A lonely wind-up cat discovers a mystery box that may contain friendly creatures, and he has to find the right key to open it.
li.yizhou265@gmail.com
www.yizhouli.com
Festivals:
2016 ASIFA Annie Awards NomineeYizhou Li, MFA 2015
Obsessive detective Nighthawk chances upon an elusive serial killer one night, but the ensuing chase plunges the detective deeper into madness.
baikjunyol@gmail.com
www.junbartfolio.tumblr.com
Jun Baik, BA 2015
When a star boy lands on an abandoned planet with his flower friend, they begin their journey to the core of the planet.
lixia88725@gmail.com
Jessie061008@gmail.com
www.lixia88725.weebly.com
Jiexi Wang & Xia Li MFA 2016
A teenage girl afflicted with cancer learns to cope with her illness by relating with a friend.
ivansayon@gmail.com
www.ivansayon.com
Ivan Sayon, MFA 2015
A mysterious boy from nature collects stars and sends them to every city child living in the foggy city.
zhengyawen2012@gmail.com
www.yawenzheng.com
Festivals:
Northwest Animators Showcase; Animex, Children's Film Festival, Sarasota, CHILEMONOS, Geneva International, Puchon International, Festimation, World Animation Celebration, Animation Sensation Film Fest.Yawen Zheng, MFA 2016
On an isolated satellite in outer space, a guy named Kaboom is torn between virtual friends, real friends, and true friends.
joshopus@gmail.com
www.joshweisbrod.com
Festivals:
Animation Block Party (Audience Award), Los Angeles Student Film Fest, ITSA Film Festival, Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival.Josh Weisbrod, MFA 2015
A visual music journey through different orders of magnitude from the subatomic to the galactic.
2014 Sloan Science in Film Grant Recipient
Festivals:
2015 Adobe Design Achievement Awards Semi-FinalistErin Shea, MFA 2015
Mills, a widower, fulfills his last wish with the help of a broken creature.
yifu0526@gmail.com
www.yifuzhou.com.com
Festivals:
Los Angeles Shorts, Los Angeles CineFest, Orlando, Visionaria International, Roma Cinema DOC, IndiEarth Animation, Critical Edge,International Family.Yifu Zhou, MFA 2015
Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, See No Evil (2:46)
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Animation Design and Production
Vid Close
Vid Close
The choreography conveys the struggling of humanity.
sijia.huang505@gmail.com
www.sijiahuang.com
Sijia Huang, MFA 2016
An astronaut receives a mysterious signal that leads him into a place darker than his deepest fears.
renodustin@gmail.com
www.dustinreno.com
Dustin Reno, MFA 2015
A kid is lost in a dangerous forest.
lixia88725@gmail.com
www.lixia88725.weebly.com
Festivals:
Accolade Global Film Competition (Special Mention), Purbeck Shorts Competition (Best Animation), Anchorage International, Best Shorts Competition (Award of Merit), Mill Valley.Xia Li, MFA 2016
A man killed his lover because he found out that she is a monster.
wanjy921@gmail.com
www.wanjinyue.tumblr.com
Jinyue Wan, MFA 2017
A boy tries to save a baby fox from two bullies who upset a threatening presence in the forest.
jrronzani@gmail.com, xuning.bfa@gmail.com
www.sites.google.com/site/ningxuanimation/
Festivals:
2016 Adobe Design Achievement Awards (Grand Prize Winner), CinequestJason Ronzani and Ning Xu, MFA 2015
Through the unique medium of sand animation, this film explores the past, present, and future implications of timekeeping in how humans interact with the natural world and with each other.
mraykova@yahoo.com
www.mariaraykovaanimation.com
Maria Raykova, BA 2015
A homicidal baguette seeks revenge, and she is really on a roll with bread puns.
christine2525@gmail.com
www.christinebarron.com.com
Christine Barron, BA 2016
Waiting for the Boom (3:13)
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Sheila Sofian's Documentary Animation Production Class, Spring 2015'
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Vid Close
Ethan Bialick, a USC student interning in Tel Aviv, Israel, responds to a siren signaling a rocket strike while walking in a park.
sheilasofian@hotmail.com
Sheila Sofian's Documentary Animation Production class, Spring 2015:
Ethan Bialick, Adam Billingham, William Engels, Connor Kerrigan, Janet Le, Tyler Lewis, Devon Manney, Gracie May, Maria Raykova, Chantelle Sundeen
Festivals
Ottawa International,DokLeipzig.
A fisherman throws his unicorn friend to the moon to burn the moon into the sun.
jinzhidu91@gmail.com, kantuooo@gmail.com
www.djz403812418@wix.com, tuokan.weebly.com
Jinzhi Du and Kan Tuo, MFA 2017
A looping, visual music piece about two lovers navigating the tangles and turns of a relationship.
amelia@ameliagiller.com
www.ameliagiller.com
Amelia Giller, MFA 2016
A father starts a journey to figure out the best way to protect his son from seeing the filthiness of this crime-ridden city.
jakezhang.design@gmail.com
www.jakeanime.com
Festivals
Cutout Fest, Corfu, Animasyros, Cine Golden Eagle Award, IndiEarth Animation, Kuala Lumpur Eco, Montecatini, Visionaria Fest, Spark Animation, Klik! Amsterdam.Jinjie “Jake“ Zhang, MFA 2015
The visions of a mentally ill patient.
jeremyart626@gmail.com
www.linwanchen.com
Zoey Lin, MFA 2018
Based on the true story of a “coyote“ – a human smuggler – who describes his process and mechanics of slipping through the Mexico–U.S. border.
javbarboza@gmail.com
www.javbarboza.wix.com/javierbarboza
Festivals:
Vimeo Staff Pick, San Francisco Documentary, Imagen Awards, 2015 ASIFA Annie Awards Nominee, NewPort Beach.Javier Barboza, MFA 2013
An experimental journey of a spherical egg.
zzyfish89@gmail.com
www.zhaoyuzhou.carbonmade.com
Peter Zhou, MFA 2017
Under the enslavement of the opera house prima donna, a lowly maid learns her past and destiny extend beyond confines of the theater.
caress.reeves@gmail.com
www.caressreeves.com
Festivals:
International Black Film Festival (Best Animated Film), The Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival, Corfu, Qabila, ITSA Shorts, IndiEarth, Visionaria, L.A. Black Film FestivalCaress Reeves, MFA 2015
Projects on Display in the DGA Lobby:
(Virtual reality documentation of 5 channel/5 screen/8 speaker installation)
In a cinematic installation experience, a bicyclist goes on a journey in search of lost time.
yoyolinn@gmail.com
www.yoyolin.com
Discovery Scholarship Prize 2015
Festivals:
SXSW Film 2016Yo–Yo Lin, BA 2015
VR Headset 2: Expanded Animation, MFA class of 2018
- David Nessl, Sitting With Erotic Alien Puppets Made in After Effects and Exported in VR Because You Can Ignore Your Parents While Wearing the Headset, 0:25
- Amir Arzanian, Sufi, 1:02
- Ruchia Masuko, Nubo and Other Funny Friends, 0:15
- Joseph Stucky, Rise and Fall, 0:20
- Megan Simon, A Strange, But Safe Place, 0:25
- Hyeon Jeong Cho, Sea of Conscience, 0:20
Time is cyclical and we are caught in the present, forever experiencing this line with each revolution.
Evan Tedlock
For more information:
email: firstframe@cinema.usc.edu
DADA website: anim.usc.edu