Wayne Gilbert has worked in the industry for 35+ years on films ranging from Star Wars to Care Bears, including Rock and Rule, The Mummy 2, Pilsbury Doughboy commercials, 7 TV specials and video games Bounty Hunter, Skate and Skate 2.  His credits include Sr. Animation Director, Sr. Lead Animator and Art Director having worked at studios such as Nelvana, ILM (Industrial Light & Magic), Walt Disney Canada and EA Black Box.

Wayne has lectured internationally at post-secondary schools and professional venues, won 2 Clio Awards, created 5 animated short films (including the award-winning Let Go), and has authored 3 books (including Simplified Drawing for Planning Animation). His personal work is focused on writing and story development for film. www.anamie.com IMDB

Charles is an accomplished animator, historian and certified Harmony Instructor, who studied film-making at John Abbott College’s Creative Arts Program in Montreal in the early 1980s and also attended the Sheridan College Classical Animation Program in Oakville, Ontario. His many credits for television series and commercials were earned at studios in Montreal and Toronto, and on various independent projects in Vancouver. His eclectic background includes experience in radio broadcasting, as well as comic book and anime wholesale distribution. Charles is a cornerstone of the school, having initially worked underneath Lee Mishkin, Academy-Award winning founder of VanArts‘ Classical Animation Program.

Carlos has been in the animation field for about 20 years and has been part of large teams of artists at places like Walt Disney Feature Animation, Core Feature Animation, Digital Domain, EA, Bioware, Arc Productions and Mr. X. He’s had experience doing 2d traditional Animation, character animation, motion capture, game cinematics for AAA game titles such as Dragon Age and Mass Effect, as well as creature animation for various feature films and TV series. His list of credits include Disney’s Tarzan, Lilo And Stitch, Brother Bear, Mulan, Emperor’s New Groove, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, The Wild, Guillermo Del Toro’s Oscar-winning The Shape of Water among many others. His career has taken him from Toronto, Ontario to Orlando Florida to LA, Edmonton Alberta and finally to Vancouver BC. He graduated from Sheridan College, having completed the Traditional Animation Program, studied Design at University of Costa Rica and at Seneca College, as well as taking computer training at OCAD. He enjoys playing a little classical guitar and the occasional game of table tennis.

David is a graduate from the early days of Vancouver Film School. He’s worked for companies such as Rainmaker, Bardel, Heavy Iron Studios, THQ Inc, Relic Entertainment, EA, Disney Interactive, and Sony Animation. David began his career on some of the very first CGI-animated television shows, such as Reboot, Beast Wars, and War Planets. At THQ, he worked on Sponge Bob SquarePants, the Dawn of War series, and Space Marine games. David supervised and directed the animation for the award-winning Company of Heroes series, the number one highest-rated real-time strategy game of all time. Returning to TV and film, he worked on Escape from Planet Earth, Ratchet and Clank, Open Season, Scared Silly, Surfs Up 2, as well as Imaginary Mary and number of the Barbie/Mattel DVDs. Born in Vancouver, he has a passion for west coast camping and is an avid angler, fishing from Vancouver Island to Haida Gwaii.

For over 25 years Kevin enjoyed a career as an illustrator & graphic designer in Edmonton, AB holding senior positions at several local software and design studios, and eventually operating his own design studio and business for over a decade. A decision to follow his true passion for animation led him to the West Coast and now he is a graduate of the 3D Character Animation program at VanArts.

Immediately after graduating, he started his career as an animator at Rainmaker Entertainment (now Mainframe Studios). Quickly rising to the position of Lead Animator, he has worked on several award-nominated TV series from Bob the Builder (including the European theatrical release Bob the Builder and the Mega Machines), the Netflix series SpyKids: Mission Critical and Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures.

Kevin continues to work at Mainframe as Lead animator on the award-nominated series for DreamWorks TV Animation – Madagascar: A Little Wild. Outside of animation he’s an avid sports enthusiast with a love for the “beautiful game” of football (soccer here in Canada) but anything to keep active. Illustration and watercolour painting are still passions to be pursued when not keeping up with his busy teen-age children’s activities.

Scott has been a media producer, consultant and instructor since 1997.  Most recently he has worked with Identify Photo on a number of video productions as a producer and sound engineer for non-profit organizations and is an active musician and entertainer. Scott’s work experience also includes many years with the Gulf Islands Film & Television School as 3D Animation program manager, soundtrack composer, video mentor and co-producer of the school’s official YouTube Channel launch. He has developed websites, print materials and produced animation for his award-winning short Frog Song, the documentary Contact the People (2002 Sundance Film Festival premiere), plus sound design for Lisa Jackson’s NFB short Suckerfish and Richard Reeves’ camera-less animated film 1:1.

Thomaz Magno has been drawing professionally since 2006, starting as a graphic designer in Brazil. In 2010 he moved to Canada to pursue a career in animation, and here in Vancouver he has worked full-time for animation studios such as Icon Creative, Titmouse, and Atomic Cartoons as a designer and concept artist. He has participated in traditional live painting and online competitive digital speed painting forums, illustrated two published novels, works on sculpting in clay and VR, and freelances from his home studio working on concepts for clients like Framestore NY and Spark Animation.