Animation

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Atlanta

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  Gregg Azzopardi
  
  Atlanta
  A.A., State University of Farmingdale; B.F.A., California Institute of the Arts.
  
  
  
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  Harvey Deneroff
  Atlanta
  B.A., City College of New York; M.S., Columbia University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California.
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  Harvey Deneroff is the founder and past president of the Society for Animation Studies. An expert on animation labor history, he has served as editor of Graffiti, Animation Magazine and Animation World Magazine, as well as publishing The Animation Report, an industry newsletter. He was Festival Director of the Week with the Masters Animation Celebration in India and organized the 1995 Ojai Animation Conference and several conferences for the Society for Animation Studies.
  
  Selected publications:
  

  • "The Art of Anastasia" (HarperCollins, 1997)
  • Contributor to Beck, Jerry, ed. "Animation Art: From Pencil to Pixel, the History of Cartoon, Anime & CGI." (HarperCollins)
  • Contributor to Lent, John A., ed. "Animation in Asia and the Pacific." (John Libby/University of Indiana Press)
  • Contributor to Canemaker, John, ed. "Storytelling in Animation." (American Film Institute)
  • Contributor to Pilling, Jayne, ed. "A Reader in Animation Studies." (John Libby/University of Indiana Press)
    

  Presentations and lectures:
  

  • Society for Animation Studies
  • Society for Cinema and Media Studies
  • Annecy International Animation Festival
  • Cardiff International Animation Festival
    

  Membership:
  

  • Society for Animation Studies

  Courses:
  

  • Survey of Animation
  • History of Film
  • History of Animation
  • Media Theory and Animation
  • Media Theory in Broadcast Design

  
  
  
  
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  Keith Ingham
  Atlanta
  Diploma - 3 Years, Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
  
  
  
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  Matthew Maloney
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Matthew Maloney is an independent filmmaker and freelance animator from outside Washington, D.C. His short films have screened in festivals in the United States, England and Melbourne, Australia. He worked and taught in Raleigh, N.C., prior to Atlanta.
  
  Films:
  

  • "King Rust" (stop-motion animation)
  • "Bill" (digital 2-D)
  • "The Anchorite" (stop-motion short)

  Publication:
  

  • Contributing author, "The Animated Idea" (upcoming textbook from Thompson Delmar)

  
  
  
  
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  Tina O'Hailey
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., Ringling School of Art and Design; M.S., Regis University.
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  Having worked in the feature animation and game industries for a dozen years, Tina O'Hailey gives her animation students a sense of what to expect in production. Prior to SCAD, O'Hailey worked in the artist development department as an artistic instructor for Disney, Dreamworks and Electronic Arts. She has taught artists in every department of the animation and game production process. She worked with game teams for such products as "Madden," "NCAA," "Superman," "AFL" and "NFL Street." Her feature animation credits include "Prince of Egypt," "Mulan," "Lilo and Stitch" and "Brother Bear." O'Hailey teaches 2-D and 3-D animation at SCAD.
  
  Undergraduate courses:
  

  • Digital Form, Space and Lighting
  • Animation II
  • 3-D Character Setup and Animation
  • Advanced Rigging for Computer Animation
  • Advanced Modeling for Computer Animation
  • Senior Animation Project I and II
  • 2-D Character Animation
  • 3-D Character Animation
  • 2-D and 3-D Compositing
  • Animation Portfolio

  Graduate courses:
  

  • Computer-generated Modeling and Design
  • 3-D Cartoon Character Animation
  • 3-D Naturalistic Character Animation
  • 3-D Collaborative Project
  • Animation Character Performance

  
  
  
  
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  James Peebles
  Atlanta
  
  
  
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  Joyce Ryan
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., The Rhode Island School of Design; M.F.A., Washington University.
  
  
  
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  Becky Wible-Searles
  Atlanta
  B.F.A., University of Cincinnati; M.F.A., Pratt Institute.
  
