Faculty

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Dan Abdo

Animation director, Hornet Inc.

Ila Abramson

Founder, principal recruiter, I Spy Recruiting

Neo Afan

Motion graphics artist, RhinoFX. Formerly, designer, animator, Blink Digital

Thaddaeus Andreades

Head of visualization, Schüco Virtual Construction Lab

Arsen Arzumanyan

Sequence designer

David Barksdale

Grooming artist

Sabina Crosby Barrett

Digital artist

Ignacio Barrios

Character technical director

Alex Barsky

Publisher, Zine Hug; animator

Carrie Beene

Owner, principal retoucher, CarrieNYC

Mary J. Belthoff

Graphic designer, corporate trainer

Jordan Blit

Animator; animation director

Benjamin Bobkoff

Designer

Jimmy Calhoun

Chair, BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects Department, School of Visual Arts; animator; fine artist

Naomi E. Chen

Art director, Icosahedra LLC

Aleksey Cheparev

Modeling and assests supervisor, Mr. X Gotham

Georgios Cherouvim

VFX artist, creative coder, filmmaker

Nate Cooper

Writer, Mashable; consultant

Dave Cortés

President, art director, Inu Art

James Coulson

Creative director, director, designer

Seon Crawford

CG lead, The Mill

Nick Crist

Compositor

Eric Cunha

CG director, Aardman Nathan Love

Chris DeVito

Pipeline technical director, Mr. X’s Gotham Studio

Luke DiTommaso

Visual effects supervisor, chief operating officer, The Molecule

James Dick

Technical director, Framestore, New York

Eran Dinur

Visual effects supervisor, Brainstorm Digital

Tim Doolen

Art director

Harry Dorrington

Director, creative director, Nice Shoes Creative Studio

Vic Fina II

Visual effects artist; animator; rigger

Tina Fong

Computer graphic artist, guild certified feldenkrais teacher

Briana Franceschini

Lead technical director, Psyop

Brendan Gallagher

Animator; digital artist; owner, creative director, Out To Play Entertainment

Gregory Gangemi

Head of computer graphics, The Molecule

Ashley Gerst

Animator, multimedia artist

Seth Gollub

Animator, Framestore, New York

Catherine A. Gulacsy

US outreach manager, talent manager, The Mill

Richard Hagen

Visual artist, technology specialist

Daniel Hahn

Web developer, Grey Interactive

Eric Haseltine

Program manager, experience design, Adobe

Sabine Heller

Character development supervisor

Brien Hindman

3D environment artist

Clay Holley

Producer, mix engineer, sound designer

David Hulin

Director, head of computer graphics, Framestore, New York

Benjamin Jones

Computer graphics lead, Zoic Studios; lighting technical director

Da Suel Kim

Senior 3D lighter/generalist, Method Studios

Adrienne Klein

Artist; curator; editor, Art & Science Collaborations; director, Science and the Arts Program, CUNY

Tristan Kneschke

Colorist, video editor

Jakob Kousholt

Modeler

Marko Kovacevic

Photographer; studio manager, MPS Digital Photography Department, School of Visual Arts

Elizabeth Ku-Herrero

Computer graphics artist

Kristin Labriola

Head of creative development, Hornet, Inc.

Jonathan Lee

Lead lighting technical director, Psyop, Inc.

Jackie Liao

Senior lighting technical director, The Mill

Amanda Libotte

Director of operations, MPC NY

Boaz Livny

CG, VFX artist; owner, Vision Animations Inc.

David Lobser

Creative technologist

Lisa Lordi

Graphic designer

Zack Lydon

Illustrator, animator, designer

Eduardo Lytton

Senior systems director, BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects Department, School of Visual Arts

David B. Mattingly

Matte artist, illustrator

Christopher Wolfgang Mauch

Director, storyboard artist, animator

Christopher McCormack

Principal, McCormack, Inc.

Sean Basil McGiver

Fine artist, photographer, graphic designer

Adam Meyers

Producer

Emily Miethner

Founder, chief executive officer, FindSpark and MCG Social

Joseph Mulvanerty

Cross-platform systems administrator, BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects, School of Visual Arts

Frank Naranjo

Lead character technical director

Don Newcomb

Digital artist, screenwriter

Laura Nitz

Special projects director, BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects Department, School of Visual Arts

Josephine Noh

Digital VFX artist

Yunsik Noh

Lead compositor, Brainstorm Digital

Aaron Oliker

Animator; programmer; president, CEO, Cyber Fiber Inc., TriVision Reality

Danica Parry

Compositor, computer graphics artist

John A. Patterson

Technical director

Joshua Planz

3D artist

Nico Puertollano

Owner, creative director, Native to Noise

Eric Reinfeld

Digital artist, animator, Digital Design

Anca Risca

Creative director, Nathan Love

Matt Roach

Senior effects technical director

Sari Rodrig

3D artist, Method Studios

Andre Rodriguez