Maija Burnett is the Director of the Character Animation program at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) and an alum of the UCLA Animation Workshop. Recently Maija was honored by being named Animation Educator of the Year awarded by Variety Magazine: http://variety.com/2017/film/spotlight/character-counts-for-varietys-animation-educator-of-the-year-maija-burnett-of-calarts-1202407665/ ...
On March 9th, veteran Disney animator and artist Floyd Norman visited the UCLA Animation Workshop for a special screening of his recent documentary film, Floyd Norman: An Animated Life. The screening of the film was followed by a Q&A session. This Master Class was made possible by...
Workshop alum Kate Isenberg ('15) won a 2015 NATO of CA/NV UCLA Fellowship in Film award in Animation. She used the Award to fund her 7-minute, animated thesis short film "Dear Death" which will be screened at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival in February. Winning...
hang out | make a film | collaborate or go it alone | try something new or do a test | play 4-square | see you there! Friday 6:30: arrivals and screening of previous Lizards Followed by: snacks & drinks, then the usual: voting on topic; dinner break; storyboards;...
Congratulations to Ben Haist ('15), whose thesis film "Nightlight" was recently selected for the BAFTA US Student Film Awards Shortlist.The annual event recognizes the best Student Short Films of the year, and will be held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly...
The UCLA Animation Workshop lost a great leader on March 15, 2016 when Dan McLaughlin passed away. Dan touched a staggering number of lives; his impact on animation, independent filmmaking, and higher education had a ripple effect, spreading through the Southern California community, and across...
Workshop alum and Pixar animator Erick Oh was recently interviewed by sce.ne for his work on several upcoming Pixar films, including Finding Dory and Sanjay's Super Team. Read the full article here: http://app.sce.ne/scene/30239/aca39e9adc914f23a4c22217793f4fdb ...
An interview with current student and stop-motion animator Daniel Olivas: https://theindustryla.org/what-we-see-surface-interview-animator-daniel-olivas/ ...
First day of instruction is Thursday September 24th, 2015. Pictured: assigning work space in the Animation Workshop circa 1962. ...
UCLA Animation Workshop's annual Falling Lizard Weekend is almost here! Beginning Monday Jan 25th, check the bulletin board in the main room - we'll start a list of topics at that time. Add your inspired ideas all week long and help us come up with a great...