Pablo Navarro Directing Animator

Pablo Navarro is an Animation Director, Director and Senior Character Animator. He started his career at a very young age, as an autodidact. Professionally speaking his first job into animation was final line inker, after that he jumped little by little by all the positions within a production, until he became a lead animator and [...]

Andreas Deja Supervising Animator

Andreas Deja was born 1957 in Gdańsk, Poland. Deja moved with his family to Dinslaken, Germany in 1958. After graduating from Theodor-Heuss Gymnasium (secondary school), he studied graphic design at the Folkwang-Schule in Essen, Germany. A lifelong fan of Disney animated films, Deja was hired by the studio in 1980 after he had corresponded with [...]

The Broad Appeal of Animation

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 [...]

Eduardo Avenir II Animator

Eduardo, or Edo as he is sometimes called, currently resides in Toronto, Ontario.  He has been drawing ever since he was a kid.  Thankfully, he has continued his passion for art since graduating from the Bachelor of Animation program at Sheridan College where his student film ‘The Lion’s Den’ won Best 2d Animation Award for [...]

Brittney Lee Animator / Designer

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 [...]

Donnachada Daly Animator Dreamworks

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 [...]

The Pioneer Series: Those Who Paved The Way

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 [...]

VFX in Animation @R+H

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 [...]

Independent Feature Filmmakers

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 [...]

Across the Great “D” – Vide

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 [...]

Dave Burgess Head of Character Animation Dreamworks

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 [...]

Kathy Zielinski Dreamworks Animator

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 Dreamworks Supervising Animator

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 [...]