Aldric Lopez Vergara Anaya

Animschool Instructor

Aldric is currently an Animation Director at ICON creative studios. He previously worked at Animal Logic Vancouver, Sony Pictures Imageworks and MPC as an animator after graduating from Animschool. He is experienced in a wide range of animation styles ranging from ultra realistic vfx creatures to cartoony animation. He has worked on a variety of movies including: Leo, Hotel Transylvania 4, The Mitchells vs the Machines, Vivo, Detective Pikachu, Jumanji The Next Level and Men in Black International.

Alejandro Potter

Animschool Instructor

Alejandro Potter is an experienced artist who specializes in gameplay and character animation. His most notable projects include Destiny 2: Forsaken, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019), Jurassic World: Evolution, and Apex Legends.

Aleksandar Kolev

Animschool Instructor

Aleksandar is a Bulgarian animator currently working at DreamWorks Animation. With over 15 years of working in different areas of the entertainment industry such as Feature, TV, VFX, Adverts and Games Cinematics , he has animated on award winning projects like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Mitchells vs The Machines, Over the Moon, Paddington 2, Angry Birds 2, Hotel Transylvania 3, Spirit: Untamed, Addams Family 2, Charlie the Wonder Dog, Bad Guys 2, Ice Age 6 (still in production) and supervised projects such as Netflix's Sonic: Prime, Apple + WondLa. Aleksandar is a flexible animator with background in hand-drawn animation that utilizes a variety of workflows to suit the style and needs of the show he is animating on.

Anand Somasundaran

Animschool Instructor

<span id="docs-internal-guid-dce519fb-41c2-a1a8-b567-ef4ab779170a"><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><font face="Arial" size="2">Anand fell in love with animation because it was a medium that combined two of his favorite things; drawing and film-making. He has been working as an animator since 2009 and has worked at many feature film studios such and Rhythm and Hues, Industrial Light and Magic and Sony Imageworks. He has worked on films ranging from hyper realistic VFX films such as the Academy award winning Life of Pi, DeadPool vs Wolverine to cartoony films like Cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2, Hotel Transylvania 2 and Storks. After working in films for many years he is currently really enjoying his time in video games as a gameplay animator. He worked at Relic Entertainment on Age of Empires 4 as a Senior Gameplay Animator and was the Lead Animator for the Age of Empires expansion title Sultans Ascend. He is currently working as an Expert Gameplay Animator on an unannounced title at 2K Sports. Anand has been a teacher at Animschool since 2017, mostly helping students in foundational classes such as Animating Characters. His teaching method involves lectures combined with a lot of Maya Demos focusing on how to block a shot in 'Stepped tangents' and how to successfully transition from 'Stepped to Spline ' with emphasis on good clean workflow.</font></span></p></span>

Andrea Ferrara

Animschool Instructor

I am currently a lead animator at Jellyfish pictures on various projects. I have previously worked at Sony Imageworks where I had the chance to work on movies such as Spiderman - across the spiderverse and The sea beast. Prior to that I was an animator at Illumination for 3 years where I worked on Sing 2 and The Secret life of pets 2 which was my first feature. The range of projects I have worked on vary from cartoony to realistic going through a stylized realism giving me the advantage of being able to help students reach their potential in the animation style they prefer. https://vimeo.com/user57131402

Angelo Sta Catalina

Animschool Instructor

Angelo is currently an Animation Supervisor at Walt Disney Feature Animation. His feature animation experience spans over a decade, and has worked on films such as Ice Age 4, Book of Life, Scoob, Raya and the Last Dragon, Encanto, and Strange World. He is currently anim supervising Disney's 2024 unannounced feature. Angelo is well-versed in different animation workflows and takes an analytical approach to learning. He also has extensive experience modeling/rigging characters and writing tools.

Anto Juricic

Animschool Instructor

Areeba Rikhan

Animschool Instructor

Areeba Rikhan is a Senior Character TD based in Los Angeles, specializing in 3D rigging, pipeline development, and technical animation. With experience across games, film, and television, she has contributed to projects at studios including LAIKA, Nickelodeon Animation, and Digital Domain. Her work bridges artistry and technical problem-solving, using tools like Maya, Unreal Engine, and Python to build efficient systems and bring characters to life. She has worked on productions such as Rugrats, Big Nate, and Wildwood, helping shape both creative output and production pipelines.

Ayoub Moulakhnif

Animschool Instructor

Ayoub Moulakhnif is an Animator at Jellyfish Pictures, previously Axis Studios, Agora, and Superseed Studios, working on Animated features for Netflix, VFX and Games. Some of his work include Scrooge a christmas carol, Cosmoball, Oddworld Soulstorm, and Brawl stars Ayoub is a versatile animator with styles ranging from abstract and cartoony to realistic animation, subtle acting and heavy body mechanic animation.

Bill Haller

Animschool Instructor

I'm an Animation Director with over 20 years of experience in Animated Features, VFX, Short Films & Commercials. I've worked at Sony Imageworks, ReelFX, Rhythm & Hues, WildBrain, and some others where I've been passionate about bringing characters to life for many entertaining films & projects. I've recently just finished directing the animated feature "SCOOB Holiday Haunt" for Warner Animation Group.

Brendan Martin Fagan

Animschool Instructor

With 17 years of animation expierence, I have worked across the globe at many different Film and game studios. Some of the titles I worked on include Guardians of the Galaxy, Jungle Book, Peter Rabbit, Ready Player One and recently My Little pony, The new generation on Netflik. I have spent time at ILM, MPC, Framestore, DNEG, Animal Logic and currently at Ubisoft. Im the Lead animator at Blizzard and focus on teaching keyframe animation. I have a huge passion for VFX and feature film animation.

Chatrasal Singh

Animschool Instructor

Chatrasal Singh is currently based in Burbank, California and is an animator at Walt Disney animation studios. With over 16 years of experience in feature – film quality character animation, Chatrasal’s career spans over studios such as Dreamworks, Weta Digital, Animal Logic and Base FX. Some big titles under his belt are Netflix’s Wish dragon, Sony’s Peter Rabbit 2, Warner Brothers’ League of SuperPets, Disney's Strange World, Wish, Moana 2, Zootopia 2 and the upcoming Disney movie Hexed.

