Mentor Roster
Here is the mentor roster for the 2022 year (with more TBA). We deeply appreciate the donation of time and expertise of all of our mentors!
We are always on the lookout for industry professionals interested in mentoring. If you would like to mentor, please fill out our Mentor Application.
Brockton Barton
Animator, Hi-Rez
Christine Phelan
Animator, Valve
David Pumpa
Lead Cinematic Animator, Playground Games
Glenn Winters
Virtual Production Supervisor, Rockstar Games
Jeremy Ernst
Director of Technical Art, Riot Games
Katie Better
Senior Animator (Cinematics), Rockstar Games
Taylor Wright
Senior Technical Artist, Aspyr Media
Michelle Hill
Motion Capture Stage Manager, Meta
Nishant Greene
Animator, Visual Concepts (prev. MPC)
Almudena Soria
Former Lead Animator, Naughty Dog
Micah Zahm
Technical Art Lead, EA
Greg Hendrix
Senior Character Technical Artist, Possibility Space
Izzy Cheng
Rigging Technical Artist, Riot Games
Charlotte Roberts
Lead Technical Animator, Hexworks
Michael Howard
Advanced Technical Artist, Hi-Rez Studios
Jason Shum
Animation Director/Owner, Superseed Studios
Richard Katz
Principal Technical Artist, Respawn Entertainment
Lina Halper
Principal Animation Engineer, Nvidia
Aura Triolo
Animation Lead, Ivy Road
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