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Judging Panel

We are incredibly honoured to introduce such an amazing line-up of industry masters for our Judging Panel.

Aaron Grove

Creative Director & Co-Founder

Aarti Shukla

Compositor | Framestore

Adam Bradley

Head of Department – Rotoscope | Wētā FX

Aditi Kapoor

Technical 3D Artist | Shading TD | Adobe Substance 3D

Agnieszka Skwirut

Agnieszka Skwirut

Lead CG Artist | Graph Visual Studio

Alwyn Hunt

Co-founder The Rookies

Alyssa Zarate

Art Director | beloFX

Anda Deng

Character Artist | Deviation Games

Andrew McDonald

Andrew McDonald

Co-founder The Rookies

Anna Rogalsky

Art Director | EA Canada

Anne Jans

Animation Supervisor | Frame Machine

Ariel Gold

3D Designer | CLO

Arnaud Valette

Concept Artist | DNEG

Asad Manzoor

Head of VP Content | PIXOMONDO

Ash Thundercliffe

Ash Thundercliffe

Senior Environment Artist | Infinity Ward

Bastiaan Geluk

Head of Digital Fashion | INDG

Ben Nadler

Lead Environment Artist | That's No Moon

Britta Wikholm

Architectural Visualizer, Art Director and Founder at Visulent AB

Carl Schröter

Senior Compositor | DNEG

Carsten Keller

Executive Creative Director - THE MILL

Charlotte MacKie

Charlotte MacKie

Environment Modeling Artist | Skydance Animation

Chris Downs

Head of CG | DNEG

Chris Ebeling

Co-Founder & Creative Director | Virtually Human Studios

Christina Ryan

Texture & Look-dev Artist | ILM

Christophe Desse

Christophe Desse

Lead Technical Artist | Naughty Dog

Christopher Lexington

Christopher Lexington

Art Asset & Pipeline Lead | Crystal Dynamics

Christy Page

Senior Generalist | ILM

Chris Williams

Global Head of Content and Curriculum | Framestore

Clint Rea

Lead Lookdev Artist | Image Engine

Crystal Bretz

Senior Modeler | Framestore

David Baylis

CG Automotive Artist | David Baylis Design

David Jimenez Saiz

David Jimenez Saiz

David Luong

Senior Cinematic Artist | Imagendary Studios

Devon Fay

Lead Artist | Riot Games

Duarte Elvas

Motion Designer

Edit Ballai

Elisa Tamagnoli

Elisa Tamagnoli

2D Department Lead | Mighty Kingdom

Eloi Andaluz Fullà

Eloi Andaluz Fullà

FX artist | Andvfx

Eric Smith

Technical Artist | Isotropix

Fernando Such Berenguer

Fernando Such Berenguer

Director | Kilograph Studio

Fooch - Foo Chi Sung

Fooch - Foo Chi Sung

Principal | Unsigned Studio, Aurecon

Gabi Burkoth

Specialist, 3D Design & Implementation, CLO Brazil

Genevieve Camilleri

Genevieve Camilleri

Visual Effects Supervisor | Alt.VFX

Guilherme Rambelli

Guilherme Rambelli

Lead Artist - Photogrammetry at Activision Treyarch

Hagen Deloss

Community Engagement Specialist | Autodesk

Harvey Newman

Director | Animworks, LTD

Heather Souliere

Heather Souliere

Senior Texture Artist | Sony Pictures Imageworks

Hong Chan Lim

Principal Lead Character Artist | Blizzard Entertainment

Igor Zanic

Co-Founder Rebelway

James Brady

Senior Environment Artist

James Lucas

Texture Artist | Industrial Light & Magic

Janneke van der Wel

Janneke van der Wel

Jasmine Katatikarn

Jasmine Katatikarn

Tech Artist Manager | 3D Imaging | Amazon

Jasmin Habezai-Fekri

Jasmin Habezai-Fekri

3D Environment Artist

Javier Perez

Lead Material Artist

Jesse Pitela

VFX Artist & Instructor at RedefineFX.com

Jiayin Wang

FX Supervisor | beloFX

Jim Simon

3D Designer | Academic | CLO 3D

Joanna Haslam

Design Director

Jonathan Benainous

Jonathan Benainous

Senior Environment Texture Artist at Naughty Dog

Josh Parks

Senior Compositor | Important Looking Pirates

Juhyun Lee

Senior Surfacing Artist

Julia Reck

Senior Animator

Junliang Zhang

Scene Development Artist | Blizzard Entertainment, Inc

Justin Mohlman

Content Curation and Strategy Manager

Kacy McDonald

Executive Producer | ILM

Karina Ponce

cofounder, 3d Artist

Kelly Barschig

VP, Talent Acquisition | That's No Moon

Kieran Ogden-Brunell

Kieran Ogden-Brunell

Laura Hohman

Laurence Hardy

Lisa Della Dora

Lisa Della Dora

Project Manager and Art Director at Bloomimages / Art Director at MADI

Liz Ballantyne

Luis Cataldi

