COMPUTER ANIMATION
CRITIQUES WITH INDUSTRY GIANTS To further inform the work of our fourth year students, we bring in renowned, successful visiting artists to participate in milestone critiques. Coming from the top studios in the industry, these artists offer a relevant, real-world perspective to bring student thinking out of the classroom into the professional arena. This process provides our students with invaluable feedback from the best of the best in the field, which they can immediately apply to their current work in progress. ANDREW BEDDINI, BLUE SKY STUDIOS GUILLERMO CAREAGA, DREAMWORKS ANIMATION ERIC DROBILE, REEL FX DAVID GIBSON, BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT STEVE HICKNER, DREAMWORKS ANIMATION HAMILTON LEWIS, DREAMWORKS ANIMATION, THE THIRD FLOOR BRYCE MCGOVERN, SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS SCOTT MCWHINNIE, BLUE SKY STUDIOS ARMAND SERRANO, WALT DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS LIRON TOPAZ, DREAMWORKS ANIMATION
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES RANKED #1 ANIMATION PROGRAM IN THE U.S. BY ANIMATION CAREER REVIEW RANKED BEST ANIMATION SCHOOL BY ANIMATION MAGAZINE Ringling College Computer Animation students do it all. In our world- RANKED #1 ANIMATION PROGRAM BY COLLEGE MAGAZINE renowned animation program, you will learn to create characters and 2020 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD - THIS IS THE 16TH FOR tell their stories, as well as design, paint, model, texture, animate, light, RINGLING COLLEGE COMPUTER ANIMATION SINCE 1998 2019 SWEPT ALL 3 COLLEGE TELEVISION AWARDS [EMMY composite, and edit original films. As a Computer Animation student, you AWARDS] FOR ANIMATION will combine essential technical skills with conceptually original ideas that SIGGRAPH: 2015 BEST COMPUTER ANIMATED SHORT, affect an audience emotionally, visually, and intellectually. PROFESSIONAL AND STUDENT CATEGORIES This mix of talents is why we have been called the number one computer SIGGRAPH ELECTRONIC THEATER: 31 WINNERS RINGLING COLLEGE ALUMNI HAVE WORKED ON EVERY animation program in North America and why animation studios from OSCAR-WINNING BEST ANIMATED FEATURE SINCE 2003. all over the world look to us for the best and the brightest. Our graduates SIGGRAPH ASIA: BEST OF SHOW 2009 go on to win in film festivals and Student Academy Awards and become RINGLING COLLEGE ALUMNI WORKED ON THE FOLLOWING tomorrow’s top animated filmmakers. RECENT BLOCKBUSTER ANIMATED FEATURE FILMS: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE: FERDINAND: 17 ALUMNI 13 ALUMNI [INCLUDING THE BOSS BABY: 9 ALUMNI HEAD OF CHARACTER CARS 3: 16 ALUMNI ANIMATION] MOANA: 21 ALUMNI RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET: 20 ALUMNI ZOOTOPIA: 20 ALUMNI HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: TOY STORY 4: 9 ALUMNI 12 ALUMNI FROZEN 2: 24 ALUMNI INCREDIBLES 2: 20 SPIES IN DISGUISE: 27 ALUMNI ALUMNI COCO: 18 ALUMNI
Artwork on cover by: Beth David, Esteban Bravo FACILITIES & STUDIO SPACE FACULTY The Ringling College Computer Animation Department boasts eight Our faculty is comprised of seasoned animation industry veterans who state-of-the-art computer labs in addition to three open labs. We are passionate about shaping the next generation of creative leaders also have a render farm with thousands of cores and are capable of through our hands-on studio model of teaching. rendering a complete feature film right here on campus. JAMES MCCAMPBELL VINCENT GORMAN BILLY MERRITT BFA Communication BA Drawing BFA Computer Animation Design Ball State University Ringling College of Art and EMPLOYERS University of Tennessee Design BLIZZARD JIBJAB MEDIA REEL FX PAUL HARGRAVE ENTERTAINMENT LAIKA ENTERTAINMENT SONY PICTURES JEREMY CANTOR BFA Computer Animation KAREN SULLIVAN BLUE SKY STUDIOS LUCASFILM IMAGEWORKS BFA Illustration/Computer Ringling College of Art and MFA Computer Animation Science Design University of CARTOON NETWORK METHOD STUDIOS THE MILL Marywood University Massachusetts DREAMWORKS MOVING PICTURE THE THIRD FLOOR ANIMATION COMPANY WALT DISNEY DEBORAH HEALY GEORGE CWIRKO- MFA Filmmaking/ HEATHER THOMSON ELECTRONIC ARTS NICKELODEON ANIMATION STUDIOS GODYCKI Animation BFA Computer Animation GENERAL MOTORS PIXAR ANIMATION WETA DIGITAL BFA Fine Art Montclair State University Ringling College of Art and GREENHAUS GFX STUDIOS Academy of Art University Design HASBRO PSYOP STEVE HICKNER PAUL DOWNS BFA Film ANDY WELIHOZKIY BFA Computer Animation New York University BFA Computer Animation INTERNSHIPS Ringling College of Art and Ringling College of Art and Design Design BLUE SKY STUDIOS LAIKA ENTERTAINMENT REEL FX MATT KILLIAN DREAMWORKS MAGIC LEAP SONY PICTURES BFA Computer Animation JUSTIN FARRIS RON ZEITLER ANIMATION NICKELODEON IMAGEWORKS Ringling College of Art and BFA Computer Animation BFA Computer Animation ELECTRONIC ARTS WALT DISNEY Design PIXAR ANIMATION Ringling College of Art and ANIMATION STUDIOS Ringling College of Art and GENERAL MOTORS STUDIOS Design SEAN MCLAUGHLIN Design HASBRO PSYOP BFA Computer Animation ED GAVIN Ringling College of Art and MFA Computer Arts Design Florida Atlantic University
James McCampbell Department Head [email protected] www.ringling.edu/ComputerAnimation
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