Chaz Bottoms is a Los Angeles-based animation director, story artist, and founder of CBA Studios. Chaz has collaborated and produced projects for Disney, John Legend, Lil Nas X, Springhill, Sesame Street, Adult Swim, and Steve Harvey Global. He has worked as a storyboard artist for Netflix Animation, AppleTV, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network, Chaz is currently in production on his short film, BATTU: An Animated Musical set to release in late 2023. He is also currently developing an animated series based on Battu with Academy Award Winning Filmmaker Matthew A. Cherry.

Evally Owo is from Sonora, México. The last few years I have been focusing on directing and rigging, but I love to put my hands on every kind of project and get all around the pipeline. Storyboard, animation, rigs, visdev and backgrounds used to be part of my daily tasks. I'm a Harmony enthusiast, I've always found that if I need something to happen there's a tool to help me, so I'm always looking to learn more.

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https://www.artstation.com/evallyowo

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My name is Jake Hollander, and I work as an episode director and story artist in the TV animation industry. In my free time, I enjoy writing and creating comics and independent animation projects that allow me to explore new worlds and delve into the experiences of characters and their struggles, successes, and thoughts. When I'm not working on telling stories or creating new ones, I like to spend my time reading or listening to books, watching movies (both animated and live-action), and gardening. My favorite genres include fantasy, science fiction, mythology, and history, and I've been inspired by legendary authors like Isaac Asimov and J.R.R. Tolkien for as long as I can remember.

"Liza Singer is a Director at Marvel Studios (Disney) who previously boarded on the Netflix Feature, “High in the Clouds“. Liza also has worked as Supervising Director on a current in-development series at RoosterTeeth, and as a Sequential Director on new series at Titmouse. They’ve also done Story Art work for a number of clients including: Netflix, Warner Brothers, Titmouse, Oddbot, Shadow Machine, Rough Draft, Microsoft and more!

Liza has also worked as an animator and illustrator for several clients including; Coca Cola, Prudential, and Amplify, and had their work featured in the Broadway Musical “Big Fish”.

As a writer, Liza developed scripts and Game Design Documents for Scholastic for children’s games including Magic School Bus Dinosaurs and Word Girl and has a Masters in Narrative Design for New Media from NYU. "

Mike Schnier is a writer and interviewer who closely follows the craft of animation and the intersection of art and technology. Mike's responsibilities at Toon Boom Animation include assigning articles on client productions as well as editing Animation From Every Angle.