The John C Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts is a multi-cultural and international program. While embracing traditional forms, the program strongly encourages innovation and experimentation, and emphasizes imagination, creativity and critical thinking.

MFA Alumni Status Current Position
Marcel Valcarce MFA '95 Executive Producer InMotion Studios
Dariush Derakshani MFA '95 Visual Effects Supervisor IMDb
Radium Studios
Claudia Spinelli MFA '00 Executive Producer IMDb
Nickelodeon Studios
Scott Bogoneowski MFA '01 Chair, College for Creative Studies, Detroit MI IMDb
Shish Aikat MFA '02

Education Manager, Rhythm & Hues Studio IMDb

Brian Oakes MFA '02 Assistant Professor Film Studies
Kean University New Jersey
Mahyar Abousaeedi MFA '03

Story Layout, PIXAR Animation Studios

Hsin-Ping Pan MFA '03 Director, Duck Studios
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Liz Blazer MFA '03 Animation Director, Kachew
David Conlon MFA '05 Lighting & Rendering Director
Sony Pictures Imageworks IMDb
Shih-Ting Hung MFA '06 Student Academy Award Winner and RSA Films director IMDb
Valerie LaPointe MFA '07 Animator, PIXAR Animation Studios
Lindsay Mathers MFA '07 Creative Manager, Total Immersion
Arjun Rihan MFA '08 Annenberg Fellow, Visual Effects Artist
PIXAR Animation Studios
Gregory Araya MFA '08 Animator, Wild Brain Animation Studios
Vicki Mendoza MFA '08 Animator, "South Park"
Ben Hendricks MFA '08 Compositing Supervisor
Dreamworks Animation
Brittany Biggs MFA '08 Story Development
Dreamworks Studios
Joanna Griebel MFA '08 Layout Artist
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Melissa Fontanini MFA '08 3D Artist, Total Immersion
 
BFA Alumni Status Current Position
Andrew Marshel BA '08

Layout/Modeling/Surfacing Production Assistant, DreamWorks Animation

Lauren Blakely BA '08 Freelance Animation
Cookie Jar Entertainment
 

Internships for BA and MFA students

Sony Pictures Imageworks, PIXAR, Disney, Dreamworks Animation,
Nickelodeon Animation Studios, Cartoon Network, Film Roman Animation,
Rhythm & Hues Studios, Imagi Animation, Tokyo Broadcasting System,
inMotion Studios
 
 

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