CONTRIBUTORS

MELISSA COBB

MELISSA COBB

Foreword

Vice President of Kids and Family, Netflix

Courtesy of Livingpopups LLC

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

Courtesy of Livingpopups LLC

DEBRA BLANCHARD KNIGHT

“Your Vital Partner…The Independant Animation Recruiter”

President, Fringe Talent

Spongebob Subpants, Courtesy of Nickelodeon and Moody Gardens.

Spongebob Subpants, Courtesy of Nickelodeon and Moody Gardens.

BRENT YOUNG

“Making Magic With Immersive Media!”

Creative Director at Super 78

©2017 Universal Animation Studios LLC and Universal City Studios LLC

©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

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.

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.

“Seder-Masochism,” Courtesy of Nina Paley.

NINA PALEY

“Self-Producing: Be Your Own Boss!”

Creator/Director/Producer

© 2017 Breadwinner Canada Inc./Cartoon Saloon (Breadwinner) Limited/Melusine Productions S.A.Ê

© 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

© 2017 Breadwinner Canada Inc./Cartoon Saloon (Breadwinner) Limited/Melusine Productions S.A.Ê

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

© 2019 Universal Kids’ Network LLC

PHIL CHALK

“PROCESS STUDY: Stop Motion”

Executive Producer: Norman Picklestripes, Clangers, and Scream Street

WILBERT

WILBERT PLIJNAAR

Cover Illustrator

Wilbert Plijnaar, Storyboard Artist: Minions, The Princess and The Frog, Ice Age and others

THE SMURFS

LYDIA BOTTEGONI

“Creating Choices”

Blizzard, SVP of Story & Franchise Development; Previously Sony Pictures Imageworks SVP, Feature Production and Artist Management

 © 2007 Gonzo.

© 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.

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

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.

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.

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

COLLETTE SUNDERMAN

“Voice-Casting and Directing: Inside and Outside the Recording Booth”

Voice-Casting & Direction for TV Series, Feature Productions, & Video Games

KAREN DUFILHO

“Something Old, Something New…Producing For VR”

Executive Producer

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

JANN MOORHEAD

“Pre-Production Plotting”

Attorney, The Law Offices of Jann Moorhead

Producing Animation

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