  
  

Savannah

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  Charles DaCosta
  Savannah
  Diploma, National Film and Television Institute; Diploma, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design; M.A., London College of Printing; Pg.Certificate, Surry Institute of Art and Design; Ph.D., University for the Creative Arts, University of Brighton.
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  Charles daCosta is an animation history professor at SCAD. Previously he taught animation at the University of Westminster, media and cultural studies at the Kingston University and University College of the Creative Arts, and animation studies at Morley College and the London Center of Samford University, Birmingham, Ala. He also served as new media manager at the University of Reading in England and was a project manager for the European Commission's MEDIA initiative. In addition, daCosta has worked as a freelance photographer for COMPIX, the Commonwealth Institute's picture library; as a cameraman and photographer for a UNESCO expedition in the South Pole; and on several educational animation projects in Europe, Africa and South America. He has written, presented and participated in several conferences and led animation workshops Ghana, Nigeria and the UK.
  
  Selected papers, publications and presentations:
  

  • "Framing Invisibility: selective positioning of blacks in the Aardman Studio's work," San Francisco Calif., March 2008 and Bournemouth UK, July 2008
  • "Current developments in popular animation: the British situation," Black History Month at Morley College, London, October 2005
  • "Black portrayal in animation: A brief history," Black History Month at Morley College, London, October 2005
  • "Making past perfect sense in clay: Britishness / Englishness in the works of Aardman Studios," Cartoons: The International Journal of Animation, Fall 2006
  • "Oh dem negative images: How animation has been used to reinforce negative racist stereotypes," in BFM (Black Filmmaking Magazine), March 2004, Vol. 6, No. 23

  Awards:
  

  • UNESCO Special Envoy, Year of the Ocean, 1998
  • Best Animation Film 1990, "The Human Reproductive System," National Film and Television Institute, Accra, Ghana

  
  Memberships:
  • Society for Animation Studies
  • Society for Cinema and Media Studies
  • American Popular Culture Association
  
  Classes:
  • Survey of Animation
  • Media Theory and Animation
  • Animation Studio 1 and 2
  
  

  
  
  
  
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  Michael Gargiulo
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design; M.F.A., School of Visual Arts.
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  Michael Gargiulo served as a character animator on films including "The Ant Bully" and "Robots," and "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron" film and television series. He worked as a computer graphics artist on the "Roughnecks: Starship Troopers" television series, and on games including "Rules of the Game." Prior to joining the faculty at SCAD, he was an instructor at the Art Institute of Dallas, Texas.
  
  Memberships:
  

  • A Bunch of Short Guys (Dallas animation organization)
  • Art Institute of Dallas Library Committee

  Courses:
  

  • Character Animation
  • Principles of 3-D Animation
  • Storyboarding for Animation
  • Characterization
  • Principles of 3-D Modeling
  • Language of Animation
  • Animation Production Studio

  
  
  
  
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  Troy Gustafson
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Kansas City Art Institute.
  
  
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  Lucilla Hoshor
  Savannah
  B.F.A., University of California at Santa Cruz; M.A., New York Institute of Technology.
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  Lucilla Hoshor has been teaching computer art and animation at the college level for 20 years. She has published in Animation Magazine and has exhibited computer art, animation and oil painting internationally. Her theater credentials include acting, directing and choreography.
  
  Publications:
  

  • "Acting and Drawing for Animation" Focal Press (forthcoming)
    
  • "Six Classes to Unleash the Creative Toon Spirit," Animation Magazine, November 2004.
  • Final copy review and editing, "Producing Animation," Focal Press, 2002.
    

  Selected Exhibitions:
  

  • MacWorld Digital Art Expo, 1997
  • Kathleen Miller Dance Company animated set designs, 1997
  • National tour, Art Images Gallery, digital, 1996
  • Oregon Computer Art Traveling Show, curator, national tour, 1995
  • "Maria Theresa and Gramps," First Impressions Gallery, Boston, 1994

  Selected Presentations/Lectures:
  

  • "Acting and Drawing for Animation," course organizer, SIGGRAPH, Los Angeles, 2004
  • "Animation Clean Up," 2002
  • Animal drawing workshops, 1999-2002
  • "The Making of 'Shrek,'" 2001
  • "Gesture Drawing for Animation," 2000
    

  Awards:
  

  • Who's Who in American Teachers
  • "Skoffee," color and composting supervisor, production, Animex, 2004 
  • "Escape," Gold Remi Award, 2-D/3-D compositing and production, Worldfest, 2002 
  • "Maria Theresa and Gramps," finalist, Fractal Design Contest, 1996
    

