Judges 2011
Elaine Wu
Elaine Wu is an animator at Luma Pictures, a visual effects house in Santa Monica, CA. For nearly 4 years, she has worked on various films such as Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, True Grit, and most recently X-Men: First Class and Thor. http://lumapictures.com/
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Kevin McShane
Kevin McShane is a cartoonist, designer, filmmaker, comedian, writer, and a dozen other things that won't impress you either. He can be heard as the voice of Pee Pee in the popular Crackle online cartoon "The Roadents" and has many exciting projects coming up that he can't tell you about. Visit him online at http://www.kevinmcshane.org
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Paul Marschall
Director of Photography Paul Marschall hails from Madison, Wisconsin and earned his MFA degree in Filmmaking at Florida State University’s Film Conservatory. Paul currently lives in Studio City, California. While he considers himself a feature film cinematographer he does not limit himself to that medium of storytelling. He has numerous credits in television, music videos, commercials, documentaries and internet new media. Paul's credits include: (features) Wasted, Footsteps, Deadline; (tv) I Hate My 30's; and (feature documentary) The Man of Two Havanas.
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C.J. Julian
C.J. Julian earned his BA in Photography from Virginia Intermont College and his MFA in Film from Florida State University, were he served as Visiting Cinematographer in Residence for 2001 through 2002. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles as a writer and Directory of Photography, and as an Imaging Science Coordinator for EFILM Hollywood. His writing credits include work on the comic book series “Toopydoups” for Loubrau Productions. His work at EFILM Hollywood has included post-production for the films Despicable Me, Rio, Avatar, X-Men First Class, Wolverine, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, and Thor.
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Tom Davidson
Tom studied animation at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon & Graphic Art. There he learned the art of hand-drawn cel animation and life drawing from moving models under the direction of Disney's "Duck Man" and Oscar winner Milt Neil, as well as independent animator Phil Kimmelman ("Schoolhouse Rock"). Ever since Tom has had an enduring love of animation that has been a chief artistic influence on his work. Tom has a special love of the background designs of Maurice Noble and the overall design aethestic seen in John Hubley's UPA films, notably "Rooty Toot Toot", "Unicorn In The Garden" and "The Tell Tale Heart," among others. When not working his day job as a fashion art director, Tom tells stories in sequence, on paper rather than film. He is the self-published writer/artist of two comic book series: "Circle City Tales", which depicts surreal Southern tales of the ordinary and bizarre, and "D-Tales", whose stories are lighter in tone. Tom is a member of Sketch Charlotte and can be seen at any number of comic book conventions around the East coast. His work can also be found at watchtomdraw.com
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