After graduating in 1990 he studied animation and film at Cal Arts from 1990-92. Lou has worked as an illustrator and designer on various [...]
WARNER BROS. ANIMATION (WBA) is one of the leading producers of television animation in the entertainment industry, with a talent-rich roster boasting some of the most accomplished writers, producers and artists working today. Home to the iconic animated characters from the DC Comics, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries, WBA produces the hit action-adventure program [...]
Sony Pictures Animation exemplifies the next generation of CGI storytelling to produce a variety of animated entertainment for audiences around the world. Sony Pictures Animation has a full slate of films including the mouth-watering 3D comedy CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS which opened as the #1 movie in North America on September 18, HOTEL [...]
Gnomon School of Visual Effects is an innovative training facility that stresses the importance of creativity in computer graphics.
We believe, that while technology offers new tools to create your visions, it is our ultimate goal to allow you to interact transparently with the software. At Gnomon, we know that it is not the technology that [...]
BreakPoint Books will be selling a wide variety of animation related books. Be sure to check out books by CTN Animation Expo presenters: Jerry Beck, Bruce Block, Stefan Bucher, Mike Mignola, Lee Silber and Tom Sito. Also, look for books illustrated by CTN Animation Expo presenters: Peter De Seve and Dave Zaboski. BreakPoint will also [...]
My Full name is Steven Pierre Gordon. I use my middle name because there are 2 Steven Gordons in Animation.
I went to school at Cal Arts. Worked at Disney Feature Animation as a 2-D Animator for 9 years (from 1993-2002.) Took 2 years off then transitioned from 2-D to 3-D at Imageworks for 2 and [...]
Chris Oatley has worked as a visual development artist and a content creator in the entertainment industries for six years. Chris has worked in visual development on films at Disney and The Weinstein Company. He has developed music videos for Geffen Records and he directed one for EMI. He has also worked in development on [...]
Stuart Sumida is a professor of Biology at California State University San Bernardino where he teaches animal and human anatomy. He is the author of three books and over 100 scientific articles. His work on animal structure and function led Charles Solomon to suggest him to the Disney Studios to help with the structure of [...]
Title: One on One Spotlight with Dave Master
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted August 2010
Length 45 min
Moderator Henk Dawson:
I started my Seattle, Washington-based illustration and animation business in 1989. Since then, I have been working with clients such as Apple, ESPN, Fox, FedEx, IBM, Hasbro, Intel, Microsoft, Nintendo, Pepsi, Taco Bell, [...]
Title: Pixie Dust to Pixels
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
Length 45 min
Listen in with veteran animators as they discuss the role of EFX in animation and the journey from Pixie Dust to Pixels.
Moderator Henk Dawson:
I started my Seattle, Washington-based illustration and animation business in 1989. Since then, I have been working with clients such as [...]
The 80’s in America were a time when entertainment, advertisement, and education blended into an epic world of artistic creation. For a suburban Caucasian youth characters such as Luke Skywalker, He-Man, Burt and Ernie, Ronald McDonald, and Kermit the Frog were the third set of parents. Such characters illuminated my imagination through Television, Food, and [...]
Philip Phillipson has spent the last 20 years with Walt Disney Feature Animation. Credits include 18 theatrical filsm, 14 of them Disney. He has also worked with Hanna-Barbera, Marvel and Universal, as well as on dozens of television programs and publications.
Help us welcome Phil Phillipson to CTN-X 2009. Register Now http://www.regonline.com/ctnanimationexpo2009
Glenn Vilppu is considered one of today’s foremost draftsman and instructors in drawing and painting. Few contemporary artists have thoroughly absorbed the lessons of the great masters of the past and in addition, none have Glenn’s ability to communicate and inspire students with such knowledge and understanding.
Glenn Vilppu is trained in the classical art of [...]
