DAVID EISMAN
Director of Publications
deisman466@gmail.com
David Eisman is a New York native who ventured to Los Angeles in pursuit of higher education and a career in the animation industry. He worked as a development intern at Frederator Studios for two years. At Frederator, David met Stephen Worth and began to volunteer and study at Animation Resources. David is passionate about editing, and he hopes to bring musical timing back into animation’s spotlight.
David Eisman serves as Director of Publications. He oversees adapting Animation Resources’ assets to new markets.
THE OFFICERS AND BOARD
OF ANIMATION RESOURCES
STEPHEN WORTH
President
sworth@animationresources.org
Stephen Worth has worked as an animation producer for over thirty years. He is the recipient of three Annie Awards, including the June Foray Lifetime Achievement Award for Benevolent Service to the Art of Animation. His credits include Alvin & the Chipmunks, Cool World, Yogi Bear, Ren & Stimpy, Bravest Warriors and Bee & Puppycat. He is a well known figure in the Hollywood animation community, having produced the first animated cartoon series created exclusively for the internet, as an authority on vintage animation art, and as the person responsible for establishing the Animation Archive, a digital reference library that serves animation professionals and students, as well as cartoonists and illustrators.
Stephen oversees the day to day operation of Animation Resources, and is chairman of the committee that oversees the Animation Archive.
TABER DUNIPACE
Vice President
tdunipace@animationresources.org
Taber Dunipace is a southern California freelance artist and educator specializing in 3D art and animation. For the last five years, he has taught a wide range of digital arts subjects, including character animation, digital painting, game development, and Flash animation. He also frequently does freelance work for both commercial animation and mobile games. He is currently teaching at Mt. San Antonio College and Riverside Community College, Norco.
As Vice President, Taber represents Animation Resources to the membership and communicates with the Executive Board in order to receive their invaluable guidance for the future growth of our organization.
PAUL ANDERSON
Secretary
panderson@animationresources.org
Originally from Minnesota, Paul arrived in Southern California in 2006, with dreams of someday entering the animation industry. Unexpectedly, he soon found a niche working on the production side. Currently, he can be found working as a Production Manager on several projects, both long and short form, across a variety of genres and styles. He also has experience in helping to produce CG content, stereoscopic 3D, live action, flash animation, and enhanced ebooks. He continues to develop his own art, both in classes at the Animation Guild, and in his own projects.
Paul is responsible for taking meeting minutes, cataloging and coordinating tax records to comply with federal law, and distributing material to the rest of the board.
JOSEPH BAPTISTA
Treasurer
jbaptista@animationresources.org
Joseph “JoJo” Baptista is an animator from San Diego, California. He has worked for John Kricfalusi, Ralph Bakshi, Cartoon Network, Wild Brain and Frederator Studios as an animator, designer and storyboard artist. When JoJo was in college, he volunteered and studied at Animation Resources, where he found its treasures were invaluable. He has much to thank Animation Resources for helping him break into the animation industry, and feels that it is important for him to help others as the head of the Education Committee.
Joseph oversees the financial operations of Animation Resources, as well as chairing the Education Committee.
MIKE AMATO
Director of Technology
mamato@animationresources.org
Surviving in LA as a New Jersey transplant, Mike Amato is currently part of a college training cohort for marketing and promotion production, where he does work at an editor, graphic designer and voice actor. He has done stereo 3D compositing on films such as “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Mad Max: Fury Road,” and “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.” He also works on his own art, and is very passionate about the history of animation and art preservation.
Mike Amato serves as Director of Technology. He is responsible for helping to maintain the Animation Resources digital archive.
DAVID HOFMANN
Director of Communications
dhofmann@animationresources.org
David Edward Hofmann, also known as Pez, has worked in the animation industry since 2006. At a very young age he developed a love of classic animation, leading to a career in 2D based Television Animation in Los Angeles. David has worked with Cartoon Network (Stan Bayou), Wild Brain (Umigo), HBO’s “The Ricky Gervais Show”, Nickelodeon’s “Breadwinners” and Warner Bros’ new Bugs Bunny series “Wabbit”. David also passionately supports the preservation of classic works, so future artists can advance the art of animation for years to come.
David Hofmann serves as the Director of Communications. He is responsible for representing Animation Resources to the worldwide animation community.
DAVEY JARRELL
Director of Programming
daveyhjarrell@gmail.com
Davey Jarrell has been working in the animation industry as a storyboard artist since 2017. He has worked on "Let’s Go Luna!" and "Dinosaur Train" for PBS, Warner Brothers’ Flintstones spinoff series, "Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs!" and the adult animated shows "SuperMansion" and "Crossing Swords." Davey started volunteering at Animation Resources in 2015 when he was still a student at the University of Southern California. He credits much of his accomplishments in the industry to his time volunteering in the archive at Animation Resources.