  Memberships:
  

  • ACM SIGGRAPH
    
  • Focal Press, article reviews and copy editing
  • SCAD Contemporary (formerly Classical) Animation Society, 1995-2005, faculty founder
    

  Courses:
  

  • 2-D Animation for Independent Production
  • Survey of Computer Art Applications
  • Animation I and II
  • Acting for Animators
  • 2-D Final Animation Project II
  • Color and Compositing
  • Digital Ink and Paint
  • Introduction to 2-D Animation
    
  • Computer Art Studio I
  • 2-D Classical Animation
    
  • Electronic Painting
  • Introduction to Computers
  • Introduction to Animation
    
  • Intermediate Animation
  • 2-D Computer Animation
  • Computer Aided Design
    

  
  
  
  
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  Ashwin Inamdar
  Savannah
  B.A., Mumbai University; M.F.A.*, Savannah College of Art and Design.
  
  
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  Jacques Khouri
  Savannah
  Diploma; College Ahuntsic; B.A., Universite of Quebec a Montreal, B.F.A., Concordia University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Jacques Khouri is a Montreal-born Canadian with an admiration for the visual. He has earned a technical and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design, a B.F.A. in film animation and a Master of Fine Arts in animation. Professionally, he has worked as an animator, an animation director and a supervising animator for short films, commercials, video clips and TV shows. His work has garnered him the 2006 outstanding achievement award in animation at SCAD, the Concordia Norman McLaren award and the Anima first prize student award, and has been featured at many festivals, including the Montreal World Film Festival and the Ottawa Film Festival. His graphic work has also been recognized in various graphic design magazines, such as Applied Arts and Montreal's Graphika, and the fifth International Biennial of the Poster in Mexico.
  
  Awards/Mentions:
  

  • Winner for conceptual illustration, 15th Applied Arts Photography and Illustration Awards, Applied Arts, July 2006
  • Winner for personal project, 13th Applied Arts Photography and Illustration Awards, Applied Arts, July 2004
  • Poster finalist, "Les prix LUX 2003," best photograph and illustration in Montreal designers: Jean-Francois Beaudette, Jacques Khouri and Julie Sigouin (2003)
  • Winner, the Norman McLaren Award for recognition of frame-by-frame filmmaking excellence and consistently maintained progress over three years in the film animation program, Concordia University, 2002
  • Winner, Cinar Award for best traditional approach in frame-by-frame filmmaking during the second year at Concordia University, 2001
  • Winner, the Zlatko GrGic Award for students who demonstrated progress and promise in the film animation program during the first year at Concordia University, 2000
  • Poster participation, fifth International Biennial of the Poster in Mexico, 1998

  Courses:
  

  • Animation II
  • Acting and Motion for Animators
  • Senior Animation Project II
  • 3-D Character Animation

  
  
  
  
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  Edward Kinney
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Florida Atlantic University; M.F.A., Rochester Institute of Technology.
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  Edward Kinney did his photography Master of Fine Arts thesis in computer imaging. He has certificates from Wavefront Technologies in Santa Barbara, Calif., and Alias-Wavefront, both in 3-D packages. He has taught for 25 years, 20 of them at SCAD, and in Summer 2007, he promoted the college at the China Joy Electronic Game Convention in Shanghai. His electronic art has been selected by juries for SIGGRAPH, Prix Ars Electronica and the Upstream Gallery. His most recent work is slated to appear in Studio Visit Magazine in January 2009.
  
  Selected Presentations/Lectures:
  

  • Yun Lin National University, Yun Lin, Taiwan, April 2006
  • Van Nung University, Taipei, Taiwan, April 2006
  • Digital Content Institute, Taipei, Taiwan, March 2005
  • Ling Tung College, Taichung City, Taiwan, March 2005
  • Yun Lin National University, Yun Lin, Taiwan, March 2005

  Courses:
  

  • Computer-generated Modeling and Design
  • Animation Studio I and II (graduate)
    
  • Digital Form, Space and Lighting

  
  
  
  
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  Craig Kovacs
  Savannah
  B.F.A., M.A., William Patterson University.
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  Craig Kovacs has been involved with computer art and animation for 20 years. During more than 13 years of industry experience as a partner and senior animator, he has worked with a wide range of clients and projects in film, broadcast, gaming and medical animation. He is in his third academic year at SCAD.
  
