Aubry Mintz has worked as a feature animator (ILM, Square USA) and directed projects for Smirnoff, McDonalds, MuchMusic and General Mills. His short-animated film “Nothing to Say” narrated by celebrity Danny Aiello screened at 41 festivals around the globe winning 8 awards. Co-author for the book “Ideas for the Animated Short 2nd Edition” and has presented most recently at Disney Feature Animation, CTNX, Blue Sky Animation Studios and DreamWorks Animation and guest host on TV's Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Mintz is Professor of Animation at California State University Long Beach and Executive Director of ASIFA-Hollywood
A panel of well-known animation stars and past Annie award winners will discuss their projects and skills that earned them a prestigious Annie award win. Moderated by ASIFA-Hollywood’s Executive Director Aubry MIntz, the audience will remain engaged with remarkable stories by these talented artists discussing both studio and independent production and offering advice on what it takes to become the top of their field and how to survive during difficult, challenging times in this important industry.