SCOTT MORSE is the award-winning author of multiple graphic novels and chapter books, including SOULWIND, TIGER!TIGER!TIGER!, NOBLE BOY, and Scholastic’s MAGIC PICKLE series. In animation, Morse has art directed and provided storyboards for Disney, Hanna Barbera, Cartoon Network, Universal, and Nickelodeon. He currently works as a story artist and designer for Pixar, where his credits [...]
Mark Christiansen has worked as a character designer, animator and character layout artist at a number of cartoon studios including Walt Disney Television Animation, Universal Cartoons, Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. He also has gained considerable experience in the licensing industry, having worked as a Senior Character Artist at Warner Bros. Consumer Products [...]
Justin Orr of JUSSCOPE.COM is an illustrator based out of the Northern California area. He has worked on numerous projects ranging from animated television commercials to video game concept art. He will be exhibiting and selling books, prints and much more at the 1st CTN Animation Expo!
Help us welcome Justin Orr to CTN-X 2009. Register [...]
“Michael Daley is an animation artist living in sunny California. He has worked on many television, game, print and design projects in the role of illustrator, animator, designer and art director. See some samples of artwork at http://biocreep.blogspot.com”
“Pascal Campion is a French artist living in the Bay area.
He’s worked for the past nine years in [...]
Gabriele Pennacchioli joined DreamWorks Animation in 2003 as a lead animator on “Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas.” He went on to work as an animator on “Shark Tale,” “Flushed Away,” “Kung Fu Panda” and as a story artist on “Shrek the Third” and “Crood Awakening.”
Currently, Gabriele is working as an animator on “How To [...]
Saud Boksmati is a freelance designer and visual development artist currently residing in Toronto, Canada. After Graduating from Sheridan College in 2005 he has worked for C.O.R.E Digital and House of Cool Studios as a Character Designer and Supervisor on various shows.
In his Spare time he loves to read books on history, politics and ancient [...]
Steph Laberis is a character designer and illustrator residing in Berkeley, CA. Her background is in games but she has been pursuing her dream of working in feature animation during her free time. Her clients have included Hasbro, Sony, Microsoft, PBS Kids and various iOS startups in the Bay Area. When not drawing or playing [...]
Title: The Line Kings: Designers of Animation
Sponsored by The Character Design Blog
Length 45 min
Join us in this rare opportunity when these top designers in the field of animation come together for a round table discussion.
Gregg Couch (TBA) Designer from Blue Sky Studios.
Jason Deamer
Jason Deamer began his career at Pixar Animation Studios in 1998 as a [...]
Title: Color Scripting a Feature Film
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
Length 45 min
For every animated film a color script is created, which is essentially an at a glance look at the color keys and tones for the entire film. A color script gives you a good look at how the color arcs in a film [...]
Ellen Ann Mersereau Entertainment Attorney
After attempting to read his contract without help, one of Ms. Mersereau’s clients likened the experience to water running over a rock ——- nothing stuck. Another compared his experience to trying to hold onto a handful of cooked spaghetti.
Ellen Ann Mersereau has specialized in entertainment law for 18 years, with a focus on [...]
Title: VFX in Animation @R+H
Sponsored by The Animation Educator’s Forum
Length 45 min
Discussion on the Animation process from development to final Animation at Rhythm & Hues Studios. Including: What studios look for in an artist, how to create a good reel, how to become part of the process, and how the industry has changed.
Panelist Keith Roberts
Keith [...]
Title: 1+3+5=The Making of 9
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted June 2010
Length 45 min
You don’t want to miss this rare opportunity to meet up with the front end creative team from the ground breaking Focus Features film “9″ .
This informal discussion with the creative team takes us from the independent pioneering [...]
Title: Four Generations of Influence by Ronald Searle
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
Length 45 min
A timeless discussion between industry members whose careers were heavily influenced by Ronald Searle along with students who have just discovered Mr. Searle’s work and find out why everyone at Disney in the 50’s bought a Mont Blanc fountain pen. You [...]