Christopher Dias

Animschool Instructor

<div>Chris has over 15 years of Animation experience and a graduate from Sheridan's 2006-</div><div>07 Digital Character Animation course, Canada. At Sheridan, He won the Dreamworks</div><div>Animation SKG Scholarship for best student character animation for his student project</div><div>that year. He later ended up working at DreamWorks-Technicolor, India as a Character</div><div>Animator on Mr.Peabody and Sherman and The Annie award winning TV</div><div>series, Dragon:Riders of Berk a spin-off of the Block Buster hit How to train your</div><div>Dragon. He has also worked at WETA Digital, New Zealand, as</div><div>a Character Animator on Alvin and the Chipmunks:The Road Chip, Disney's Steven</div><div>Spielberg directed 'Big Friendly Giant' and Teenage mutant Ninja Turtles 2 at ILM</div><div>Singapore. He is currently works as a Senior Animator at Axis Animation, Glasgow on</div><div>their upcoming projects.</div><div>His other credits include the Annie award nominated Halloween special 'Scared</div><div>Shrekless' and Christmas Special 'Merry Madagascar' with Madagascar</div><div>Characters, Madly Madagascar, Madagascar 3: Europe's most</div><div>wanted at DreamWorks-India, The Incredible Hulk and The Love Guru at SohoVFX,</div><div>Canada. Chris is a well rounded Animator, with experience in all formats of animation from</div><div>TV series to High bugdet Feature films, including VFX films. His passion for films and</div><div>Animation is contagious and He is only eager to share it.</div>

Christopher Hayes

Animschool Instructor

Christopher Silva

Animschool Instructor

Hi! My name is Chris and I'm currently a Senior Gameplay Animator working at id Software. I have over 15 years of industry experience with 14 of those years focused on animation. I graduated from California State University, Fullerton in 2008 and started my career path at a small game studio based out of San Diego. From there, I pivoted into a technical animator role at Rhythm & Hues. A profession I wasn't planning on taking, but grateful for because it gave me the base knowledge and understanding of working within the industry and collaborating with others on a production pipeline. After a year, I started to feel the pull of animation, so I chose to attended an accredited trade school and received my animation degree in 2011. From there, I was able to secure an animation role at Rhythm & Hues working on films like Hop and Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked. After a short, but incredible year, I was fortunate enough to secure a fulltime role as a feature animator at Blue Sky Studios. There, I had the honor to work on a multitude of films such as Ice Age 4, Ferdinand and Spies in Disguise to name a few. After a long 10 year journey, it was time for me to make another pivot in my career adventure. I graciously excepted a position as Senior Cinematic Animator at Blizzard Entertainment on Diablo 4. From there, I pivoted to a Lead Animator for the In-Game Cinematics team and shipped my first AAA title. As a lead animator, I had the opportunity to serve a team of enthusiastic animators looking to grow in there chosen career professions. It was this experience that drives me to be a part of Anim School and provide those same opportunities I was fortunate enough to receive when I started so many years prior.

Christopher Wright

Animschool Instructor

Specializing in character development, Christopher Wright is a 3D modeler with a passion for bringing characters to life. He brings over 20 years of experience with a career that spans video games, film production, and visual development. During this time he has served in many posts, from Studio Art Director, to Department Head, to Production Artist. Studios include LAIKA, Sony Pictures Animation, Disney Interactive, Warner Bros Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Take Two Entertainment, Rovio, Netflix, and more. Recent productions include the Mitchell family featured in The Mitchell’s vs the Machines, Hotel Transylvania: Transformia, Missing Link, Smallfoot, Storks, The Angry Bird Movie, Smurfs: The Lost Village, Hotel Transylvania 2, and more. Having a wide spectrum of experience has helped Chris develop a deep understanding of the craft and challenges that a modeler faces in a wide variety of work settings. From props and environments, to vehicles and characters, he’s done it all. Game development has played a strong role in Chris' career path; he served as the Department Head of character modeling with Disney Interactive, leading a team of artists to create the Disney Infinity franchise. Chris is currently working as a visual development modeler at Sony Pictures Animation with a strong emphasis on translating 2D to 3D with maximum accuracy. His goal in the teaching community is to pass on the knowledge and experience he’s acquired along the way to help usher in the next generation of great artists and animators.

Cody Martin

Animschool Instructor

Cody is a Senior Gameplay and Cinematic Animator who's worked on award winning AAA games like: God of War: Ragnarok, Spider-Man 2 (PS5), Avowed and more!

Collin McAtee

Animschool Instructor

Collin is currently a Sub-Lead Cinematic Animator at Blizzard Entertainment. With nearly 8 years of experience in the animation industry, he has had the privilege of working in both games and television at studios like Vicarious Visions and Rooster Teeth. He has animated on tv shows like RWBY and Gen:Lock, while getting to flex his gameplay muscle on projects like Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 & 2 and Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War. His most recent titles include Diablo IV, Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred, and the upcoming expansion – Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred. His diverse career has helped him develop a strong familiarity with various animation styles. Collin is deeply passionate about storytelling through animation.

Craig Dowsett

Animschool Instructor

Craig Dowsett is a Senior Modeler at DreamWorks Animation with additional experience at Laika, Marvel, Nickelodeon, Sony, and more. Projects he has worked on include Kung Fu Panda 4, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Puss in Boots 2, The Bad Guys, Black Panther, How To Train Your Dragon 2, ParaNorman, Coraline and others. Craig was nominated for a Visual Effects Society award in 2010 for his work on the film Coraline. He was also recognized for his contributions during the 2016 Oscars Sci-Tech awards acceptance speech.

Daniel Paul

Animschool Instructor

Daniel has been teaching at AnimSchool for 7 years. With experience in film, games, vfx, and tech, Daniel is an excellent choice to start your animation journey. He can help guide you if you're unsure which path you want to pursue, and give you the tools you need to be ready to venture down any of them. He's worked on renowned projects like Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse, Overwatch, Warcraft, Diablo, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, among many others. Stop by his website listed below to view his show reel, teaching samples, and student testimonials. Daniel is currently working on Brad Bird's Ray Gunn, set to release later this year.

Daniele Dolci

Animschool Instructor

Daniele discovered his passion for computer graphics and especially the most technical disciplines while he was still in highschool. After the graduation he started to travel far and wide and decided to enroll at animschool combining the advantages of remote studying with his desire of exploring the world. Since he started his career he has contributed to some blockbuster movies such as Pirates of Carebbean, Wonderwoman and Alien Covenant. He has chased productions and projects throughout Australia, England and Belgium, with some short stains also in other places such as in South Korea. He become facial rigging lead for an European production for which he developed a new rigging framework and a dedicated pipeline and, meanwhile, he pursued a Bachelor in Computer Engineering with honors.

