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2017 MIA Animation Conference & Festival
2017-10-13 11:00 - 2017-10-14 17:00 UTC | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
MIA ANIMATION, founded in 2009, is an industry conference that focuses on Computer Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects and Motion Graphics, Film, Web Design and Visual Arts. It has been designed to be a forum for active networking and practical information exchange with strong commitment and emphasis in education while developing and nourishing new talent.
MIA ANIMATION hosts every year world-renowned speakers, technology influencers from the nation’s top animation studios, universities and the best talent in the industry. It has become one of the most exciting and cutting edge events in Miami, alongside a community of advanced technology-explorers, decision-makers, trend-setters, software developers and creative industry professionals.
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The MIA Animation Conference and Festival is hosted by the Miami Animation and Gaming International Complex at Miami Dade College. Conference attendees are welcome to stay at our Hospitality Partner, The Intercontinental Miami at discounted rates.

Screenwriting Workshop with Professor David Schroeder - Making a Scene
2017-10-19 14:00 - 16:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Lecture Series, Kevin Smith - CEO Spine
2017-10-27 14:00 - 15:30 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Kevin is the founding partner of SPINE, one of the nation’s leading studios in providing visualization services. Founded in 2000, the focus of his company has been on the reliable production of high quality 3D renderings, animations, interactive presentations, mobile applications, & real-time simulations for many different market sectors (architecture, building product manufacturing, healthcare, hospitality, etc.).
SPINE is an award-winning interactive media and 3D visualization studio that was established in 2003. Headquartered in Doral, with over 25 full-time staff, which consists of the three owners (Kevin Smith – Chairman & CEO, Johann Beckford – COO, & Eddie Leon, CMO), an architecturally-trained account management team, and core team of artists. We specialize in the creation of visual assets for advertising agencies, product manufacturers, real estate developers, designers, and world-class destinations.

Miami Game Dev Meetup
2017-10-27 19:00 - 21:00, 2017-11-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Join us for the monthly game dev meetup at Miami Dade College’s MAGIC school, Miami’s largest game developer campus. These meetups are a great way to network with other developers, learn how to get into the industry, improve your game or just feed the brain for fun.

Lecture Series, Christine Brownell
2017-11-10 14:00 - 15:30 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Hi, I’m Christine. I am a Creative Director, Producer, and Product Owner, and have worked in the video game industry for over 13 years. My background is pretty diverse: game design, production, management, graphic arts, and even a bit of quality assurance – where I started my crazy adventure.
Along the way, I’ve gained a lot of life experience, met a ton of awesome people, and learned that the path to your dream job doesn’t always lead in the direction you thought it would — and sometimes, that new place is even better than you imagined!
Nowadays, I work as an independent creative consultant, helping teams design, evaluate and improve their products. I enjoy sharing information, solving hard problems, helping others, and learning, always.

Lecture Series: Christine Brownell- Game Design Consultant
2018-01-19 14:00 - 15:30 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Friday, January 19, 2018 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

Art of Tech, guest speaker Kimberly Dennison
2018-02-14 11:00 - 12:30 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Miami Dade College Foundation and
Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex
cordially invite you to
Art of Tech

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Guest Lecture: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex (MAGIC)
Miami Dade College – Wolfson Campus
315 N.E. 2nd Ave.
Miami, FL 33132
Mix and mingle with key leaders from the tech industry and meet guest speaker Kimberly Dennison, Director of Development for Disney TV Animation.

Intro. To Photoshop Workshop For Artist
2018-03-01 13:00 - 15:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Room 3410-1

Art of Tech, guest speaker Chris Bailey
2018-03-21 11:00 - 12:30 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Miami Dade College Foundation and
Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex
cordially invite you to
Art of Tech
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Guest Lecture: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Chris Bailey, Warner Bros Animation, Director & Producer
“I have over 20 years experience in traditional feature animation and CG character animation. Ten of those years was at Disney Feature Animation after which I began to direct short theme park films and CG characters for live action films. I’ve supervised the animation on the films Hocus Pocus, Garfield I and II, X-Men ll, Mighty Joe Young, Alvin and the Chipmunks I and II, Eragon and Hop. Unlike most Animation Supervisors, I work mostly show side and supervises the film’s storyboarding, 2D and 3D animatics in prep, work closely on set with the director and DP blocking out shots and direct the animators in post. I’ve also directed second unit and plate photography.
My TV animation experience began with CLERKS, the Cartoon and I followed that as Executive Producer and Director of KIM POSSIBLE for Disney TV. My most recent notable project was as director of the 3D CG motion ride film Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem for Universal Orlando.”

Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex (MAGIC)
Miami Dade College – Wolfson Campus
315 N.E. 2nd Ave.
Miami, FL 33132

Pitch Day!
2018-04-04 13:00 - 16:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Pitch day for Industry
2018-04-09 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Art of Tech, guest speaker Conrad Montgomery
2018-04-26 11:00 - 12:30 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Miami Dade College Foundation and
Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex
cordially invite you to
Art of Tech
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

MAGIC Premiere Night
2018-05-02 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

MAGIC NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION
2018-08-31 13:00 - 15:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Screening room

Art of Tech - Bill Buckley, Animation Director at First Contact Entertainment
2018-09-06 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Miami Dade College Foundation and
Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex
cordially invite you to
Art of Tech
Thursday, September 6, 2018
Guest Lecture: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Bill Buckley has been working as a developer in the video game industry for over 10 years. His roles have included senior animator, story artist, writer, digital cinematographer, concept artist and currently, animation director with First Contact Entertainment. He has worked on popular titles for companies such as THQ, Disney Interactive, Limbic, SCEA, Activision (Neversoft and Infinity Ward) and StarBreeze. His resume includes major titles such as Tony Hawk Proving Ground, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw, NBA 2007, Disney’s Club Penguin, eight Guitar Hero titles, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, John Wick The Impossible Task in VR, ROM: Extraction, and FireWall Zero Hour. Bill is also a lecturer, mentor and teacher of animation and game development both domestically and abroad.
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Telltale Games Internship Presentation
2018-09-07 13:00 - 14:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Join us and TellTale Games recruiter for an internship presentation for cinematics and design. Open to all interested.

The EyeContact Project - Lives Shaped by Autism
2018-09-20 18:00 - 20:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
The EyeContact Project – Lives Shaped by Autism, emerged initially to give a chance for parents of people diagnosed with ASD focus for a moment on themselves, telling their stories since the diagnose of Autism got in their lives. Artist Grazi Gadia and Neuro Pediatrician Carlos Gadia have made it their mission to inform, empower and educate families of disabled children, especially on the autism spectrum.
Combining her wish to help special needs children and her love for the arts, Grazi joined efforts with ArtBrazil to expand her platform using art as a tool of integration and education, becoming a permanent part of the social segment of ArtBrazil events for the last five years. Our main goal is to enhance how Autism changed and shaped the history of the families living with disabilities in their lives . Besides their struggles and difficulties for a simple connection with their sons and daughters, Eye Contact teaches and informs the parents to overcome their daily challenges and become advocates for the cause.

For more information about the EyeContact Project – Lives Shaped by Autism click here.

2018 MAGIC Game Jam
2018-09-29 17:00 - 2018-09-30 17:00 | Miami Dade College – Chapman Center, Building 3, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, MIAMI, FL, 33132, United States
M.A.G.I.C. Game Jam is an event centered around game creation. In the event, attendees form teams to create a small video game, from concept to playable product, within 24 hours. Attendees will be given a theme they must follow, but can use it to make a video game of any kind. This event is put together by Miami Dade College’s M.A.G.I.C. (Miami Animation and Gaming International Complex) Club to highlight the growing game industry in Miami.
Visit the MAGIC Game Jam website for more information.

