The San Jose State Animation/Illustration Program is consistently ranked as one of the premier university programs in the nation. Origi-nally conceived to give local, minority, and at-risk students a chance to compete in careers in film, television and gaming, SJSU Animation/Illustration maintains that goal by actively recruiting students from local high schools and community colleges. Nevertheless, as the program has achieved prominence, it has attracted students nationally and interna-tionally. Outcomes are consistently good and students regularly win prestigious national and international recognition at festivals, exhibi-tions and screenings and have gained opportunities for internships and employment at leading studios and corporations.

Animation-Illustration Program Achievements

Program Coordinators: Professors Alice Carter and Courtney Granner

Awards 2003-2013:

Adobe Design Achievement Awards: Finalist - 2005

Adobe Student Design Competi-tion: Finalist - 2009

Ann Arbor Film Festival: Prix DeV-arti Funniest Film Award - 2006

Arizona International Film Festival Special Recognition Award - 2006

ASIFA San Francisco Spring Festival - First Place College Students, Excellence in Animation College Students, & Excellence in Humor College Students - 2012

ASIFA-EAST Animation Festival: Best in Show - 2006

ASIFA-EAST Animation Festival: Third Place Independent Films - 2006

ASIFA-EAST Animation Festival: Third Place Independent Films - 2007

ASIFA-EAST Animation Festival: First Place Independent Films - 2009

ASIFA-EAST Animation Festival: Second Place Independent Films - 2011

ASU Art Museum Short Film and Video Festival: LeBlanc Audience Award Winner - 2009

BEFILM The Underground Film Festival: 3rd Place Animation Category - 2009

Berkeley Video & Film Fest: Grand Festival Award - 2003

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Calgary Underground Film Festival: Jury Honorable Mention - 2006

Channel Frederator Awards: Best Traditional Film, and Cartoon of the Year - 2008

Cinema K: Children’s Film Festival: Best Animated Film - 2007

Cinequest: Audience Choice Award - Best Short Film - 2006

CreaTV Awards: Best Film Under 30 Minutes – 2011

CreaTV Awards: Best Film Under 30 Minutes - 2012

CreaTV Awards: Student Short Film - 2012

CreaTV Awards: Best Film Under 30 Minutes - 2013

CreaTV Awards: Student Short Film - 2013

CSU Media Arts Festival: Finalist (Short Screenplay) - 2009

CSU Media Arts Festival: First Place (Television) - 2009

CSU Media Arts Festival: First Place (Animated Film) - 2010

CSU Media Arts Festival: Second Place (Animated Film) - 2011

CSU Media Arts Festival: Best in Show, Best Animation, 3rd & 4th Place - Animation Category - 2012

CSU Media Arts Festival: First Place (Animated Film) 1st Place Animation & Best in Show - 2013

Hi Mom! Film Fest: Silver Award - 2006

International Student Film Festi-val: Winner - 2005

Jacksonville Film Festival: Best Short - 2006

KAFI Cartoon Challenge: First Place and People’s Choice Award - 2009

Kansas City Filmakers Jubilee: Best Animation - 2006

Maurice Nobel Scholarship Winner: - 2009

Michigan Independent Film Fest: Best Animated Short - 2003

New Haven Underground Film Festival: Best Director (SJSU Lec-turer David Chai) - 2006

Newport International Film Festival: Short Film Honorable Mention - 2006

Ohio Independent Film Fest: Best Comedic Short - 2003

Ottawa International Animation Festival - Honourable Mention - Short Animation Made for Children - 2012

Radio Alice 3-Minute Film Festival: First Place Animation Category - 2005

San Diego Asian Film Festival - Best Animation - 2011

Seattle International Film Festival Short Film: Animation Special Jury Prize - 2006

Silver Lake Film Festival: Best Short Film - Animated - 2006

Slamdance Film Festival Anarchy Online Competition: Winner - 2003

Society of Illustrators Moving Pic-ture Category: Gold Medal - 2013

Society of Illustrators Student Animation: First Place - 2012

Society of Illustrators Student Animation: Second Place - 2012

Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition - 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008. 2009, 2010, 2013

SoDak Animation Festival: Golden Cowbell Award - 2009

USA Film Festival: First Place Animation - 2011

Zankel $20,000 Scholarship, New York Society of Illustrators – 2009, 2010

Feature Film Contributions:

A Bug’s LifeArtificial Intelligence (A.I.)AtlantisAvatarBeowulfBeverly Hills ChihuahuaBewitchedBraveBringing Out the DeadCarsCloverfieldCurious GeorgeDrag Me to HellDreamcatcherEight Crazy NightsEragonFinding NemoFlag of Our FathersHarry Potter and the Sorcerer’s StoneHellboyHome on the RangeHorton Hears a WhoHow to Train Your DragonIce Age IIIce Age IIIIndiana Jones and the Crystal SkullIron GiantIron ManJoseph: King of DreamsKung Fu Panda 2Lemony Snickett: A series of Unfortunate EventsMadagascar IMadagascar IIMadagasgar IIIMagnoliaMen in Black IIMirror, MirrorMission Impossible IIIMission To MarsMonsters, Inc.Osmosis JonesPeter PanPirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black PearlPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s ChestPoseidonPunch Drunk LoveRatatouilleRed TailsRise of the GuardiansShrek Forever AfterShrek IIShrek III

