NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN ANIMATION
Presented By Guest Artists from Pixar Animation Studios
Friday, May 2
BRISTOL IMAX OMNITHEATER at the MOST

Panelists will discuss and screen media excerpts on this topic from their own work and perspectives as media makers.

Dylan Brown
Supervising Animator
Pixar Animation Studios
Dylan was the Supervising Animator for the Academy Award winning Ratatouille. He joined Pixar Animation Studios in 1995 to work on the image compression and color mapping for the Toy Story Animated Story Book and the Toy Story Activity Center CD-ROM. Dylan then moved into the animation department and worked as an animator on A Bug's Life and as a directing animator on Toy Story 2. Following Toy Story 2, Dylan continued as an animator on Monsters, Inc. before he became the supervising animator for Finding Nemo. He joined the Ratatouille production as a supervising animator in 2003 during which he also served briefly as an animator on The Incredibles. After completion of Ratatouille in 2007, Dylan directed the Walle Superbowl commercial which aired in February 2008. He is currently working on future Pixar projects. Dylan grew up in Davis California and studied film and animation at San Francisco State University.

Cynthia Slavens
Post Production Supervisor
Cynthia Slavens was born in Syracuse, NY and raised in Manlius. She attended Russell Sage College in Troy, NY. She worked in the film & animation business in Wilmington NC, Dallas TX, and Los Angeles CA before coming to Pixar. In her role as Post Production Supervisor for Non-Theatrical, she watches over Pixar's films as they make their way into distribution outlets outside of the theatre - DVD, Blu-ray, iTunes, TV - if you've seen a Pixar movie on an airplane, Cynthia probably had something to  do with it.

Sponsors:
Community: Assemblyman William Magnarelli
Foundation: Howard L. Green Foundation