Siemens Aspen Community College STEM Award Scholar Ceremony
2018-10-03 12:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
The Aspen Institute and the Siemens Foundation announced the 2018 eight-winning community college STEM programs of the first Siemens-Aspen Community College STEM Award, in recognition of the outstanding preparation and education those programs provide students seeking careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Each of the winning programs will receive a $50,000 award to use for bolstering their programs, attracting new talent and providing student scholarships.
The winning STEM programs range from nursing to telecommunications technology, and are hosted at the following community colleges: Broward College, Central New Mexico Community College, Hillsborough Community College, Miami Dade College, Ozarks Technical Community College, Mitchell Technical Institute, South Central College, and Valencia College.
There are more than five million jobs in STEM fields that require more than a high school diploma but less than a four-year degree. These jobs pay wages that average more than $50,000 annually. Yet, employers throughout the country are experiencing and projecting significant shortages of qualified workers in many STEM fields.
To respond, the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program and the Siemens Foundation have partnered to create the Siemens-Aspen Community College STEM Award to elevate excellent middle-skill STEM programs at community colleges, the jobs these programs lead to, and the value they confer on students, their families, and their communities.
“There is a growing demand for specialized STEM skills that weren’t required a generation ago. Our nation is simply not developing enough talent in middle-skill STEM fields, limiting opportunity for individuals, growth for industries, and economic strength for communities,” said David Etzwiler, CEO of the Siemens Foundation. “Quality community college STEM programs are a pathway to job security and financial success for many students, and can help meet employer needs and strengthen our middle class.”
These community college program awards are now the first step in awarding scholarships to Siemens Technical Scholars, an exceptional group of diverse students from across the country who demonstrate excellence that matches the exceptional opportunities offered by today’s awardees. The 2018 Class of Siemens Technical Scholars will be announced in the fall. In a change from previous years, the Aspen Institute, in partnership with the community colleges that win the Siemens-Aspen Community College STEM Award, will select the students to be recognized as Siemens Technical Scholars. Students will be awarded scholarship funds between $3,500 and $10,000. Aspen will share those Scholars’ stories to showcase the economic opportunities provided through STEM middle-skill jobs.
“Our nation’s best community colleges are incredible engines of opportunity for students seeking rewarding careers in STEM fields,” said Joshua Wyner, executive director of the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program. “This award recognizes colleges that provide an excellent education for talented students from every community, delivering on the promise of social mobility and lifelong opportunity.”

Town Hall - October
2018-10-04 15:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Student currently enrolled in the MAGIC program, or a
MAGIC faculty or staff member will have the chance to
voice their opinions, concerns or suggestions with the
goal of improving MAGIC.

This special session will be moderated by MAGIC Lab Manager, Phil Ferretti.

Art of Tech - Animation Show of Shows
2018-10-24 11:00 - 13:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Miami Dade College Foundation and
Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex
cordially invite you to
Art of Tech
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Program times:
Skype Session: 11:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Screening: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Skype Q&A: 1:00 – 1:30 p.m.

The Animation Show of Shows is a feature-length collection of contemporary animated shorts curated from around the globe and we would like to bring the program to the students of Miami Dade College. We have had an incredibly enthusiastic response from students on campuses where we have screened as these films speak with authority across the academic spectrum in our current show: a global perspective featuring 16 profound, award-winning films including the work of 8 women directors composing The 19th Animation Show of Shows
Event Sponsored by Sprint.

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MAGIC Halloween Pizza Party
2018-10-31 15:00 - 19:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
DATE: Wednesday Oct 31st, 2018
TIME: 3PM-7PM
LOCATION: Screening Room 8106
EVENT DESCRIPTION: MAGIC’s student/faculty engagement day on Halloween.
Students will get to interact with other students and faculty. There will be a Halloween Costume & Art Contest and a Halloween/Horror screening.
Costume Contest & Halloween Art Work Contest with Special Prizes
ART WORK CONTEST
Submission date for Art Work: Monday Oct 29th, 2018
Art Work Criteria:

Halloween Themed Art Work (PG 13)
Still Image
HD: 1920 X 1080
Resolution: 72-300 dpi

Selection of winner: The Art Work winner will be selected by a vote from the MAGIC Staff on the 30th and announced at the end of event.
COSTUME CONTEST

Costume contest sign up (sign in sheet) upon arrival at event

Selection of winner: The Costume winner will be selected by Mauricio (TBC) once the screening starts and announced at the end of event.
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Prizes (for both contest): 3D printed Character & a Magic Shirt each (Suggested)

Art of Tech - Chance Glasco, CCO of Doghead Simulations (Creator of Call of Duty)
2018-11-07 11:00 - 12:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Miami Dade College Foundation and
Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex
cordially invite you to
Art of Tech
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
Guest Lecture: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