SignsSinbad: Legend of the Seven SeasSpace CowboysStar TrekStar Wars Episode IStar Wars Episode IIStar Wars Episode IIISuper 8Terminator IIIThe Emperor’s New GrooveThe HulkThe IncrediblesThe IslandThe MummyThe Mummy ReturnsThe Princess and the FrogThe SimpsonsThe Spiderwick ChroniclesThe Tale of DespereauxThe Tigger MovieThe Twilight Saga: New MoonToy StoryToy Story IITurboUpVan HellsingWall-EWar of the WorldsWinnie the Pooh

Student Placement:

20th Century Fox3DOActiveVideo NetworksActivisionAechelon TechnologyAeria GamesAnatomageAnimation Mentor AnimatorAnkiewicz StudiosAppleArenaNetBackbone EntertainmentBig Huge GamesBigpoint Inc.Blizzard EntertainmentBlue SkyBottle Rocket ProductionsCadance Design SystemsCamouflajCartoon NetworkCinderbiterCitrix SystemsCogswell Institute

College for Creative Studies CrowdstarCryptic SeaCryptic StudiosCrystal DynamicsDifferent Digital DesignDigital DomainDigital EclipseDisney InteractiveDisney InternationalDisneyToons StudioDNA GamesDouble Fine DreamWorks AnimationDreamWorks SKGDreamWorks/PDIEidos InteractiveElectronic ArtsFactor 5Film RomanFramestore CFC Gaia Online Interactive Gamma EntertainmentGART 3DG Studio Inc Gazillion StudioGhostbotGoogleGREE InternationalHallmark Cardshi5 NetworkHigh Voltage ProductionsHouse of Blues (Corporate Art Director)Ice Blink/Image MoversIce Blink/Image MoversIndependent AnimatorIndustrial Light and MagiciWinKabamLeapfrogLightsource StudiosLiquid DevelopmentLucasArtsLucasfilm AnimationMattelMaxisMilton BradleyMondo MediaMy Picture Book NamcoNational Geographic MagazineNBC-Universal StudiosNCsoft-ParagonNickelodeonNihilistic SoftwareOpera San JoseOrange County RegisterOrphanagePhoenix Age

Picture MillPirate GamesPixarPIXARPlaydomPlayfirst GamesPocket GemsPopCap GamesPresent CreativePunchPurple CrayonRed Storm GamesReel FXRenegade AnimationRhythm and Hues Apprentice ProgramRockstar GamesRough Draft StudiosSan Francisco Chronicle San Jose Mercury News San Jose State University Sigil GamesSix Point HarnessSlipgate IronworksSony EntertainmentSony GamesSony PicturesSony/ColumbiaSprite Art Storm 8StormfrontTAG Games StudioTake Two GamesThe Art Institute of Las Vegas The Huffington PostThe Mill The OrphanageTippett StudiosTitmouseTrion World NetworkUbisoft Universal Pictures Visual Concepts/2KWalt Disney AnimationWalt Disney Feature AnimationWarner BrosWebJuiceWholphinWild BrainWild NeedleWishB GamesWonderhill GamesZ-AxisZynga

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Screenings 2003-2013:

1 Reel Film Festival - 2006Albany Film Fest - 2012Anchorage International Film Festival - 2004, 2005, 2006AniFest International Festival of Animated Films - 2006, 2007Animafest (Crotia) - 2012Animated Exeter - 2007Animation Block Party - 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012Animpact Max - 2012Ann Arbor Film Festival - 2006, 2009Annapolis Film Festival - 2006Annecy - 2006Annecy Plus - 2006Annual Atlanta Film Festival - 2006Arizona International Film Festival - 2006Asians on Film Festival - 2013ASIFA-EAST Animation Festival - 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011ASU Art Museum Short Film and Video Festival - 2009, 2011Athens International Film & Video Festival - 2010Atlanta Film Festival - 2006, 2012Austin Film Festival - 2010, 2011BEFILM The Underground Film Festival - 2009, 2013Berkeley Video & Film Fest - 2003Bermuda International FF Kids Film Festival - 2007Best of Circle K Children’s Film Festival Seattle - 2007Blue Plum Animation Festival - 2012Brooklyn International Film Festival - 2004, 2005, 2006Burbank International Film Festival - 2011BUSTER Copenhagen Interna-tional Film Festival for Children and Youth - 2006CAAM Festival - 2013Cairo International Film Festival for Children - 2007Calgary Underground Film Festival - 2006Canadian Film Centre’s World-wide Short Film Festival - 2006Chicago International REEL Shorts Festival - 2006Cinema K: Children’s Film Festival - 2007Cineme International Animation Festival - 2003, 2004Cinequest - 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013Cleveland International Film Festival - 2011, 2013

