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Graphic designer specializing in narrative-based visual storytelling, with a focus on short storydriven film and video projects.
Kenneth Castillo is a director/writer who grew up in the shadow of The Vincent Thomas Bridge in the small harbor town of Wilmington, Ca., aka-The Port of Los Angeles. To date he has written and directed seven feature films and several short films including his short film series The Misadventures of...
Matia Karrell wrote, directed, and produced the 1989 Academy Award Nominated short film, "Cadillac Dreams." In 2001, she directed, co-wrote and produced her first feature length film, "Behind The Red Door, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Kyra Sedgwick and Stockard Channing. "Red Door" took first prize f...
Dr. Jill Strawbridge has spent over 20 years applying the principals of human behavior to the design of products and systems with which humans interact. She is currently the VP of User Experience Research at Pearson Education, and prior to that she was Director of User Experience Design Research a...
Hong Ly, an Art Director and Concept Artist, began his career in 1998. As a concept artist at Naughty Dog, he contributed to titles like The Last of Us and the Uncharted series, later bringing his expertise to Riot Games, the studio behind League of Legends. At Riot Games, he served as Art Director ...
After visiting the Disney studio at age 13, Frans Vischer began making short 8mm animated films. With help from Chuck Jones, who saw one of his films, Vischer was accepted into the CalArts Character Animation program. In 1981, he was hired by the Disney studio, starting in a training program led by ...
Tony DeRosa began his career as an animator in 1981. Mr. DeRosa completed his animation education at the world-renowned California Institute of the Arts and was immediately hired by Disney Studios to train under legendary animator Eric Larson. After assisting on numerous projects he completed his f...
Born in Spain, Abraham Meneu's lifelong passion for animation began in 1989 under his brother's guidance. In the '90s, he immersed himself in 3D animation. In 1999, he joined Anibyte in England, honing his skills in game cinematics and PlayStation games. Abraham's feature film journey started with ...
Mr. Luna is an Adjunct Professor focusing on professional practices, communication and leadership skills in several departments. He also conducts a course for Art Centers Public Programs, Crafting a Meaningful Career, designed for mid-career professionals eager to take their careers to the next leve...
Adjunct Professor Humanities and Sciences MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, BA/BFA, Brown University Lisa Krohn is an interdisciplinary designer and educator whose work bridges strategic forecasting, product, furniture, and interior design, brand strategy, user experience, and web, sets, and installa...
Brian Allgeier is best known as the longtime director of the Ratchet & Clank series, starting as a lead designer on the first Ratchet & Clank released in 2002. He has worked in the games industry as an artist, designer, and director for over 30 years. Brian led the design and creative direction on ...
Author of children's non-fiction books: Japan and Skydiving, and biographies of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Roald Dahl. Mr. Meeks writes fiction now, and has published two award-winning collections of short stories ( The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea and Months and Seasons) and four novels (The Brightes...
Megan Kim is an artist and educator based in the greater Los Angeles area. Upon completing her degree in Entertainment Design from ArtCenter, she grew a freelance career in a vareity of industries ranging from fabrication, illustration and animation to name a few. She has worked with wide range of c...
Bora is an award-winning design leader focused on building socially responsible brands and user-centric service products with 10+ years of design experience. One of her passions is to help achieve social equity and shared well-being through design-driven processes. This exploration led her to reach...
Gina Park is a multidisciplinary designer specializing in branding, motion graphics, and interactive design. She sees design as a powerful storytelling tool, shaping how people engage with brands through movement, typography, and interaction. A graduate of ArtCenter College of Design, she has collab...
A native of Southern California, Howard Heard graduated from UCLA with a BA in Motion Pictures / TV Production and has been a film editor for more than thirty years, working on forty-five features, including Risky Business and My Favorite Year, more than fifty hours of prime time episodic television...
I am a highly effective color, material, finish Expert with 28 years of experience in design and product development. With a background in industrial design, I understand how a good CMF strategy can have a positive impact on design, sales and the overall success of a company. I aman expert in trend ...
Theresa Latzko (she/her) is a technical art director at Chromosphere, specializing in creating stylized real-time visuals and solving complex technical challenges across animation and interactive projects. She has led real-time workflows and look development for productions such as Yuki 7, Mall Stor...
Peter Markowski is a Los Angeles based Illustrator, Animator, and Instructor, who is currently Art Directing TV Animation. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Westminster College and a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors (Illustration/Entertainment) from ArtCenter College of Design. He's worked in Vis...
Roman Jaster is a graphic designer working in Los Angeles. He is the co-founder of the design studio Yay Brigade. His work is focused on web design and development, as well as book design, often for cultural organizations and artists. Roman graduated from the CalArts graphic design program in 2007 w...
David Mocarski has explored the boundaries of the creative process for more than thirty-five years. He is the principal of Arkkit forms design, as well as Department Chair of the Graduate and Undergraduate Spatial Experience Design Department at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California. ...
Mateo is an award-winning design entrepreneur and hasbuilt companies for more than 30 years. After developing the first digital kiosk for ArtCenter under President David Brown with a team of 5 students, he co-foundeda company called "cow" back in 1993. "cow" was one of the first digital agencies in ...
Gina Lawes is an accomplished Los Angeles-based artist with over 30 years of experience in animation and visual effects. Her artistic approach emphasizes visual storytelling through motion, color, lighting, and composition. An artist for Walt Disney Animation Studios, Gina has held several creative ...