Justine is a Chinese-Australian filmmaker, character designer, and visual development artist basedin Los Angeles. Justine has graduated from CalArts character animation and her third-year film "The Little Poet" has won the Best Student Film for the 51st Annie Awards. Besides animation, Justine also works on music videos, comics, and illustrations. When she is not drawing, she enjoys traveling, making ceramics, watching films, and playing fetch with her cat Mona.
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.