Darrell Abney

Animschool Instructor

Darrell Abney has over 17 years of experience as a professional 3D artist, specializing in character modeling, sculpting, and texturing for the film industry. Darrell has a passion for translating 2D character designs into appealing 3D characters as well as creating his own designs. He also has experience as an online art instructor. Currently he works in the Visual Effects Department at Laika Studios where he focuses on modeling and texturing characters for Laika’s feature films. Darrell has also worked at Industrial Light and Magic as a Senior Creature Modeler and texture artist where he had the opportunity to work on films such as Star Wars: The Last Jedi (modeling the Porgs, the BB-8 AT-ST, and Captain Phasma), Aquaman (sculpting the Tylosaur), Kong: Skull Island, and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Other notable projects include Paranorman, American Horror Story, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1 and 2, Star Trek Into Darkness, Hotel Transylvania 2, Suicide Squad, and Narnia 3. Born in Nashville and raised in Kentucky – he grew up drawing, sculpting, and a huge fan of monster movies. He attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh where he studied a mixture of Industrial Design and Special Makeup FX which led him to getting his start working on animatronics before later switching over to CG. He has lived and worked in London, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Orlando, San Diego, and currently he lives in Portland, Oregon.

David Gallagher

Animschool Instructor

AnimSchool was founded in 2010 by David Gallagher, animator, rigger and former Character Development Supervisor at Blue Sky Studios. With over 18 years of industry experience, David animated on three Ice Age movies, Horton Hears a Who, Robots, and Rio. He rigged the face of the beloved Ice Age character, Scrat. He oversaw the quailty of character rigs for each film, and for the last two films, has overseen the performance quality of all character models.

Elise Fedoroff

Animschool Instructor

Elise is a 3D Model & Texture Artist who has a knack for creating compelling stylized characters and props. Her career has taken her across various parts of the entertainment industry, leading her to notable studios such as Nickelodeon, Hasbro, and Baobab Studios. She recently worked as a Character Artist at Activision Blizzard on the game, Warcraft Rumble, but is currently at Swaybox Studios, working on the feature film, Dynamic Duo. With experience spanning the animation, toy, and game industries, Elise has a unique understanding of the different methods, techniques, and pipelines used for each. She loves all aspects of the 3D modeling and texturing process and is excited to share her knowledge and experience to help artists chart their own paths in the wonderful world of CG.

Enrique Oliva

Animschool Instructor

Hi, I'm Kike Oliva! I have been animating professionally for over 25 years and mentoring and teaching for more than 10 years. Throughout my career, I've had the privilege of working with both small and large studios across different countries, contributing to projects ranging from feature animation films, VFX, and video games to TV commercials. My roles have varied over the years, serving as an animator, lead, or supervisor on projects for renowned studios such as Pixar Canada, Sony, Animal Logic, Netflix Animation, Method, and Image Engine, among others. Teaching and mentoring aspiring animators is something I’m truly passionate about. I love helping shape the next generation of animators while constantly learning from each of you along the way. You can check out my full portfolio and reel here: https://vimeo.com/enriqueoliva https://www.linkedin.com/in/enrique-oliva-piferrer-53a17715/

Eric Huang

Animschool Instructor

Eric is a self-taught animator with over 10 years of experience in the industry. In a previous life, he was an engineer at IBM. Since then, his career has taken him to studios such as Reel FX, Blur Studio, Bungie Studios, and Scanline VFX. He is currently at Sony Imageworks where he most recently worked on Smallfoot, Hotel Transylvania 3, and Spiderman: Homecoming. He loves working on a variety of projects ranging from realism to cartoony animation.

Eric Luhta

Animschool Instructor

I'm currently a Senior Gameplay Animator at The Coalition working on the Gears of War franchise. Previously I was the Studio Game Animation Director at Blackbird Interactive overseeing animation over all projects, and before that was lead animator for Minecraft Legends. I've been in the industry for 19 years on a variety of film, game, and TV projects and studios, including Pixar Canada, Relic Entertainment, Sony Imageworks, 2K Marin, and Blue Sky Studios. I also enjoy building animation tools for Maya and am currently solo developing my first indie game.

Evan Mead

Animschool Instructor

My passion is creating fun and responsive gameplay animation! As an experienced animator working in game development since 2007 I've had the opportunity to work on a variety of video game genres including MMO's, RPG's, third person action games, and first person shooters. I'm currently a Senior Animator at Turtle Rock Studios and for the majority of the past decade I have built animation pipelines using Unreal Engine and enjoy teaching students in the 'Introduction to Game Animation' class.

Fatih Dogan

Animschool Instructor

Fatih is an Animation Supervisor and Senior Character Animator with over 17 years of experience working on feature Animated films, Stylized productions, and Game Cinematics. He has contributed to a range of well-known titles that students love, including The Lion King, Peter Rabbit 2, DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming, and Disney’s Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire. Alongside these, he has worked with leading studios such as DNEG, MPC, Cinesite, and Animal Logic across both animation and VFX productions. With experience spanning realistic, stylized, and cartoony animation, Fatih brings a well-rounded understanding of performance, acting, and production workflows used in today’s industry. As an instructor, he focuses on helping students understand how to bring characters to life in a professional context—combining strong fundamentals with practical, real-world techniques used in feature films. His goal is to help students build the skills, confidence, and industry awareness needed to succeed as character animators.

Garrett Shikuma

Animschool Instructor

Garrett is an animator with 18 years industry experience working in both feature films and video games. He has been a Senior Animator at Blue Sky Studios for over 12 years working on such films as Spies in Disguise, Ferdinand and the Ice Age franchise. Currently he is a facial animator at Laika working on their upcoming film Wildwood. In addition to his feature work, Garrett has been teaching animation since 2010. He has taught online classes, as well as lectured live at CTN Animation Expo and various college campuses.

Gwilym Morris

Animschool Instructor

<font face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 12.8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">After winning European Junior Animator Award 2001 for his short film Bmovie, Gwilym was given the opportunity to work at Framestore on such films as Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Two years later</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;he headed to New Zealand to work at Weta on Lord of the Rings Return of the King and King Kong, returning&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">three years later</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;to work at Double Negative where he continues to work as a lead animator on such films as In the Heart of the Sea and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.</span></font>

Harish Pawar

Animschool Instructor

Harish has over 18 years of experience professionally animating Characters and Creatures for feature films. Currently working on LAIKA's stop motion vfx film " Wildwood". He Started his career back in 2007, and has worked for Oscar winning studios such as Rhythm and Hues, Double Negative, Method Studios, Image Engine, Scanline Vfx and more. His film credits include Godzilla Vs Kong, Spider man-Homecoming, Pokémon Detective Pikachu, Yogi Bear, Life of Pi, Ant-Man, Hercules, Star Trek Beyond, Okja, Fantastic Beasts:The Crimes of Grindelwald, Black Panther, to name a few, along with animating creatures for interactive games such as Resident Evil and Battle Field. He has always been fascinated with CGI characters. Inspired by the gigantic CG creatures in Jurassic Park, Harish has been enthusiastically following his passion ever since.