As one of the founding members of the Call of Duty franchise’s team, senior animator Chance Glasco has had a profound impact on the last decade of video games. “When you work on it you don’t realize how well known your game is,” says Chance.
It wasn’t an overnight success story, though. After graduating from Full Sail’s Computer Animation program in 2001 and trying to find work in Los Angeles, Chance visited family in Oklahoma and hooked up with an old friend who was working at a local studio. Chance worked as an animator on Allied Assault, which was released in 2001 to critical acclaim. From there, Chance and a group of co-workers took a gamble and launched their own studio. The result: Infinity Ward, the Call of Duty franchise, and more than 100 million copies sold. Chance’s specialty from the start has been creating the animations for the arsenal of weapons players use during the games. Their level of realism is among one of the highlights of the Call of Duty experience – and has helped the game earn celebrity endorsements and break sales records.
“Looking back, starting by coming out to California, sleeping in my car, and then going to where we are now – on a franchise that’s the biggest in the world right now … it’s amazing,” says Chance. “I’m so blessed to have gone from that to this. All these numbers, the amount of people playing it, the popularity of the game – I feel humbled.”
Credits:
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Ghosts d. DEC 5th – Tell Tale Games
Event Sponsored by Sprint.
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Town Hall - November
2018-11-29 14:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Art of Tech - Leah Hoyer, VP Creative at Tell Tale Games
2018-12-05 11:00 - 12:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Miami Dade College Foundation and
Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex
cordially invite you to
Art of Tech
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
Guest Lecture: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Leah Hoyer is a former attorney who left that field to pursue her passion for cartoons. After completing her MFA coursework at UCLA’s Animation Workshop in 2001, Leah began working at Disney Television Animation, where she was the Director of Development for Disney Channel Animated Series. During her tenure at Disney, Leah worked on numerous series, including “Recess,” “Kim Possible” and “Phineas & Ferb.”
I create entertainment experiences. Actually, I work with teams of talented people who make truly incredible, interactive, entertainment experiences—because nobody makes something that is loved by millions of people on their own. I build teams, mentor people, foster great ideas, and find the best way to the get those produced.
Specialties: Portfolio Strategy, Franchise Development, Video Games, Animation, Narrative, Interactive, Television, Creative Management, Team Assembly and Talent Development.
Event Sponsored by Sprint.
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Pratt Institute Alumni Reception
2018-12-05 18:30 - 21:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

On The Road to Success - Career Coaching with Chris Delboni
2019-01-23 12:00 - 13:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
On the Road to Success will help students recognize and change what may be preventing them from reaching different goals and perform at their full potential. The program was designed to guide participants toward a successful professional future and life.
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” — Winston Churchill
As part of the program, coaching sessions will be offered to students with Certified Professional Coach Chris Delboni, an educator and award winning journalist who has taught and guided students for more than 10 years at both University of Miami and Florida International University. Don’t miss it! It’s an unique opportunity being offered at MDC MAGIC. Space is limited and interested students should sign up for the program on Jan. 23, 2019 at 12pm during the introdutory lecture of On the Road to Success, with Chris Delboni.

Chris Delboni, award-winning journalist, was a foreing press correspondent in Washington D.C. from 1993 till 2005, when she relocated to Miami, FL. In Miami, Delboni has taught journalism at both University of Miami and Florida International University for more than a decade and served as the first news director at the South Florida News Service at FIU, serving local mainstream newspapers such as the Miami Herald.
In 2016, Delboni left her position at FIU embarking on a new chapter of her professional life creating Delboni Communications, focusing on designing workshops and trainings aimed at personal and professional development and success. Currently she holds workshops on “media training” and “mobile video training”. As a Certified Professional Coach (CPC), she has developed “The Happiness Code” methodology and coaches journalists and college students on succeeding in their field of choice and career changes. She also publishes “Direto de Miami”, a column/blog that features Brazilians in South Florida, as well as news and things-to-do around Miami.