Title: Short Films from Student to Pro
Sponsored by The Animation Educator’s Forum
Length 45 min
The Animation Educator’s Forum presents: Filmmakers - from student film to the professional world. This panel will focus on the experience of producing and completing a short animated film and the joys and fears of entering film festivals. They will also discuss [...]
Title: Comedy Wanted Drawn or Alive
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted Aug 2010
Length 60 min
Join Yvette Kaplan and her panel of 5 accomplished bi-genre writers for “Comedy Wanted: Drawn or Alive”, a discussion about the creative and procedural differences between writing Animated or Live Action Comedy.
Comedy has traditionally been the King [...]
Title: How To Steer Your Career Over All Terrain
Sponsored by GreenlightJobs
Length 45 min
Options options options. You are not going to want to miss this engaging discussion between Greenlight Jobs Founder Lisa Kaye and recruiters from Feature Film Studios, Freelance Talent Agencies, and TV Studios discussing “human resources” and the art of getting a job and [...]
Title: How I Sell the Pitch
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
Length 20 min
Guy Vasilovich brings an illustrious animation, cartooning, and musical background to film and television. He currently serves as Executive Producer and Creator on his own animated series for YTV in Canada titled, “MOVILLE MYSTERIES” starring the voice of Frankie Muniz. A comedy/adventure series [...]
Title: How I Turn Designs Into Toys
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
Length 20 min
Mitchell Bernal Professional Industry Artist and Toy Creator
Mitchell Bernal has created art for Disney Feature Animation, Imagineering, and Disney Pictures for 15 years. His credits include Beauty & the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Fantasia 2000, Mickey’s Philharmagic & Enchanted. He is [...]
Title: The Studio Has No Walls: The Virtual Production Model
Sponsored by The Animation World Network
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted June 2010
Length 45 min
A moderated round table overview of where animation production is headed for both studio owners and artists. Along with the internet came a direct connection with talent outside studio walls and around the [...]
Title: The Independant Feature Filmmakers
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
Length 45 min
Outside of the big box studio system there are independent filmmakers fueled with passion, ideas and creative drive that embark on the amazing journey of creating a feature length animated film as an independent. This round table discussion takes us on that jouney as [...]
Title: The Relevance of Mime in Animation: Character Movement
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted May 2010
Length 20 min
Lorin Eric Salm is the creator of Character Movement for Animation, a series of workshops using concepts and techniques from the art of Theatrical Mime to expand animators’ insight into the ways in which [...]
Title: Sup of the Day
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
Length 45 min
This panel will discuss the varied roles of the Visual Effects Supervisor: organizer, inventor, technician, tactition, politician, accountant, mediator, producer, and creator. As the filmmaker at the center of the digital revolution the VFX Sup must manage the schedule, the crew, and the process [...]
Title: Bringing Characters to Life in Disney Theme Parks
Sponsored by Walt Disney Imagineering
Length 45 min
A panel discussion and overview of what it means to translate Disney characters from film and television to theme parks and attractions. Panelists from Walt Disney Imagineering will cover the past, present and future of Disney characters in theme parks, providing [...]
Title: Across the Great “D” – Vide
Sponsored by Dreamworks Animation
Length 45 min
Listen to those animators who made it across from 2D to 3D in this candid round table discussion. Find out what makes it across and what doesn’t as you listen to the key ingredients from those who made it “Across the great “D”-vide” while [...]
Robert Lence has been a major contributor on some of the highest grossing films in the history of animated features. In his twenty-year animation career, he has worked as a Head of Story, Storyboard Artist, Visual Development Artist, Screenwriter and Story Consultant, helping create original characters, writing dialogue, and shaping the story on ten major-release [...]
Ryan Hungerford was made and raised in the Midwest. Growing up, he drew in school and got detention.. Then he got detention for drawing in detention. After High School and all the detention, he still wanted to draw. So he made his way to the left coast and went to school at the Academy of [...]