Hugo Hernandez

Animschool Instructor

Hugo has been in love with animation since he was a kid and watched old Disney classics. He started his career back in Germany. His work spreads from feature films like Hotel Transylvania 1 and 2, the Lorax, Smurfs to vfx work like Chappie, Harry Potter, Godzilla vs Kong. He also worked for BBC one on shorts like The Gruffalos Child and in video games for Next Level Games, EA/respawn, Moon Studios and Blizzard. Hugo has worked all over Europe and Cananda including studios like Sony Imageworks, Blizzard, Double Negative, Illumination MacGuff, Image Engine, Studio Soi and Scanline VFX.

Jack Cow

Animschool Instructor

Jack is currently a Senior Character Rigger at Giant Squid. With 15 years of experience working in TV animation and video game productions, he is well-versed on the subject of character rigging and animation in general.

Jackie Regan

Animschool Instructor

Jackie is a Modeler who currently works as a CG Design/Asset Lead at Disney Television Animation. She has worked in the industry for over a decade as a Modeler and Lead at DreamWorks Television, Warner Bros Animation, and Disney Television. She studied Animation at the UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television where she learned all aspects of animation and produced her own short films. Jackie has been teaching at the AnimSchool since Spring 2021.

Jackson Spencer

Animschool Instructor

Jackson is a Look Development artist based in San Francisco with years of experience in the animation, VFX, and games industries. Primarily focused on shading and grooming for feature film, he most recently worked as a Technical Director at Pixar Animation Studios contributing to the character work for Elio (2024) and Hoppers (2025), and previously held roles including Lead Pipeline & Rendering Technician, freelance VFX artist, digital concept artist, and technical advisor/mentor to students. His journey began in traditional art, but over time his skills and interests have evolved into a blend of technical and artistic expertise. With a background spanning various aspects of the 3D pipeline, including lighting, rendering, compositing, and pipeline technical direction, he brings a broad perspective to his work, using these disciplines to inform and enhance his workflow strategies and artistic contributions. Whether drawing, painting, developing technical shading workflows, or scripting artist-friendly tools, above all his passion for creativity, problem-solving, and sharing knowledge with others is what drives both his professional and personal pursuits.

Jamie Chung

Animschool Instructor

Jamie is an animation director, supervisor, and senior animator with nearly a decade of experience across feature films, television, commercials, and cinematic projects. He is currently the co-director of the animated feature The Rise of Blus and co-runs Cloudpunk, a remote animation studio specializing in film, TV, and digital content production. Throughout his career, Jamie has worked with studios including Sony Pictures Imageworks, Netflix Animation, Framestore, Cinesite and Luma Pictures. His animation credits include projects such as The Sea Beast, DC League of Super-Pets, His Dark Materials, Peter Rabbit, The LEGO Batman Movie, The LEGO Movie 2 and more. Alongside running Cloudpunk, Jamie continues to collaborate with major studios as a freelancer on select productions such as Sony as of 2026.

Jarrod Showers

Animschool Instructor

Jarrod has been a videogame animator since 1997 with 12 shipped AAA titles including Star Wars: Jedi Academy, X:Men: Origins: Wolverine, Wolfenstein, Doom 4, and WildStar! &nbsp;<div>He is currently at Polyarc Games, working in Virtual Reality development. &nbsp;He has experience as a gameplay animator and a cinematics animator in both hand-key and motion capture settings.</div>

Jason Behr

Animschool Instructor

Jason is a expert animator in the Cinematics Division at Gearbox Software. Prior to this, he was a Lead Animator at Reel Fx Animation Studios and has been animating professionally for 17+ years. Throughout his career, Jason has worked on feature animation, VFX features, short films, television, commercials, multimedia and games. He has worked on a variety of storytelling platforms mixed with a variety of animation styles at studios such as Moonbot Studios, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Rhythm & Hues, and ImageMovers Digital. His feature titles are The Monkey King, Scoob! 2: Holiday Haunt, Back to the Outback, Scoob! 1, Hotel Transylvania, Sherlock Gnomes, Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: Chip-Wrecked, Mr. Poppers Penguins, and Hop. His short film title credits are The Scarecrow, Son of Jaguar, The Boy Who Learned to Fly, Taking Flight, Silent, Dolby Presents: Escape and the Best Fiends series. He has been teaching at AnimSchool for 7+ years and loves building the artist up, providing informative feedback and making sure everyone is having fun learning about animation.

Jean-Luc Delhougne

Animschool Instructor

With more than 18 years of experience, Jean-Luc started his career as a 3d generalist on several commercials then decided to specialize in character animation. Since then, he has been lucky enough to animate, lead and supervise talented people from all over the world on a wide range of international award winning projects projects: feature films, VFX, short films, TV shows, video games, documentaries and commercials. Jean-Luc has a special relationship with AnimSchool as he could take part in its very first beta class. He's now been teaching for more than 13 years and still loves every second of it! To name a few: I worked on Destiny 2 at Bungie, I supervised the first 2 episodes of Mechwest for Animschool, Mr Hublot got an Oscar, The Portal got an Emmy, Minuscule received a Cesar, I also supervised and directed the animation for many Feature films and TV shows (including Blue Eye Samurai, What if, The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Pachamama, etc..)

Jerzy Perez

Animschool Instructor

I’ve been working as an animator since 2008, starting in the film and TV industry before transitioning into video games in 2016 when the opportunity arose — a move that became one of the best decisions of my career. Since then, I’ve had the chance to contribute to several game titles, including: Skylanders: Imaginators, SMITE, SMITE 2, Paladins, Realm Royale

Joe Manriquez

Animschool Instructor

Joe is currently a Senior Animator for Agora.Studio, working on a new Ghostbuster's Series for Sony Pictures Animation as well as LEGO Fortnite Odyssey! He has experience animating VR, VFX, Television, and Feature as well as being in Lead and Anim Director positions. Some of his projects include Laika's Wildwood, Sony's The Sea Beast, Disney +'s Monsters at Work, and Disney Jr's Tots! He enjoys doing complicated physical animation because it brings the challenge of figuring out how to make overwhelming and complicated things work. He has also been teaching at his alma mater and has an MFA!