Art of Tech: Sander Schwartz (Warner Bros Animation, former President)
2019-02-13 11:00 - 12:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
SANDER SCHWARTZ Bio
As an independent producer, Sander develops live-action and animated content for domestic and international exhibitors and distribution platforms. In addition, he currently provides advisory services to TV and film companies in the U.S., Europe, China, Russia and Australia respecting all aspects of media and entertainment. With a unique expertise in children’s content, Sander has in recent years developed and produced the “Skylanders Academy”series for Activision Film & Television Group, which is available on Netflix worldwide, and “Subway Surfers”, based upon the iconic (and most downloaded in history) mobile app game.
Sander has received multiple Daytime Emmy Award nominations from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and was awarded an Emmy for his role in producing “The Batman” series for Kids WB. He has also received numerous other awards for kids programming, including the Humanitas, Peabody Award, KidScreen and the Prism Awards.
From 2009 through 2013, Sander was President, Kids and Family Entertainment for FremantleMedia Enterprises (“FME”), a division he founded within the world’s leading independent television production, distribution and brand management company. Within four years of its inception, the division had produced 13 series for top-tier networks and become the most prolific independent producer of children’s programming in the world
Before joining FME, Sander was President of Warner Bros. Animation and responsible for the production of theatrical, television and made-for-video animated programming. Sander also worked with Warner Bros. Pictures to develop animated feature films based on all-new characters, as well as the Studio’s classic Looney Tunes, DC Comics and Hanna-Barbera properties. During his tenure at Warner Bros., its slate of TV series grew from two to eleven series in the span of just three years. Warner Bros Animation’s TV projects overseen by Schwartz include the multiple Emmy Award winner “What’s New Scooby Doo”, the Emmy-nominated “Xiaolin Showdown”, “Teen Titans”, “Justice League Unlimited”, “Johnny Test”, and “Krypto the Superdog”.
Sander joined Warner Bros. from Sony Pictures Family Entertainment, where he served as the division’s first President, responsible for creating family-orientated entertainment and animation across all media, including “Jackie Chan Adventures”, “Max Steel”, Dragon Tales” and “Men in Black: The Series”. While at Sony Pictures, Sander also established Columbia TriStar Television Children’s Programming. Under his leadership, over a dozen new television series were developed, produced and distributed in syndication and network television.
Prior to joining Columbia TriStar Television, he was Executive Vice President of TMS Entertainment, a subsidiary of the iconic Japanese animation production company, Tokyo Movie Shinsha.
Lecture: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Q&A: 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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Art of Tech: Ron Myrick (Supervising Timing director of the new Scooby Doo series)
2019-04-03 11:00 - 12:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Join us for a lecture with Ron Myrick, Supervising Timing director of the new Scooby Doo series! This event is sponsored by the Aspen Institute.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ron Myrick is currently the Supervising Timing director of the new Scooby Dooseries entitled “Guess Who Scooby Doo”. With 46 years’ experience in the fieldof animation there isn’t much he has not seen in the past 4 decades.His career started at Filmation Studio which produced such popular shows as TheArchie’s, Star Trek, Fat Albert, and Tarzan, just to name a few. These shows wereproduced in the traditional method of drawing with pencil on paper and the colorapplied to transparent cells, which was filmed under a camera for broadcast. Ronhad a BFA degree in drawing from the California College of Arts and Crafts.For the next few years the entire animation industry became his classroom as he worked as an assistant animator not only on a myriad of TV series, but also cereal commercials such as “Sugar Frosted Flakes”, “Keebler Cookies”, and “Coco Puffs”. Within five years Ron advanced from assistant animator to animator. He worked not only on popular T.V. series of the day but also some feature films like “Heavy Metal”, “Watership Down”, “The Mouse and His Child”, as well as “Flash Gordon”.In the 80’s Ron left Filmation and started working as a freelance animator forHanna-Barbera . His first series for H & B was “Space Ghost”. From there, hebranched out to animate on such notable shows as “The Smurfs”, “The Flinstones”Happy Days”, “Pac-Man” and many more. Ron move up to the position of “timing director” and eventually “supervising director on shows like “The Addams Family”, “Sonic the Hedgehog”, “Siegfried & Roy” and “The Incredible Hulk”.Ron directed the first 10 episodes of the CGI series Skylander’s Academy” which airson Netflix. He then went on to direct 104 episodes of a Flash series for Chinaentitled “Valt the Wonder Deer”. Ron’s involvement with that project ended inAugust of 2018, which brings us full circle to where he is today at Warner Bro’sAnimation.
ABOUT ART OF TECH AT MIAMI DADE COLLEGE
Art of Tech is a speaker series hosted by the Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex at Miami Dade College which empowers, elevates and inspires innovation within the growing digital technologies industry. The speaker series brings together a wide spectrum of executive level professionals in the areas of Computer Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics, Virtual and Augmented Reality.
* Parking pass will be provided upon receipt of RSVP.
Lecture: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Q&A: 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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