The AAU Production structure mirrors the industry, with a hierarchy of Executive Producers, Line Producers, Production Development, Production Coordinators and Production Assistant roles. The AAU Production Team has grown to support all onsite collaboration and in beginning to provide informal online collaboration, online MFA thesis production, and soon, will assist the new ANM 498.OL Collaborative Course offerings.
Producers have helped manage some of the best projects ever created in the ANM/VFX department, including the 2011 Student Academy Award winner,
Dragon Boy, produced by AAU MFA graduate, Caitlin Satchell ('10).
For more information about the AAU MFA Production Option, please contact Director Vince De Quattro,
vdequattro@academyart.edu.
For more information about the Online Production Team, please navigate to:
https://live4.academyart.edu/anmvfxoffice/Without exception, every candidate or graduate appearing in the list below has taken the Producing course or has attended the workshop meetings for at least a year.
The ANM/VFX Production Hall of FameShauna Lacoste (MFA '11) Lucasfilm, Pixar
Caitlyn Satchell (MFA '10)
LucasfilmRebecca Noulles (MFA '10)
NihilisticJohn Duguid (MFA '11)
Image Movers Digital,
ILMMelanie Kay (MFA '09)
Shot Rocket ProductionsDallas Dietrich (MFA '09)
Blue Sky Pictures
Heather Han (MFA '09)
Ruheene Masand (MFA '08)
Evil Eye PicturesElana Hokin (MFA '08)
Venable Bell & PartnersJustin Chan (BFA '09)
ILMRobert Cardoso (BFA '09)
IndependentJessica Ladd (BFA '10)
AAUSara Chin (BFA '09)
Image Movers Digital,
DreamWorks SKGPatrick Johnson (BFA '09)
DreamWorks SKGSally Garcia (BFA '09)
DreamWorks SKGCheryl Vanderbilt (BFA '10)
Academy of SciencesKate Selzer (BFA '10)
ILMEli Tuttle (MFA '12)
Jesus Villarreal (BFA '12)
Tippett Studios