John Paul Rhinemiller

Animschool Instructor

I’m an Associate Art Director at Blizzard, contributing to the world of Diablo IV. Before joining Blizzard, I spent a decade at Vicarious Visions, where I served as Art Lead on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 and led cinematics across major franchises including Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Skylanders, and Destiny. My career began in film at as an Animator at Rhythm & Hues, where I worked across both creature and character animation. That foundation in feature-film storytelling, combined with years of game development experience, gives me a broad, versatile understanding of animation styles, pipelines, and processes. Across film and games, I’ve contributed to titles such as Hop, Yogi Bear, Alvin and the Chipmunks, and Red Dead Redemption. This blend of industries continues to shape the way I approach world-building, performance, and visual narrative.

Jose Salinas

Animschool Instructor

Jose Salinas is a CG Animator with experience in videogames, VFX, feature animation, and animated TV. He has worked with studios including Paramount Pictures, Cradle Games, Cinesite Studios, MPC, Warner Bros Games, Mikros Image Canada, Next Level Games, Sony Imageworks and Bardel Entertainment. He is known for his work on films like Sonic the Hedgehog 2, SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge on the Run, Captain Underpants, The Emoji Movie, Storks, Sausage Party, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, A Haunting in Venice, Strays, The Mandalorian Season 3, True Detective: Night Country, Matilda the Musical, Dashing Through the Snow, Goosebumps, Ticket to Paradise, Animal Farm and G20. As well as animation work on videogames like Luigi's Mansion3, Snoopy and the Great Mystery Club and Gotham Knights. He embraces new challenges and opportunities for growth, whether exploring innovative animation techniques or mentoring aspiring animators. Currently he is a Lead Animator for Japan Productions on their first game, "Resonant Q"

Juan Carlos Navarro Gómez

Animschool Instructor

Juan Carlos is currently an Animator at Cosmic Dino, where he is working on the upcoming Bluey The Movie. Previously, he worked at Cinesite and Sony Pictures Imageworks, contributing to major feature productions including the Smurfs, and serving as Lead Animator on TMNT Mutant Mayhem. With over 12 years of experience across film, TV, and gaming, he has played a key role in projects such as Over The Moon, Smallfoot, Disney's Iwaju, Brawlstars and The Addams Family 1 and 2.

Justin Weg

Animschool Instructor

Justin Weg is currently a Character Animator for Dreamworks Animation working on Puss on Boots 2. He previously worked at Illumination MacGuff on Despicable Me 4 and at Blue Sky Studios for almost 13 years where he worked on the Ice Age and Rio franchises, Epic, The Peanuts Movie, Ferdinand, Spies in Disguise, Nimona, and the Scrat Tales shorts. . Justin was recently a co-character lead for Joy Jenkins and Katsu Kimura on Spies in Disguise. Outside of CG, Justin has recently took an interest in animating in stop motion, and is having a lot of fun!

Justina Hnatowicz

Animschool Instructor

Justina Hnatowicz is a CG Generalist and Technical Artist currently working with Netflix, where she collaborates with research scientists and engineers to develop advanced CG production pipeline tools. Previously, she worked as a Previs Modeler and Art Modeler at Netflix Animation, contributing to projects such as Ultraman: Rising and Charlie & The Chocolate Factory. Justina got her start at Sony Pictures Animation as a 3D Visual Development Artist in 2019, where she designed highly stylized sets for The Boondocks and Ghostbusters. She loves mentoring artists at the beginning of their careers, helping them grow and find their creative voice. No matter how many different roles she takes on, her true passion always draws her back to 3D modeling—the craft that sparked her love for the industry in the first place.

Kevin Jackson

Animschool Instructor

Kim Leow

Animschool Instructor

Kim Leow is a character animator based in British Columbia, Canada, with over 15 years of experience. She began her career in commercials in 2007 and transitioned to feature films in 2012, working with notable companies like Netflix , Pixar, Sony Pictures, and Animal Logic.

Kirby Atkins

Animschool Instructor

Kirby Atkins has written feature film scripts for Robert De Niro, MIRAMAX, and 20th CENTURY FOX. He has worked with some of the most recognizable names in cinema across animation and visual effects such as Sony Animation, Weta Digital, and Steven Spielberg. His short film "Mutt" won BEST ANIMATED SHORT at the HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL and he has directed the TV show "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius" for NICKELODEON. In 2019 Kirby wrote and directed the first New Zealand/China Film Group co-production of MOSLEY which was nominated for “Best Animated Feature Film” at the 2019 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, The Burbank International Film Festival, The Festival of Cinema, NYC, and the 2020 Ottawa International Animation Festival. MOSLEY won the Golden Dolphin Award for Best Animated Feature Film at China's 13th Xiamen International Animation Festival and was released worldwide by PARAMOUNT PICTURES in 2021. Kirby played the title role in the film, starring with the all Kiwi cast of John Rhys-Davies (LOTR), Lucy Lawless (Xena, Warrior Princess), Rhys Darby (Flight of the Conchords), and Termuera Morrison (Star Wars).

Kyle Mohr

Animschool Instructor

Kyle has worked in the industry since 2005, on films and commercials including Horton Hears a Who and Ice Age 3 at Blue Sky Studios, Big Hero 6 at WDAS, The Angry Birds Movie, Smurfs: The Lost Village, and Pixels at Imageworks, and was an animator at Pixar Canada for 3 years on several Toy Story and Cars Toons, such as Partysaurus Rex, Small Fry, Air Mater, and others. Recently, he worked for 7 years at Pixar in Emeryville, California, working on Coco, Incredibles 2, Toy Story 4, Onward, Luca, Lightyear, Inside Out 2, as well as Auntie Edna, Dug Days, Carl's Date, and Dream Productions. Outside of film, Kyle has worked on various commercials and projects at studios in New York, including Nathan Love, Framestore NY, Psyop, and Charlex. When greeting Kyle, it's best to speak "Well, well, well..." in a snide and condescending tone, communicating a wholly unwarranted skepticism. This greeting works best in his natural habitat, such as when approaching from a distance in a long studio hallway, appearing unexpectedly from behind, or standing hidden behind the wall or large tree as he turns a corner. However, it has been known to be an effective way to put him at ease over Zoom and video communication, as he adapts to the changing landscape of the 21st Century.

Libby Peterson

Animschool Instructor

Libby is an animator with experience in games, VFX, and feature film. She began her animation journey in 2020 by enrolling in AnimSchool's film program. Two years later, she was accepted into Pixar's animation internship and finished AnimSchool while working at Industrial Light & Magic. She has worked on a wide variety of projects, including the live action Lilo & Stitch, What If...? An Immersive Story, and ILM Minis. She enjoys animation in all its forms, and outside her studio job, she is creating her own indie game for Steam to push herself creatively and learn new skills.

