Tech Makers + Creative Thinkers
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Guest Lecture: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Conrad Montgomery. Cartoon Network, Director of Comedy Animation
Conrad Montgomery is director of comedy animation for Cartoon Network. In this role, Montgomery is responsible for supervising the pop culture phenomenon Adventure Time, the Emmy® Award-winning Regular Show and Cartoon Network’s latest hit original animated series, Uncle Grandpa, all of which are produced at Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, CA. Montgomery reports directly to Curtis Lelash, vice president of comedy animation for Cartoon Network.
Prior to joining Cartoon Network, Montgomery was a development and current series executive at Walt Disney Television where he worked on Fish Hooks, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil and Motor City. Earlier in his career, he was a creative executive at Lions Gate Films where he worked on such films as Confidence and Monster’s Ball.
Montgomery graduated from California State University, Northridge with a bachelor of arts degree in Cinema and Television Arts.
Cartoon Network (CartoonNetwork.com) is consistently the #1 U.S. television network among boys 6-11. Currently seen in 99 million U.S. homes and 194 countries around the world, Cartoon Network is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.’s ad-supported cable service now available in HD offering the best in original, acquired and classic entertainment for kids and families. In addition to Emmy-winning original programming and industry-leading digital apps and online games, Cartoon Network embraces key social issues affecting families with solution-oriented initiatives such as Stop Bullying: Speak Up and the Move It Movement.
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.
Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex (MAGIC)
Miami Dade College – Wolfson Campus
315 N.E. 2nd Ave.
Miami, FL 33132