NYC ACM SIGGRAPH, The Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques New York Chapter, will present an all-day workshop for animation students, working animators and film industry professionals entitled, “Animators Boot Camp and Field Manual.” See https://www.nyc.siggraph.org/ for details.
Bringing together the creme de la creme of New York-based professional animators, producers, talent agents, legal and promotion experts, the workshop will comprise 3 moderated panels on Career Options, Business and Legal Issues and Self Promotion. Register online at https://www.animatorsbootcamp.eventbrite.com/ or in person, the day of the event.
Among the panelists scheduled to appear are Fred Siebert, former president of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons and the original creative director of MTV; Louis Cataldi, art director for Kaos Studios, a division of THQ, the #1 selling kids video game brand, Emmy-nominated CG specialist and filmmaker Nils Norgen, award-winning animation director and author of Your Career in Animation, David B. Levy, and independent talent recruiter Ila Abramson, former chief talent recruiter for MTV, PDI/Dreamworks and Nickelodeon.
WHEN: Saturday, May 19, 2007; Registration and Welcome: 9:30 – 10:15 AM; Panels: 10:15 – 4 PM, with a mid-morning and lunch break
WHERE: Fashion Institute of Technology; Katie Murphy Amphitheatre, Building “D”; Seventh Avenue at 27th Street; New York City
This article was last modified on January 4, 2023
This article was first published on May 7, 2007
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