Title: The Power of Improvisation
Sponsored by Animation Magazine
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted Aug 2010
Length 45 min
Ezra, a native of New Jersey, left home to study theater at California Institute of the Arts. After graduating in 1994 with a B.F.A., he moved to the greater Los Angeles area to better pursue his career in the theater [...]
Delivery Joe is an independent moving and delivery service helping the Los Angeles community since October, 2005. He provides professional service to both residential and commercial clients in need of a pick-truck. He’s purpose is to make the moving and delivery experience affordable, pleasant and with 4 years of serving thousands of satisfy customers, Delivery [...]
Title: Glenn Litwak Attorney Litwak & Havkin
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted August 2010
Length 45 min
“Animators are often asked to work as independent contractors. This lecture will discuss the various provisions of an independent contractor agreement, including the term of the agreement, compensation, warranties and representations, duties and obligations as well [...]
For more than 15 years, Steve Kaplan has been the industry’s most respected and sought-after expert on comedy. The artists he’s taught, directed or produced have gone on to be nominated for 43 Emmy Awards, 1 Academy Award, 3 Golden Globe Awards, 1 American Comedy Award, 6 Writers’ Guild of America Awards and several others. [...]
Tom Sito is a thirty year veteran of animated film production.
His screen credits include the Disney classics THE LITTLE MERMAID, BEAUTY & THE BEAST, ALADDIN, THE LION KING, WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT ? POCAHONTAS,DINOSAURS and FANTASIA 2000. Animation World Network called Tom “one of the key players in the Disney Animation Revival” ( January 2001 [...]
Corel® Painter™ 11 is the ultimate art studio for anyone ready to expand their definition of creativity. When it comes to your art, the uniqueness of your work depends on your imagination and your ability to express it. With Painter, you can grow your digital darkroom and create the art you’ve always envisioned with the most [...]
BORN IN MEXICO IN 1970. LIVES IN MEXICO CITY AND REMAINS THERE UP TO THIS DAY. SAGITARIUS, LIKES SOCCER, AND BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES, SUNSETS AND WISHES FOR WORLD PEACE.
GRAPHIC DESIGNER , STUDIED IN THE UAM (UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA METROPOLITANA) 1988-1992.
EXPERIENCE:
MILESTONE MEDIA penciller 1993-1994
Work in various titles such as HARDWARE, STATIC, BLOOD SYNDICATE and WORLDS COLLIDE (crossover with [...]
Founded in 2006 and based in Gothenburg, Sweden, Craft Animations™ is a developer of real-time 3D animation tools, called Craft Director Tools™, which streamline production times by nearly 90 percent, saving the user both time and money.
Based on cutting-edge research in neural networking, artificial intelligence and autonomous control systems, Craft Director Tools extend creative possibilities [...]
Aniboom is the first virtual animation studio in the world, bridging the gap between the global community of independent animators and the professional animation industry in all its forms: cinema, television, web, mobile, music videos, digital gaming, and advertising.
Since its founding in 1996 by CEO Uri Shinar, a former television executive with decades of broadcasting [...]
We are the Los Angeles chapter of the international organization, ASIFA: The International Animated Film Society. Founded by a group of animators in 1957, and chartered by UNESCO in 1960, ASIFA encourages the art of animation and futhers international understanding and goodwill through the medium. Today, there are about thirty chapters of ASIFA all over [...]
Brad Garrett Kesten was born on June 18th, 1971 in Paterson, New Jersey.
His family relocated to the San Fernando Valley in Southern California in August of 1979. During which, Top Child Agent Evelyn Shultz of WHJ, classically “discovered” Brad at The Universal Studios Commissary while he was having lunch with his Mom.
Over the next 10+ [...]
Title: Matt Jones on Ronald Searle
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted May 2010
Length 45 min
Matt Jones has worked in the animation industry for 14 years, initially in commercials in London & lately on feature animated productions. He’s currently a senior Story Artist on Aardman/Sony’s ‘Arthur Christmas’. While working on BiboFilms’ [...]