Luis Labrador

Animschool Instructor

Luis currently holds a position as Craft Leader/Modeling supervisor/Artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios, he also had a successful career at Sony Pictures Imageworks as a Senior Character Modeler in the visual effects department and DreamWorks Animation as a Senior Modeler in the animation department. Luis has carved his name in the film industry as a 3D visual effects and Animation artist for more than 20 Years. His talent has gained international recognition and the films he has worked on have been credited with several prestigious awards and nominations including One Oscar for Best achievements in Visual Effects (Spiderman 2), Three Oscars for Best Animated Features (Frozen, Big Hero 6, Encanto), One Oscar for Best Animated Short Film (Feast) and seven Academy Award nominations (Best Animated Feature Film, Best Achievements in Visual Effects and Best Visual Effects). Some of his film accomplishments include: -Pirates of the Caribbean, Van Helsing, Spiderman 2, X-Men 2, I am Legend, Watchmen, Superman Returns, Monster House, The Matrix Revolutions, Open Season, Surfs Up, Haunted Mansion, Cursed, Peter Pan, How to Train Your Dragon, Megamind, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots, Turbo, Wreck-it-Ralph, Frozen, Feast, Planes: Fire & Rescue, Big Hero 6, Frozen Fever, Strange World, Once upon a studio, Zootopia 2 as a modeling artist. - Gigantic, Frozen 2, Once upon a Snowman and Encanto as Environment modeling supervisor. -Zootopia 2 as a craft leader in the environment modeling department.

Luke Randall

Animschool Instructor

<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(68, 68, 70); font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot;, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Luke is originally from Australia but now resides in Los Angeles, California where he works as a character animator at Dreamworks Feature Animation. He got his start TV and games before moving into features where he has completed animation on Shrek Forever After, Megamind, Puss in Boots, Turbo, Peabody and Sherman, Home, Kung Fu Panda 3 and Boss Baby and more. In addition to &nbsp;character animation Luke is a total story addict, consuming novels, comics, movies, tv and documentaries by the truckload.</span>

Marin Petrov

Animschool Instructor

Marin Petrov has 20 years of experience working in Feature Animation, VFX and Games, mostly as Technical Director and Pipeline Engineer. He enjoys being in the middle between art and technology. He started his career in different VFX companies in Bulgaria and then moved to New York, where he worked for Blue Sky Studios as Lead Character Technical Director on movies like Ice Age, Rio, Peanuts, Ferdinand and more. He is the co-founder of two technology companies, one of which - platform for animation feedback "RGB Notes" was recently acquired by Amazon.

Mark Roennigke

Animschool Instructor

Mark has been working in the animation industry for over 18 years beginning his career in games with Maxis on The Sims 2. He's been with DreamWorks Animation since 2005 and has worked on a number of film franchises including Shrek, Madagascar, Boss Baby, Trolls, How to Train Your Dragon, etc. He most recently served as Supervising Animator on The Boss Baby: Family Business as well as Trolls Holiday in Harmony.

Masha Juergens

Animschool Instructor

Masha has over 30 years of experience in animation. She began her career as a 2D animator, soon after the first Maya version was released, she started animating in 3D. Since then Masha worked at several animation studios in Europe and Australia such as Scanline FX, Aardman Animation, Animalogic, Dr D and Iloura.  She contributed to major film titles including “Narnia. Prince Caspian”, “Legend of the Guardians. Owls of Ga’Hool”, “Happy Feet 2”, “Walking with Dinosaurs “, “Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2”, “Ghostbusters “.  Currently, Masha is teaching 2D/3D animation at UTS (University of Technology Sydney), and now with over 8 years of experience in teaching, she is delighted to have an opportunity to share her knowledge with Animschool students. 

Mat Isler

Animschool Instructor

I have worked for over 15 studios on over 25 3D animation & CGI productions. With 10 years of professional rigging experience and a talent for out-of-the-box thinking and creative problem-solving, I specialize in making the complicated art of rigging as simple as possible. I explain advanced concepts in simple terms, allowing students to get inspired and surprise themselves with their progress in learning a new and often intimidating area of study. As with any lengthy process, rigging can be made much easier to manage by breaking it down into small tasks, which I do by focusing on modular rigging and by putting less emphasis on programming and mathematics, which should be seen as time-saving tools in your workflow, and not a necessary crutch for rigging characters.

Matteo Rovatti

Animschool Instructor

Michael Ervall

Animschool Instructor

With over a decade of experience in character animation for TV series, commercials, and feature film, I’ve had the honor of contributing to a wide range of projects, including Disney's Elena of Avalor, multiple Funko commercials, and an undisclosed upcoming feature film. I’m dedicated to sharing my expertise with my future colleagues, helping you bring your stories to life through the art of animation!

Michael Launder

Animschool Instructor

Michael grew up across different locations in the USA. Moving from coast to coast, he relied on television, videogames, and films to fill his time. Eventually settling with his family in Denver Colorado, Michael fell in love with CAD during high school in between hitting the slopes. Working on Solidworks models of robots and machines quickly turned into Maya sets and characters during college at the University of Colorado Denver animation program, DAC. Michael began his professional journey as a lighting and compositing artist contributing to various films, commercials, and television shows at Los Angeles Studios such as ZOIC, Luma, CoSA and Buck, eventually settling into NICK in 2016 where he has been ever since. He recently proposed to his fiancé Jeanel on a beautiful beach in her home country of the Philippines, and he his constantly covered in dog hair from his faithful Shiba Inu dog, Oso.

Mitchell Jao

Animschool Instructor

Mitchell is a character animator with industry experience in both game cinematic and feature animation. After early experience at Sony Imageworks on "Smurfs: The Lost Village", Mitchell graduated from School of Visual Arts and went right to Blue Sky Studios, starting as an intern to becoming a full fledged animator. While there, he animated on "Spies in Disguise" and "Nimona" pre-production. Post studio closure, Mitchell went on to animate on "Overwatch 2" and "World of Warcraft" with the Blizzard Cinematics team, and "Strange World", “Wish”, and "Moana 2" at Walt Disney Animation Studios. His passion for animation is rooted both in the technical and creative problem solving aspects of the craft, and hopes to share with everyone all the methods he's picked up along the way.

Morgan Greene

Animschool Instructor

Hi! I am a former Pixar, Disney and Dreamworks animator with film credits such as Tangled, Wish, Spiderverse II, Croods and Sea Beast. Recently finished up on the upcoming Ice Age movie. I have had the amazing privilege of working with the legends Glen Keane and James Baxter. Growing up on Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Lion King and all the great and Disney, animation movies and storytelling quickly became my deepest passion. When I started teaching back in 2019 at animschool I developed another passion for teaching. I got lucky being able to learn from a great teacher back at Ringling, who I attribute most of my success to, so I know how important a good teacher is to an animators success. I try my best to adjust to each students need and help others the way I was helped. Animation is hard yo and sometimes we just need encouragement and a little help to make that breakthrough. Are you ready to create some awesome animation together?!

