Seasons Greetings!

What an amazing treat to come into the Animation Workshop today to find this holiday display from our awesome Animators! It was been an inspiring quarter watching the growth of students and their filmmaking development, and the force of all of their hard work. I truly hope everyone in the UCLA family has a splendid …

UCLA 75th Anniversary

UCLA ANIMATION WORKSHOP 75th ANNIVERSARY Join us for a Celebration and Premiere Screening of THE WORK OF THE WORKSHOPFeaturing select animated shortsmade in The Workshop RECEPTION TO FOLLOWSaturday, October 5, 2024 UCLA James Bridges Theater6:30 pmDoors open at 6:00 pm Event tickets can be purchased HERE  All proceeds will benefit the Dan McLaughlin Animation Fellowship Fund

Sony Visit

Thank you, Sony for visiting us at UCLA! And even more special thank you for letting our students come visit you at Sony Pictures Animation Studio!

2024 UCLA Festival of Animation

Animation Extravaganza June 8, 2024 || James Bridges TheaterProgram I: 6:00 p.m. || Program II: 7:00 p.m. The UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television is pleased to present this year’s Animation Extravaganza, part of the 2024 TFT Film Festival!  Please join us to celebrate our animators and showcase their incredible works! Animation Extravaganza is an all-inclusive, …

Interview with alum Erick Oh

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

The 17th Animation Show of Shows

For 16 years, The Animation Show of Shows has been created curated and presented by Ron Diamond, to introduce new and innovative short films exclusively for animation studios, societies, schools, and festivals around the world. Each year over 3,000 animated shorts are created, some of which take years to complete, but only a handful are …

2015-16 academic year

First day of instruction is Thursday September 24th, 2015.  Pictured: assigning work space in the Animation Workshop circa 1962.

Falling Lizard Weekend 2016: Jan 29th, 6:00 PM

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 theme. The event will officially commence on Friday January 29th …