Gary Goldman’s first animation job interview was in February at Walt Disney Productions. He had been raised in Watsonville, CA and earned his Fine Arts degree in Life Drawing with a minor in Art History from the University of Hawaii the December before, in 1971. Three days after the interview, he was hired into their [...]
Bruce Block is the author of THE VISUAL STORY, the widely read book on the relationship between visual structure and story structure. He conducts seminars at every major animation studio, computer game companies and advertising agencies in America and Europe. Bruce is also on the faculty at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts where he teaches [...]
In 1982, Write Brothers Inc. (formerly called Screenplay Systems) invented the first screenplay text processing system, Scriptor. For 27 years the company has been the world leader in developing software for screenwriting, film and television production, and creative story development.
Write Brothers is the only company to win an Academy Technical Achievement Award for the development [...]
Angela Lepito is the Production Manager for DreamWorks Animation’s Artistic Development program and Training department. In her role she is responsible for programming, events and training initiatives. She joined the company in 2004 in a Production Supervisor role on the television series, “Father of the Pride.” Following that, she worked on “Bee Movie” as Production [...]
Title: Anatomy of a Hit Animated Series
Sponsored by Animation Magazine
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted Aug 2010
Length 45 min
What are some of the key ingredients of creating and producing a hit TV animated series in an ever-changing entertainment landscape? Swampy Marsh and Dan Povenmire, creators of the hugely popular animated show “Phineas and Ferb” (currently airing [...]
Fox TV Animation Artists JOHN BANH is currently working as an Assistant Director on “Family Guy”. He has been in the animation industry for 10 years and has worked as a storyboard artist at Film Roman, Cartoon Network and Fox TV Animation. John was first introduced to animation when he attended the ROP after school [...]
Mobile Motion provides complete end to end motion capture systems that include rental, sales, and support. Whether you are capturing the body, face, hands, or everything at the same time, we can build and integrate a custom system for your specific production. We deal with optical based systems, inertial based systems, Active-LED systems, and now [...]
Title: Andy Gaskill Art Director Sony Image Works
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted June 2010
Length 20 min
Andy Gaskill was drafted out of art school to work at the Disney studio when he was twenty-one. He flew out to Los Angeles from Philadelphia and he has lived in the movie capital ever [...]
Raised on Hollywood, sports and rock and roll music, David O’Keefe has an acute awareness for the images and personalities that have colored the lives of his generation. He just sees things differently – more intensely, edgier, somewhat more perspicuous than the average spectator. The pop culture icons that we idolize, glamorize and glorify, O’Keefe [...]
BLAKE SNYDER passed away suddenly August 4, 2009, from cardiac arrest. There was no one like him and all who knew him know that. No one more enthusiastic, more giving, more truly interested in “you”. He will live on in his films and his books, and in the advice that will never grow old, with [...]
CRE – Computer Rentals & AV Solutions is a leading provider of computer and audiovisual rental equiptment with service throughout the U.S. and Canada. When the entertainment, technology, healthcare, or advertising industries need computer equipment in hours, not weeks, their staff turns to CRE Rentals. We ensure that your computer rental is configured exactly how [...]
WACOM tablets have become an industry standard. Join me in welcoming Wacom to CTN-X 2009 where top talent artists will be demonstrating their skills on the latest products and enter to win an Intuos 4 tablet free.
WACOM believes that technology should be easy to use and simple to understand. With products that rely on human [...]
Title: Production Design: A Look Inside the Process
Sponsored by Dreamworks Animation
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted August 2010
Length 45 min
KATHY ALTIERI is Production Designer on one of DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming 2010 releases, “How To Train Your Dragon,” based on the children’s book by Cressida Cowell. Prior to “How to Train Your Dragon,” Altieri was Production Designer [...]