Neave Rimanic

Animschool Instructor

Neave is currently a Lead Gameplay Animator at Superseed Studios working on Judas. He has experience in both 2D and 3D on a variety of games, films and tv shows, working at studios such as Animal Logic, Reel FX and Cinesite. Some of his credits include TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, The Monkey King and DC League of Super Pets. He has also been teaching at a variety of schools and non-profits such as Rise Up Animation, KPU and WIA.

Nina Tarasova

Animschool Instructor

Nina is a Character Artist with experience in the animation and game industry. She is a former Animschool graduate. Nina landed her first gig right after graduation on a high budget TV show for Disney+ and worked on several main characters for the show. After that she started working freelance for various clients based in Europe and the US. She has recently contributed as a Character and Lookdev Artist for Supercell’s Clash of Clan, Clash Royale, BoomBeach and Space Ape’s BoomBeach Frontline games. Nina has been a prize winner at several modeling and rendering competitions and had her work featured in 3D Artist magazine.

Noah Amrani

Animschool Instructor

Noah Amrani has been teaching visual arts at the collegiate level since 2013. He is an honors alumnus of California State University, Northridge, with a B.A. in Art and a focus in Animation. Noah has been working in the entertainment industry since 2009 as a Character Animator and Visual Effects Artist, and is the founder of Sageous Studios, a VFX and animation company. Some project credits include Avengers: Infinity War, Venom, Aquaman, Tomb Raider, Midway, Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV, Hell and Back, The Orville, Star-Trek: Discovery, Star-Trek: Picard, and Star-Trek: Short Treks: 'Ephraim and Dot'.

Pedro de la Llave

Animschool Instructor

Hello everyone! I’m Pedro de la Llave, I’m a Senior Character animator with about 14 years of experience, I´ve worked at Sony for about 6 years and at Disney for about 2, among other great studios that helped me out to keep improving along the journey! Super glad to be here, this seems like an amazing community. I hope we can keep learning together, and of course I’m here for whatever anyone needs ?? Always happy to chat about animation, workflow, tips, tricks, and everything in between!

Randy Bishop

Animschool Instructor

Randy is a character designer, illustrator, and art director working in animation, games, and publishing. He loves the opportunity that his work gives him to infuse characters with life and story. Audiences experience stories through their characters, and so the opportunity to be a part of shaping that experience is something he cherishes. Being part of the storytelling process to such an extent is something profoundly interesting and exciting to him. In addition to the work he does for clients, Randy has several personal projects he’s pursuing and looks forward to the opportunity to share them with the world. He has a passion for storytelling and believes in the power it has to affect the way we think and act as human beings. He looks forward to a long and exciting career as an artist and storyteller.

Salman Saleem

Animschool Instructor

Hiya I’m Salman, a Sinor 3D Render Artist at Gameloft Barcelona. I have over 15 years of experience in the CG industry. Over the years, I’ve worked in different fields including animation, lighting and shading, compositing and modeling, Which has given me a strong understanding of the full production pipeline of animation. Just like you, I started as a student at AnimSchool, so I know firsthand what it’s like to begin from the start and struggle through the learning curve and slowly build up the skills and confidence. After graduating from AnimSchool’s Animation program back in 2017, I took on freelance projects with clients worldwide. One of the first projects I worked as a Animation Supervisor, was the documentary 12 Parts Per Million. With Future House Studios. Three years ago, I joined Gameloft Barcelona, Where I was recently promoted to Senior 3D Render Artist. Currently, I’m working on Disney Speedstorm and Asphalt Legends. As an instructor for the Intro to Maya class, I use my own experience as an AnimSchool student to guide you through the program and challenge you to bring out the best in your skills.

Samuel Macero

Animschool Instructor

Sam is currently and Animator at DreamWorks Animation. After graduating from AnimSchool he worked at Sony Imageworks on the film "In Your Dreams" before going to Dreamworks where he has worked on Trolls 3: Band Together, Kung Fu Panda 4, Bad Guys 2, Shrek 5, and the upcoming Forgotten Island

Scott Guppy

Animschool Instructor

It’s hard to imagine but I’ve been in this industry for 20+ years. The first part of my career was working in TV and commercials before making the jump into feature animation, where I’ve spent the last 12 years. I spent 4 years at Sony Imageworks where I got to work on a wide range of movies from VFX such as Spider-Man Homecoming, Amazing Spider-Man 2 and full CG features like Hotel Transylvania 2, Smurfs: The Lost Village and Storks. I spent some time at Bron Animation working on the delightful quirky animation style of The Willoughbys. I've been blessed to spend 3 years at ILM working on a ranged of VFX projects like some of their Star Wars series, Voltron, etc... and the animated feature Ultraman Rising. Currently, I'm back with Sony Imageworks working as a Senior Animator on a feature animation project.

Scott McWhinnie

Animschool Instructor

Scott is a graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design. He got his start at Moonbot Studios animating on short films, apps, and console games. Following a short stint at Blue Sky Studios on Rio 2 as a project hire, he worked as a 2D and CG animator at Brazen Animation. Scott returned to Blue Sky Studios for 5 years and worked on films such as Spies in Disguise, Ferdinand, and Ice Age 5. Scott is Currently working as an animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios after a year in Paris at Illumination Mac Guff.

Sean Pando

Animschool Instructor

Sean Pando is a Visual Development and Background Lead Artist with 13 years in TV animation and Games. He grew up in Austin, Texas and loved painting and drawing from a young age. He received a BFA in Animation from Brigham Young University. He specializes in Background design and is passionate about creating stunning believable worlds through the power of design, lighting, and color. He has worked for Lucasfilm Animation, DreamWorks Television, Warner Brothers animation, and Sony Online Entertainment.

