Johannes Bockwoldt (Assistant Professor, School of Film and Animation, Rochester Institute of Technology)received his MA from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. At RIT, he teaches film and video production and screenwriting. Originally from Germany, in his writing Johannes aims to balance a European sensibility with story telling as exemplified by the best of American cinema. He is currently in pre-production for Heart of Saturday Night, a feature length dramatic musical that takes place during one Saturday night. His short film, It's Only a Dance, was shown at the 2003 Image, Movement, Sound Festival in Rochester, NY.


Nancy Beiman
475-2785
nrbpph@rit.edu

Nancy Beiman has worked as a supervising animator, director, character designer, and storyboard artist for studios in five countries. She has worked in feature film, television specials, commercials, and new media. Nancy produced her own independent film, YOUR FEETS TOO BIG, has illustrated several books and written articles on animation and cartooning. She is a graduate of the CHARACTER ANIMATION PROGRAM at the California Institute of the Arts.

Tom Gasek
tdgpph@rit.edu

Tom Gasek is an award winning director and animator with over 25 years in the commercial, broadcast and feature industry. Tom’s commercial work has been included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Out of Hand Animation, which is owned by Tom, operates out of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. It is through “OOH, Inc.” that Tom has conducted animation workshops at universities around the North East including Harvard, R.I.S.D. and R.I.T. as well as serving clients like Leo Burnett (Chicago), Nickelodeon Television, and Aardman Animations in Bristol England. Tom is completing his MFA at The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University and earned a BFA at R.I.T.