CONTRIBUTORS
Courtesy of Livingpopups LLC
CHERYL BAYER
& JAMIE DIXON
“Augmenting Life With VR!”
Cheryl Bayer: Co-founder/CEO of LivingPopUps
Jamie Dixon: Co-founder/CTO of LivingPopUps
DEBRA BLANCHARD KNIGHT
“Your Vital Partner…The Independant Animation Recruiter”
President, Fringe Talent
Spongebob Subpants, Courtesy of Nickelodeon and Moody Gardens.
©2017 Universal Animation Studios LLC and Universal City Studios LLC
HEITOR PEREIRA
“Making Music: Painting with Sound in a Global Language”
Composer for The Angry Birds Movie, Despicable Me, Minions, Curious George, The Smurfs, and Smallfoot among other projects.
Sony Pictures Animation – © 2019 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved
DANNY DIMIAN
“If It’s Not Broke, Break It!” and Other Daring Thoughts Caught in a Spiderweb
VFX Supervisor: Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse and previously also VFX Supervisor: The Angry Birds Movie, CG Supervisor: Hotel Transylvania and Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.
Angry Birds™ & ©2019 Rovio Entertainment Corporation and Rovio Animation Ltd. All Rights Reserved. With Severe Space Limitations: ™ & ©2019 Rovio.
JOHN COHEN
“Creating Timeless Characters in Animation”
Producer, The Angry Birds Movie, The Angry Birds Movie 2, Despicable Me
“Seder-Masochism,” Courtesy of Nina Paley.
© 2017 Breadwinner Canada Inc./Cartoon Saloon (Breadwinner) Limited/Melusine Productions S.A.Ê
NORA TWOMEY
“Positive Fear”
Director, My Father Father’s Dragon and
The Breadwinner
LISA O’BRIEN
“Pitch Perfect”
Development Consultant
Previously:
VP Original Content, NBC Universal Kids/Sprout
Executive Producer, The Jim Henson Company
© 2019 Universal Kids’ Network LLC
PHIL CHALK
“PROCESS STUDY: Stop Motion”
Executive Producer: Norman Picklestripes, Clangers, and Scream Street
WILBERT PLIJNAAR
Cover Illustrator
Wilbert Plijnaar, Storyboard Artist: Minions, The Princess and The Frog, Ice Age and others
LYDIA BOTTEGONI
“Creating Choices”
Blizzard, SVP of Story & Franchise Development; Previously Sony Pictures Imageworks SVP, Feature Production and Artist Management
© 2007 Gonzo
SHIN ISHIKAWA
“The History, Effeciency, and Freedom of Working In Anime”
Founder and President of Gonzo Animation, Japan, Producer of Afro Samurai, Samurai7, Brave Story, Romeo x Juliet
Courtesy of Cartoon Saloon and Louise Bagnall.
LOUISE BAGNALL
Case Study: Late Afternoon
“From Sketchbook To The Red Carpet”
Director of the Oscar ® nominated short, Late Afternoon and several other shorts including Cúl An Tí, Loose Ends and Donkey; worked as character designer on the series Puffin Rock and on the feature film The Breadwinner; served as storyboard artist on The Wolfwalkers and assistant director on the upcoming feature My Father’s Dragon
ARTHUR EVRENSEL
“Essential Legal Considerations for the Development, Financing, Production and Exploitation of Animated Productions.”
STRETCH ARMSTRONG AND THE FLEX FIGHTERS ® & © 2019 Hasbro, Inc. Used with permission.
KEVIN BURKE
& CHRIS “DOC” WYATT
“Scripting Animation: Three-Dimensional Characters in a Two-Dimensional World!”
Writers, Stretch Armstrong and The Flex Fighters, Super Dinosaur, Ultimate Spider-Man, Marvel’s Spider-Man, and others.
Com2uS 2018. With permission.
WILSON J TANG
Case Study: Summoners War
“Adapting Game IP into Linear Content for a Global Audience”
Frachise Art Director, Summoners War; Production Designer, Invincible; Creative Director, Wind Sun Sky Entertainment; Co-Founder/Creative Director Kabam (mobile games); Visual Effects, Art Director, Need For Speed, Electronic Arts; Art Director ILM, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of The Clones; and Ang Lee’s Hulk; among many other past roles.
COLLETTE SUNDERMAN
“Voice-Casting and Directing: Inside and Outside the Recording Booth”
Voice-Casting & Direction for TV Series, Feature Productions, & Video Games
KEVIN BREEN
“Film and Television Music Licensing 101”
Music Lawyer
SUSAN HUMMEL
“The Global Journey of Distribution – Reaching Your Audience”
Executive Vice President & Managing Director, Canada – Lionsgate Entertainment
Producing Animation
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