Stefano Dubay

Animschool Instructor

I'm Stefano Dubay, a Rome-born character artist, concept designer, and digital sculptor with over two decades of experience across the world's top animation and visual effects studios. My journey has taken me from the cobblestone streets of Rome all the way to the Hollywood Hills and back across the Atlantic — and honestly, I wouldn't have it any other way. It all started with a Mathematics degree in Rome, which might seem like an odd jumping-off point for a career in animation — but hey, there's a lot of geometry in a good character model! Hungry for more and with a dream bigger than the Colosseum, I packed my bags and moved to sunny Los Angeles to train at the legendary Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood. That decision changed everything. From there, my career took off faster than I could have imagined. I had the incredible privilege of working at some of the most respected studios in the industry — Sony Pictures Imageworks, Rhythm and Hues, and Psyop — sharpening my craft and learning from some of the best artists in the business. But the crown jewel of my time in LA was without a doubt my years at Walt Disney Animation Studios, where I had the joy of contributing to some of the most beloved animated films of the last decade, including Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, and Big Hero 6. Yes, I helped make Elsa's hair flow, and I am very proud of that. After nearly a decade in the City of Angels, I felt the pull of Europe calling me back. I returned to the continent and took on the role of Modeling Supervisor at Brown Bag Films, one of Europe's largest and most celebrated animation studios, where I led teams and helped shape the visual identity of multiple productions. From there, I crossed the channel to London, joining the powerhouse visual effects studio DNEG (Double Negative) as Lead Modeler and Concept Artist, working across large-scale productions and continuing to push my creative boundaries. These days, I work as a freelance concept artist and character developer, which means I get to wake up every morning and design weird, wonderful, and wildly fun characters for a living. Most recently, I had the absolute thrill of developing Miss Friday and Mr. 13 for the latest season of Netflix's live-action One Piece series — a project that reminded me exactly why I fell in love with this art form in the first place. The adventure is far from over, and I can't wait to see where the next character takes me.

Taran Matharu

Animschool Instructor

Taran has worked in the games industry for 8 years since 2002, for studios such as Team17 (UK - Worms, Lemmings), and for Behaviour (Montreal - WET, Indiana Jones, MonkeyQuest) and Trapdoor (Montreal - WARP). Since 2010, he then moved into animation for VFX and Full Feature. These places include Mokko Studio (Montreal - Riddick), NeoReel (Montreal - Smurfs 2 Previz), Mikros Image (Montreal - Mune, The Little Prince/Le Petit Prince, Captain Underpants, Sgt Stubby ), MPC (Montreal - Terminator Genesis), Cinesite (Montreal - Charming) and ON Animation Studios (Pre production on Playmobil The movie), Framestore Montreal (Christopher Robin), Reelfx Montreal (Scoob! and Rumble) He just finished working at MPC Montreal as Animation Supervisor on Transformers : Rise of the Beasts, and now is Animation Supervisor at BeloFX. Taran focuses on the anatomy of the key poses and the acting intentions of the shots shown. Also, he can give feedback on details such as arcs, opposite actions and composition.

Tatiana Petrova

Animschool Instructor

Tatiana is an instructor with over 20-years of teaching experience. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Education degree, completed a course in classical 3D sculpture. She is a former Animschool graduate and has always had incredible passion for art. Currently holds a position as Mech Modeling Supervisor and Hard Surface/ Prop and Mech Modeler on MechWest Series.

Tom Pinon

Animschool Instructor

Hi, I'm Tom! Over the past decade, I've had the chance to work on a range of exciting projects, from animated feature films to VFX movies, video games, and commercials. I've also been teaching animation for about 4 years. I am passionate about animation, and love helping students reach their full potential. My teaching style is honest : I want every student to feel like they got everything they needed to progress, and more! Eager to see you in class!

Tony Bonilla

Animschool Instructor

<div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Tony has been animating professionally for over twenty years, and has taught animation courses for over eight years. Some of his film credits include; Wish, Strange World, Encanto, Raya and the Last Dragon, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Moana, Zootopia, Big Hero 6, Rio 2, and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. He started his animation career on the Jimmy Neutron television series. He has worked at multiple game studios including Blizzard, Midway Games, id Software, Jam City, and is currently the Lead Animator for an unannounced mobile game at Fortis Games.<br></div></div>

Tony Mecca

Animschool Instructor

I've been a professional animator for over 20 years spanning major feature films, games, mixed reality, and most recently - theme park attraction ride and creative development. I have animated on everything from VFX heavy realistic style shows like Snow White and the Huntsman, RIPD, and X-Men Days of Future Past to fully animated cartoony blockbusters like Rio 2 and Hotel Transylvania 2. Before feature film I worked in video games animating everything from super realistic combat simulations to sci-fi fantasy adventures. I was a primary member of the team that developed the critically acclaimed and award winning Conduit first person animation system. After spending a few years working at Magic Leap developing the next generation of story telling for mixed reality, I am currently "at home" working as a creative lead with the amazing Universal Studios Creative producing the next generation of rides, lands and attractions for Universal studios theme parks world wide. I am also a muti-patent holder (some of which include character animation technology) and work with almost every single major animation and VFX studio directing next generation character performances for our theme parks around the world.

Tyler Mahn

Animschool Instructor

Tyler is a graduate of AnimSchool. He is currently at Walt Disney Animation Studios working on Hexed. He started his career at Sony Pictures Imageworks on Hotel Transylvaania 4 and has continued his feature experience on projects such as Zootopia+, Strange World, Wish, Moana 2, Zootopia 2, and Frozen 3.

Tyler Phillips

Animschool Instructor

Tyler is a Supervising Animator at DreamWorks Animation originally from San Diego, California. After earning his bachelors in Graphic Design and Mixed Media, he worked as a compositor and 3D Generalist in live action, in Prague in 2005. He then went back to school to learn Character Animation and before finishing, he landed a job working at Blue Sky Studios on Ice Age 3. He then went to work at Sony Games on God of War III just before starting at DreamWorks Animation to work on How to Train Your Dragon. He's worked on all three Dragon films, Megamind, Puss In Boots, Madagascar 3 and Rise of the Guardians, Trolls, Bad Guys and more. Tyler has been working at DreamWorks from 2009 to Present.

Victoria Lopez

Animschool Instructor

Victoria is a Senior Animator in the video game industry. She has helped develop major AAA titles such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare I & II, Warzone and Madden NFL to name a few. Victoria is currently working at Superseed Studios, for an upcoming video game called Judas; a single player, narrative first person shooter developed by Ghost Story Games, a studio led by Ken Levine, Director of System Shock 2, BioShock, and BioShock Infinite. Victoria has plenty of experience animating both keyframe and performance capture, first person animations, cinematics, and counts with plenty of experience animating both single player and multiplayer content. She also single-handedly animated Call of Duty's first 2D digital pet watch 'Tomogunchi'! Victoria is also an award winning artist, having won over 50+ awards with her animations. Victoria currently has her personal animation work for display at Miami Design District!

Yoel Pereira

Animschool Instructor

Yoel is currently a Lead 3D Environment Modeler at Skydance animation. With over 8 years of experience in the industry, he has worked for animated films, videogames and tv shows across different continents for projects at Skydance animation, Adobe, Sunrise productions, Clash of Clans, Adobe and more. He has extensive experience for stylized and cartoon modeling, as well as technical workflows.