  Awards:
  

  • Frank Nedder Award for Medical Illustration, "Lower Back Pain"
  • ESPN, Scholastic Sports America
  • New England Sports Network, Boston Bruins
  • Connecticut Telephone, "One Connection"
  • Time Life Medical, "Time of Diagnosis" series
    
  • Animation short "Camera Work," assistant director, modeler/animator, fourth annual Computer Film Festival, Geneva, Switzerland, 1991
  • NCGA, third place, student division, Chicago, Ill., 1991
  • SIGGRAPH Animation Screening Room, Dallas, Texas, 1990

  Exhibitions:
  

  • "Macro Photography Show," The Korby Gallery, Cedar Grove, N.J., June 1991-March 1996

  Courses:
  

  • Motion Studies
  • Senior Portfolio
  • Graduate Portfolio
  • Advanced Survey of Computer Art Applications
  • Survey of Computer Art Applications

  
  
  
  
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  Jason Maurer
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Jason Maurer was the director and co-writer of Fathom Studio's first feature production, "Delgo." He created computer graphics and interactive design work for numerous clients, including the Sci-Fi Channel, the Weather Channel, Leo Burnett and J. Walter Thompson. Maurer also produced and directed the award-winning tutorial series "Windows Without Headaches" and designed station packages for Fox. His work has been featured in Odyssey Productions' "The Gate Beyond The Mind's Eye," and he has won numerous accolades for animation, including 7 Telly Awards and an Addy.
  
  Memberships:
  

  • ACM Siggraph

  Courses:
  

  • Digital Form, Space and Lighting
  • Senior Animation Project I and II
  • Concept Development for Animation Projects
  • Professional Production Practices
  • Visual Effects Studio I
  • Digital Materials and Textures

  
  
  
  
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  Jeremy Moorshead
  Savannah
  B.A., Nottingham Trent University, Trent Polytechnic; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Jeremy Moorshead is chair of the animation department at SCAD. He previously served as technical instructor at the Royal College of Art and animation cameraman at the National Film and Television School, United Kingdom. He was a freelance animation cameraman for numerous independent shorts; his credits include "Grand Day Out" (Nick Park for NFTVS), "Feeling My Way" (Jonathan Hodgson for Sherbet/Channel 4) and "Three Ways to Go" (Sarah Cox for Picasso Picture/Channel 4). He also produced six-minute short "El Caminante," directed by Debra Smith, for Channel 4 Television in 1997.
  
  Awards:
  

  • Winner, best experimental film, Gava International Film Festival, Spain, 1998
  • Special mention, Cinanima, Espinho International Animation Film Festival, Portugal, 1998
  • British Academy (BAFTA) Award nomination for "El Caminante," 1997
  • Cartoon d'Or nomination for "El Caminante," 1997
    

  Memberships:
  

  • Society for Animation Studies

  Courses:
  

  • Motion Studies
  • Concept Development for Animation Projects
  • Experimental Animation
  • Senior Animation Project I
  • Animation Aesthetics and Practice
  • Experimental Processes and Narrative
    

  
  
  
  
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  Mallory Pearce
  Savannah
  B.S., University of Chicago; M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles.
  
  
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  Brian Schindler
  Savannah
  B.A., University of California.
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  Before joining the SCAD faculty in Fall 2007, Brian Schindler spent six years at Sony Pictures Imageworks as a 3-D digital character animator and character TD; his film credits there include "Beowulf," "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." Schindler began his 20-year animation career at Kroyer Film Studios, where he worked as a modeler for opening titles, a technical director and a 3-D computer animator. At Boss Studios, he advanced from Rotoscope artist and compositor to animation director and CG supervisor. Prior to Sony, he worked as a modeler, 3-D layout artist, character TD and 3-D computer animator at Warner Bros. Feature Animation.
  