BEN BALISTRERI is an Emmy Award winning designer for his work on “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends”. He’s been nominated for 6 Annie awards for his character designs and storyboards on shows like “Foster’s”, “Danny Phantom”, and “Crash Nebula”. He’s currently working at DreamWorks as a storyboard artist.
I’ll be selling my full color 64 page [...]
JOE WEATHERLY is a Southern California based artist specializing in the drawing and painting of animals. His style is bold and vigorous capturing the essence and drama of the subjects he draws and paints. The attitude and expression of the animal’s character along with telling a visual story is what his work conveys. Conservation of [...]
HARALD SIEPERMANN was born 10th of June 1962 in Bochum Germany . He studied Art and Illustration at the Folkwang School in Essen and startet early to work for Advertising – Agencies in Düsseldorf London and Zürich.
For almost 20 years Harald is designing characters for a range of animation-studios worldwide most notably for WALT DISNEY [...]
David Burgess does not have any time to get into trouble – he has been busy enough animating!
Dave was most recently Head of Character Animation on DreamWorks Animation’s March 2009 release, “Monsters vs. Aliens.” Prior to Monsters vs Aliens, he was Head of Character Animation on the mini-movie “Hammy’s Boomerang Adventure,” and has been a [...]
Title: Creating Inside the Spiral with Creative Consultant Dave Zaboski
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
Filmed November 2010
Length: 30min
Dave Zaboski picked up a crayon in kindergarten and never put it down. Educated at UCSB, Université de Poitiers in France, and Art Center College of Design, he has a deep traditional understanding of art. In 1990 Dave [...]
Title: Marketing from the Right Side of the Brain
Sponsored by The Creative Talent Network
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted August 2010
Length 45 min
LEE SILBER, affectionately known as “Creative Lee” is the best-selling author of 14 books including “Self-Promotion For The Creative Person”, “Organizing From The Right Side Of The Brain”, “Rock To Riches”, and “The Wild [...]
KATHY ZIELINSKI with over 21 animated feature screen credits behind her is one of a very elite group of award winning women animators in the animation industry. Currently at Dreamworks Animation Studios for the past 10 years she graduated from California Institute of the Arts and began her career at Walt Disney Animation Studios in [...]
JASON RYAN was Supervising Animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios for almost twelve years and is now Supervising Animator at DreamWorks Animation Studios.
After graduating from the European School of Animation (aka Senior College, Ballyfermot), Ireland in 1993, with a student of the year award from Don Bluth (creator of An American Tail and Land Before [...]
AARON SIMPSON is the Founder of Cold Hard Flash (coldhardflash.com), a popular news and entertainment site focusing on the rapidly expanding universe of Flash animation. Animation Magazine called the site “one of the 13 platforms reshaping our world.”
Simpson is an Emmy-nominated Producer of “Coconut Fred’s Fruit Salad Island,” a Flash-animated series that aired on Kids’WB! [...]
Title: Pilar Alessandra Crafting the Pitch
Sponsored by Creative Talent Network
CTNX09: Filmed Nov 2009; Posted May 2010
Length 40 mins
PILAR ALESSANDRA
Writing Instructor/Script Consultant: On the Page
www.onthepage.tv
PILAR ALESSANDRA is the director of the Los Angeles writing program “On the Page, Inc.®.” She’s worked as Senior Story Analyst for DreamWorks and Radar Pictures and covered additional projects [...]
Max Howard created and ran studios for Disney in London, Paris, Orlando and Los Angeles, working on some of Disney’s most memorable films including Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King. As President of Warner Bros Feature Animation he oversaw such hit movies as The Iron [...]
Rubén Procopio has been in the animation industry for over 25 yrs., with scholarships to both Cal Arts and Art Center College of Design. He later trained under Eric Larson, one of Disneys legendary nine old men.
BILL KROYER is an award-winning director of animation and computer graphics commercials, short films, movie titles and theatrical films. Listen to him here…
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