Davey Jarrell serves as the Director of Programming. He is spearheading the Podcast Initiative.
ADVISORY BOARD
RALPH BAKSHI
Ralph Bakshi is an American director of animated and live-action films. In the 1970s, he established an alternative to mainstream animation through independent and adult-oriented productions. Between 1972 and 1992, he directed nine theatrically released feature films, including “Heavy Traffic”, “Wizards”, “American Pop”, “Lord of the Rings” and “Fritz the Cat”, which upon release was the highest grossing animated feature to date. He has been involved in numerous television projects as director, writer, producer and animator. He created and directed the “Mighty Heroes” TV show and produced “The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse”, among others. Currently, he is living in New Mexico, drawing, painting and animating a personal film, “Last Days of Coney Island”. Link: RalphBaksi.com
DAVID CHAI
Award winning filmmaker David Chai, brings artistic excellence and technical know how to every project that he is involved in. David has been animating for over 14 years, on productions ranging from from educational software, animation for television and video, commercial advertising, to independent films. He is currently an Associate Professor of Animation and Illustration at San Jose State University in California. Link: House of Chai
SHERM COHEN
Sherm Cohen has helped bring to life some of the biggest animation hits of the past twenty years: His storyboarding, writing and directing credits include SpongeBob SquarePants, Hey Arnold, Disney’s Phineas & Ferb, Fish Hooks, and Kick Buttowski (for which he received an Emmy nomination). Sherm is the creator of “Storyboard Secrets”, a comprehensive university-level video course at http://StoryboardSecrets.com
WILL FINN
Will Finn is an animation director and animator. His work includes films by Disney and Don Bluth, such as The Secret of NIMH, Oliver & Company, and Pocahontas. His characters include Laverne (The Hunchback of Notre Dame), Iago (Aladdin), and Cogsworth (Beauty and the Beast). Finn co-wrote and co-directed the 2004 film Home on the Range and did voice acting in Chicken Little. In 2006, Finn directed the computer animated short Hammy’s Boomerang Adventure, a spin-off of Over the Hedge. And in 2014, he directed Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return. Link: Will Finn Blog
J. J. SEDELMAIER
As the director and creative force of J. J. Sedelmaier Productions, J. J. Sedelmaier oversees everything that is produced by the studio. He is known in the industry as an all-around expert on the history of film and cartoons, animation, graphic design and illustration. His forte is translating print/illustration into film, and over the years has collaborated with many of the country’s foremost illustrators and artists, including David Levine, Al Hirschfeld, Garry Trudeau, Alex Ross, Don Martin, Neal Adams, Douglas Fraser, Gary Baseman, and many others. His unique abilities have contributed, over the years, to the studio’s extraordinarily diverse and entertaining collection of work. Link: J. J. Sedelmaier Productions
STEVE STANCHFIELD
Steve Stanchfield is an award winning character animator, educator, animation director and animation historian. His experience includes working for many of the major animation studios on projects that include television shows, commercials, educational programming, original short films, interactive games and feature animation. He is the co-owner of Thunderbean Animation, a studio based in Ann Arbor, Michigan that produces animation as well as compilations of classic animation on DVD. Link: Thunderbean Animation
MIKE VAN EATON
Mike Van Eaton is the owner and gallery director of Van Eaton Galleries, a full service animation art gallery and resource center featuring production artwork, limited editions, sculpture, videos, and books. He has hosted many special events in the Los Angeles area, and his gallery is the a hub for the animation community. His gallery represents both established and up and coming artists, as well as a wide array of vintage artwork from all the major studios. Link: Van Eaton Galleries
COMMITTEES
ARCHIVE COMMITTEE:
Stephen Worth (Chair) sworth@animationresources.org
Mike Amato
Megan Simon
ANIMATION PODCASTS:
Taber Dunipace (Chair) tdunnipace@animationresources.org
Stephen Worth
EDUCATION COMMITTEE:
Joseph Baptista (Chair) jbaptista@animationresources.org
Taber Dunipace
PUBLCITY COMMITTEE:
David Hofmann (Chair) dhofmann@animationresources.org
Nicholas Pozega
EVENTS COMMITTEE:
David Hofmann (Chair) dhofmann@animationresources.org
Stephen Worth
WEBSITE COMMITTEE:
Alex Vassilev (Chair) avassilev@animationresources.org
Stephen Worth
The Board of Directors of Animation Resources browses through the precious reference material donated to our digital library by Advisory Board Member Ralph Bakshi. Standing L to R: Stephen Worth (President), Taber Dunipace (Membership), David Hofmann (Public Relations), JoJo Baptista (Treasurer), Seated L to R: Sherm Cohen (Advisory Board), Paul Anderson (Secretary), Michael Woodside (Vice President).
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