Global Education Evangelist for Epic Games and Unreal Engine

Luis Nieves

Manuel Rivoir

Senior Compositor at Industrial Light & Magic

Mariano Steiner

Mariano Steiner

Creature Concept and Design Supervisor | SpinVFX

Mario Grosu

Senior Freelance Artist

Mark Flanagan

Learning & Development Manager | Animal Logic

Markus Kranzler

Markus Kranzler

Senior Technical Director | Pixar Animation Studios

Maxim Dorokhov

3D Environment Artist | Blue Twelve Studio

Melissa Altobello

Melissa Altobello

Art Lead | Crystal Dynamics

Melissa Sterry

Design Scientist, Systems Theorist, Bio Futurist, and Serial Entrepreneur

Michael Tanzillo

Michael Tanzillo

3D Artist at Adobe/Substance, Co-Founder The Academy of Animated Art

Michelle Obayda

Michelle Obayda

Art Director at Shimahara Visual

Michelle Tolo

Freelance Concept Artist & Illustrator

Mike Henry

Creative Director at Riot Games

Mohamed Abdel Baki

Mohamed Abdel Baki

Associate Environment Artist | High Moon Studios

Naveen Sabesan

Lead Look Development Artist | Digital Domain

Nigel Hunt

Co-Founder and CEO - Sini Software, Owner - Urbân VFX, Co-Creator and Exec Producer - 24 Hours of Chaos, Publisher - 3Disciple Magazine

Nikie Monteleone

Nikie Monteleone

Senior 3D Artist, Adobe Substance

Nikola Damjanov

Nikola Damjanov

Lead Game Artist

Nina Drescher

Talent Acquisition Intelligence Specialist | realworld one

Noah Vice

CG Supervisor | ILM

Pablo Munoz Gomez

Pablo Munoz Gomez

3D Artist - Founder of ZBrushGuides.com and 3DConceptArtist.com

Pascal Bertrand

Pascal Bertrand

CTO | On Animation

Pasquale Scionti

Pasquale Scionti

Principal Lighting /Look-dev Artist | Torn Banner Studios

Patrick Ward

3D Environment Artist | Sony Interactive Entertainment

Paul Gannon

ECD | Binyan Studios

Paul H. Paulino

Paul H. Paulino

Senior Texture Artist | Epic Games

Paul Kashuk

Executive Art Director | Electronic Arts

Paul Mellender

Peta Bayley

Animation Supervisor

Peter Tran

Lighting Artist

Pierre Maheut

Director, Staretgic Initiatives & Partnerships, Adobe Substance 3D

Punn Wiantrakoon

Punn Wiantrakoon

Virtual Art Department | Amazon Studios

Rafael Gonzalez Quinones

Rafael Gonzalez Quinones

Rafael Grassetti

Rafael Grassetti

Raine Anderson

Character Look Development Supervisor

Ray Le

Reinaldo Handaya

Reinaldo Handaya

Romain Couturiaux

Romain Couturiaux

Senior Compositor | Wētā FX

Roser Quer

Architect and Art Director

Russell Bowen

VFX Supervisor | beloFX

Ruth Ducker

Series Director

Ryan McMahon

General Manager of PC & Console Games | Playside Studios

Saby Menyhei

Concept Artist | ILM

Sally Wilson

Sam Anderson

Technical Marketing Manager

Samiha Dhifaoui

Samiha Dhifaoui

3D Visualization Artist

Sean Frandsen

3D Designer/Community Manager

Sheena A Garcia

Sheena A Garcia

Senior Designer

Shir Baron

Animator | DreamWorks

Sonja Christoph

Sonja Christoph

CG Generalist | Visual Development | Matte Painting

Sophie Robinson

Sophie Robinson

Development Director

Stacie Hawdon

CG Supervisor | beloFX

Stanley Dellimore

Stanley Dellimore

Global Head of CG | DNEG

Stavroula Adameitis

Stavroula Adameitis

Artist & Designer, FRIDA LAS VEGAS | Talent Acquisition Coordinator DNEG Sydney

Stefan Oprisan

Senior Material Artist | Ubisoft

Stephanie Cholakyan

Stephanie Cholakyan

Stephanie Dube

Head of Build | MPC

Stephen Beck

Senior Character animator / animation director

Steven Manship

Lead Cinematics

Steve Talkowski

Steve Talkowski

Creative Director | Sketchbot Studios

Thalia Vitaniotis

Thalia Vitaniotis

Head of Talent | ON Animation Studio

Tom Reed

Global Head of Creatures | Ghost VFX

Val Erbuke

Character Artist | Respawn Entertainment

Victor Hugo Dias de Sousa

Victor Hugo Dias de Sousa

Character Artist at EA Vancouver

Vincent Gault

Senior Technical Artist & Community Manager

Viviana De Marchi

Viviana De Marchi

Post-Production Engineer

Ye Liu

Art Outsource Supervisor | Blizzard Entertainment

Yulia Arzhantseva

Yulia Arzhantseva

Visualization Artist

Zeina Masri

Zoe Cranley

Head of CG | beloFX