Staying on Top in an Ever-Changing, Fiercely Competitive Animation & VFX Industry Market
The animation and VFX industries are fast evolving. In a rapidly changing Business Environment and the acceleration of Technological Innovations it translates to fewer projects being green-lit and a major contraction of the market. With more people seeking opportunities, competition is fiercer and employment harder to find. Technology with the advent of AI is also transforming the industry at a rapid pace, threatening to replace jobs and artists.
Over 40 transformative years, the industry has expanded and contracted multiple times with major groundbreaking technological advances and their impact on artists and productions, not unlike what we are experiencing today.
This presentation will cover my experience as an Animator, Animation Director, VFX Supervisor and Director from 1984 to 2024 and key tips on how to stay relevant and succeed in this ever-changing market.
Date: November 30th Saturday at 6.15 pm
Place: Auditori de Imagina Mediapro Barcelona
Language: English
Speakers
Daniel Jeannette
Visual effects Supervisor and Director
Award-winning first-generation ILM animation Director
A graduate of The Gobelins Animation School in Paris, Jeannette started his 40 years career as a 2D feature film animator for Disney TV and Amblimation. He spent 10 years with Industrial Light & Magic’s animation team as an Animation Supervisor and Animation Director. Jeannette was the Animation Director on the Oscar® Award-winning film, Happy Feet, and served as Visual Effects Supervisor and Animation Director for Warner Bros., Where the Wild Things Are.
He is currently in development/pre-production as a Director on the independent animated film, Central Park Tale.
He has received many accolades for his work including a BAFTA nomination for Achievement in Special Visual Effects and Saturn Award nominations and won a Golden Telly awards for the sort film, Soar. Jeannette was also Animation Supervisor on Mighty Joe Young which was nominated for Best Visual Effects Oscar®. He is a member of The British Academy of Film and Television, The Visual Effects Society and ASIFA.
In 2015 Jeannette was a Director, VFX supervisor and Animation Supervisor with Pixomondo in Beijing. In 2021, he was the VFX supervisor for HBO’s The Flight Attendant season 2 and Disney’s The Mysterious Benedict Society season 2. In 2023, he was the Animation Director for the Chinese comedy Woof-Woof Dady, supervising the creation of a semi realistic dog.
Jeannette was a development Director for various animated feature films projects (Artemis Fowl, The Golden Mask, Charlie & Moon and The Jewels of the Mughal Crown based on The Ninth Jewel of the Mughal Crown by James Moseley).