AfroAnimation International Virtual Summit 2021

Name: AfroAnimation International Virtual Summit 2021
Start: 2021-05-19 10:30:00 -0400
End: 2021-05-20 19:00:00 -0400

May 19, 2:30PM to May 20, 11:00PM UTC

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Speakers

Ashley Kibali

Children's Content Producer, CEO and Founder of Seventy-Two Media Group Ltd, Kenya

Jay Francis

VP, Current Series & Diversity, Disney Television Animation

Chris Gallagher

Chair of Animation, Savannah College of Art and Design

Nuno Martins

Principal, The Animation School, South Africa

Kibwe Tavares

Writer/Director, Netflix Animation/Factory Fifteen

Valu Vasconcelos

CEO and Content Director, Valu Animation Studios, Brazil

Leisl Adams

Writer, Artist, Director, Canada

Isaac Mogajane

Co-Founder/Executive Director, Diprente

Fred Noland

Visual Storyteller

Adrian Bobb

VFX Artist/Director, Founder of Exocentric Productions

Gavin Ball

Game Developer, Digital Media Creator and Concept Artist for Games, Full Circle CS

Pearl Low

Story Artist, Comics Artist, Illustrator

Trent Corey

Director & Animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios, Co-Founder of Rise Up Animation

Monica Lago-Kaytis

Producer & CEO Frogbot Films, Co-Founder of Rise Up Animation

Frank E. Abney III

Director at Netflix Animation, Co-Founder of Rise Up Animation

Bobby Pontillas

Show Creator at Walt Disney TV Animation, Co-Founder of Rise Up Animation

Ethan Becker

Story Director/Supervisor

Saïdou Bernabé

Co-Founder of PARALLEL 14 Academy, Head of PARALLEL 14 Studio, Martinique

Kenia Mattis

Producer and Founder of ListenMi, Jamaica

Camille Abrahams

Founding Director of Animae Caribe Animation, Trinidad and Tobago

Yasmina F. Edwards

Entrepreneur & Founder of EGM NY

J. Meeka Stuart

Director Pip Animation, CyberChase

Crescent Novell

Animation and Live-Action Writer, Mattel

Jermaine Hargrove

CEO/Co-Founder, Small Town Animation Studios

Phillip Boutte

Costume Concept Artist and Production Designer

Morenike Dosu

Sr. Department Manager, DreamWorks Animation

Jennifer Okafor

Coordinator of the Multicultural Business Strategy Group at Creative Artists Agency

Ava L. Hall

Global Media, Entertainment & Culture Executive (Former Vice President, BET International/ViacomCBS)

Michael Uwandi

Creative Director and Co-Founder of 9B

Shawna Mills

Story Artist, Director and Designer, Owner of Soda Monkey

Adebisi Amatayo

CEO/Technical Director, 32ad Animation Studios

Idris Olurunnimbe

Founder/Group Chief Executive, The Temple Company

Uzoma Harry Dunkwu

Scroll Entertainment, Executive Director, Nigeria

Mbuotidem Johnson

Founder & CEO, Basement Animation, Nigeria

Victor Dandridge

Inhouse Productions

Louis Lubega

Creator of Olwatuuka, Animator and Producer, Uganda

Chaz Bottoms

Filmmaker and Comic Book Author, Stone Harbor Productions

Lauren A. Brown

Acting Associate Art Director, Zynga

John Kambites

Feature Producer, Cinesite

Okema T. Moore

TV/Film Producer/Director

Carl Reed

Academy Award Winning Producer, Chief Creative Officer and President of Lion Forge Animation

TJ Sterling

President & Lead Artist, RAE Comics

Newton Lilavois

Creator/ Writer of Crescent City Monsters, Dream Fury Comics

Warren Holder

Lead Character Designer, Netflix Animation

Royce Adkins

Filmmaker and Comic Book Author, Stone Harbor Productions

Riley S. Wilson

Multi-Hyphenate Artist and Founder of Little Apple Universe

Lamont Pounds

Animation Director, Adventurous Minds

Jeremy Nixon

Director & Animator, Nixon Animation

Obi Arisukwu

Artist/Writer

John Jennings

NY Times Bestselling Author. Curator. Graphic Novelist. Editor. Professor. Scholar. Design Theorist

Dawud Anyabwile

Emmy Award Winning Illustrator and Co-Creator of the Brotherman, Dictator of Discipline Comic Series

Shawn Martinbrough

Author of How to Draw Noir Comics: The Art and Technique of Visual Storytelling

Firdaus Kharas

Founder, Chocolate Moose Media and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts

Monica A. Young

Producer, Hair Love and Owner of Blue Key Entertainment

Mounia ARAM

Founder and President, Mounia Aram Company

Dr. Sarah Kambites

President of the United Nations Associates in Canada

Whaketa Hargrove

COO/Co-Founder, Small Town Animation Studios

Djofray Makumbu

Artist, UK

Prince Smith

Animation Director, Adventurous Minds

Bobby Beck

CEO, Animation Mentor

Keith White

Founder and Co-Chair, AfroAnimation

Share Your Thoughts

Creatives Connecting

Ozi Menakaya

Film & TV Agent at Creative Artists Agency, Specialty, Africa and the Middle East

Shabrayia Cleaver

Production Manager / Associate Production Executive, DreamWorks Animation

Vaughn Ross

Director, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, Warner Bros. Animation

Divya Gupta

President & CEO, G.R.I.D.S Consulting

Tatiana Kober

President, Bejuba! Entertainment

Rio Cyrus

Co-Chair and Head of Programming, AfroAnimation

Candice Wilson Cherry

Head of Development & Production, LOL! Network

Conrad Montgomery

Vice President, Current Animation, Nickelodeon

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AfroAnimation

AfroAnimation 4.0 is a 3-day in-person and virtual Summit in Burbank, California, that has grown to 6,000 creative and industry executive attendees as of 2023. AfroAnimation is a platform dedicated to empowering creatives, creating employment pathways and increasing diverse and women representation in the animation industry. We do this by connecting creators of color from around the globe, once a year to Hollywood and Canadian film and television companies to meet and discuss important topics relative to the vertical, gain new insights, recruit, screen indie films, network, award and celebrate.