  Additional Film Credits:
  

  • "The Polar Express"
  • "Stuart Little 2"
  • "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"
  • "Jetsons: The Movie"
  • "Tom and Jerry: The Movie"
  • "FernGully: The Last Rainforest"

  Television Credits:
  

  • "An All-Star Toast to the Improv"
  • "George Carlin: What Am I Doing in New Jersey?"
  • MTV Video Music Awards, 1988

  
  
  
  
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  Jose Luis Silva
  Savannah
  Titulo de Licenciatura en Disenrafico, Universidad del Bajio; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  Jose Silva is a native of Guanajuato, Mexico. With a background in graphic design and illustration, he is an independent animator firmly rooted in traditional art. His work has been featured in numerous forums in Mexico and the United States. In 2000, he won first place in "The Art that Moves Us," a national competition sponsored by Daimler-Chrysler. In 2000, he was a grant recipient in the Liquitex Excellence in Art Purchase Award Program, and in 1999, his work received honors in "Protect Our Cultural Heritage," an international competition for UNESCO.
  
  Presentations/Lectures:
  

  • 2006, Presentation about animation, Design Week hosted by CEDAC, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
  • 2005, Presentation about animation, First Latin American Encounter of Animation hosted by Universidad Veritas, San Jose, Costa Rica
  • 2004, "The Pipeline for the Animated Short," lecture about animation, San Jose, Costa Rica
  • 2002, "Natural Filters," presentation about motion graphics, Asia International Education Center, EC Multimedia Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
    

  
  
  
  
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  Christoph Simon
  Savannah
  Diploma, State Academy of Bildenden Künste Stuttgart; M.A., Royal College of Art.
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  Before joining SCAD, Christoph Simon taught animation at the Filmakademie Baden Wuerttemberg. He also worked in London as an animation director for TV commercials, short films and music videos, serving as head of animation at Pankino Productions and later working with Pearly Oyster Productions, Acme Filmworks (L.A.) and Bermuda Shorts. His animated shorts for "Was Not Was" were screened in Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation and on MTV's "Liquid Television." His TV logo for Locomotion TV was nominated for best graphics at the British Animation Awards, and the "Bristleworm" commercial was featured in Stash magazine.
  
  Selected Filmography:
  

  • "Gone Fishin'"
  • "Locopath"
  • "Euro-Deutschland"
  • "What up Dog"
  • "Earth to Doris"

  Courses:
  

  • Motion Studies
  • Concept Development for Animation
  • Animation Portfolio
  • The Short Short
  • Animation Design
  • 2-D Collaborative

  
  
  
  
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  Debra Smith
  Savannah
  B.A., Liverpool Polytechnic; M.A., Royal College of Art.
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  Debra Moorshead worked as a freelance animator for 12 years in London. She also directed a six-minute short, "El Caminante," for Channel 4 Television in 1997.
  
  Awards:
  

  • Winner, best experimental film, Gava International Film Festival, Spain, 1998
  • Special mention, Cinanima, Espinho International Animation Film Festival, Portugal, 1998
  • British Academy Award nomination for "El Caminante," 1997
  • Cartoon d'Or nomination for "El Caminante," 1997
  • British Academy Award nomination for "Touch," 1991

  Courses:
  

  • Animation I and II
  • 2-D Character Animation
  • 3-D Character Animation
  • Concept Development for Animation Projects
  • Senior Animation Project I and II
    
  • Graduate Animation Studio I and II

  
  
  
  
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  Larry Valentine
  Savannah
  B.A., Elmira College; M.F.A., State University of New York at New Paltz.
  
  
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  John Webber
  Savannah
  A.A., St. Clair Count Community College.
  
  
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  Peter Weishar
  Savannah
  B.A., Union College.
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  Peter Weishar is the dean of the School of Film and Digital Media at SCAD. He has been a professional artist, art director and animator for almost 20 years. His work has appeared in Newsweek and U.S. News and World Report, and at Disney's EPCOT Center, the SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater (1998 and 2000) and the Museum of Native American Culture. Before joining SCAD, he taught computer animation and design at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, where he also served as director of the new media and computer animation programs. Weishar is the author and on-screen talent for the Strata 3D Pro Video Series.
  
  Publications:
  

  • "CGI: The Art of the Computer Generated Image" (Abrams, 2004)
  • "Blue Sky: The Art of Computer Animation" (Harry N. Abrams, 2001)
  • "Digital Space: Designing Virtual Environments" (McGraw-Hill, 1998)