Coeur d’Alene Film Festival - 2007Comedia Film Festival - 2006Connecticut Film Festival - 2006Crossroads Film Festival - 2011, 2013CSU Media Arts Festival - 2009, 2010, 2011DC APA Film Festival - 2006, 2009DC Shorts Film Festival - 2006, 2009, 2012Detroit Film Festival - 2009Edmonton International Film Festival - 2006Etiuda & Anima International Film Festival - 2005Fear No Film Festival - 2006Feel Good Film Festival - 2008Filmfest Dresden: Films for Chil-dren - 2009Florida Film Festival - 2011Gen Art Ignite! San Francisco - 2006GIRAF7 - 2011Golden Kuker â Sofiaâ (Bulgaria) - 2011, 2012Harry M. Warner Festival of Short Films and Video - 2006Heart of Gold International Film Festival - 2007, 2009Hi Mom! Film Fest - 2006Hi/Lo Film Festival - 2006HollyShorts, Short Film Festival - 2006Human Rights Film Festival - 2013International Student Film Festival - 2005Ion Animation, Games and Film Festival - 2005, 2006Ivy Film Festival - 2012Jacksonville Film Festival - 2006Jerusalem International Film Festival - 2011Just For Laughs Film Festival - 2009Kalamazoo Animation Festival International - 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009Kansas City Filmakers Jubilee - 2006KROK International Animated Films Festival - 2011Kun.Kortfilm International Short Film Festival - 2007Lake Placid Film Festival - 2004Laugh Out Loud Short Film Fest - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival - 2013Los Angeles Film Festival - 2006Maryland Film Festival - 2006, 2011Maui Film Festival - 2006Melbourne International Film Festival - 2006

Michigan Independent Film Fest - 2003Mill Valley Film Festival - 2007Milwaukee International Film Festival - 2006Motor City International Film Festival - 2004New Haven Underground Film Festival - 2006New York City Short Film Festival - 2005New York International Children’s Film Festival - 2011Newport Beach Film Festival - 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012Newport International Film Festival - 2006Non Violence International Film Festival - 2012North Fork Film Festival - 2007Northwest Animation Festival - 2012Northwest Asian American Film Festival - 2006, 2007Norwich Film Festival - 2013Ohio Independent Film Fest - 2003Ohlone College Film, Video, and Multimedia Festival Okanagan Film Festival - 2007Ottawa Animation Festival Inter-national - 2012Oxford Film Festival - 2011Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films - 2003, 2004Philadelphia Film Festival - 2006Planet Ant Film Festival - 2003Port City Animation Festival - 2004, 2005Portland International Short Short Film Festival - 2003, 2005, 2006Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival - 2013Radio Alice 3-Minute Film Festival - 2005Rec 06, festval de cinema de tar-ragona - 2006Red Stick International Animation Festival - 2012Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth - 2013Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival - 2006River Run International Film Festival - 2007Rooftop Films Summer Series - 2011Salt Lake City Film Festival - 2011San Diego Asian Film Festival - 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

San Francisco Independent Film Festival - 2006San Francisco Underground Short Film Festival - 2011, 2011San Jose Short Film Festival - 2010, 2011, 2012Santiago de Compostela Interna-tional Short Film Festival - 2006Scottsdale International Film Festival - 2006Seattle International Film Festival - 2006Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival - 2006, 2007SF Shorts - 2012Silver Lake Film Festival - 2006, 2007Slamdance - 2004SoDak Animation Festival - 2009, 2010, 2012South Beach International Anima-tion Festival - 2009Southside Film Festival - 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012Spike and Mike’s Festival of Animation - Spokane International Film Festival - 2012Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children - 2007St. Louis International Film Festival - 2006, 2009, 2011Sundance Film Festival - 2006Taiwan International Animation Festival - 2006TARFEST Film Festival - 2006Tehran International Animation Festival - 2005Tel Aviv Animation Festival - 2010Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival - 2005UC Davis Asian American Associa-tion Film Festival - 2007USA Film Festival - 2010, 2011, 2012Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival - 2006WAMM Festival - 2013Wiesbaden International Week-end of Animation - 2011Williamstown Film Festival - 2006Woodstock Film Festival - 2006, 2011World of Comedy Film Festival - 2004, 2006Yale Asian American Film Festival - 2013

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Jeffrey Katzenberg: CEO, Dream-Works-SKGNoah Klocek: PIXAR Visual Devel-opment Artist PresentationKevin Knight: Microsoft Games- Recruiting and Senior Show CritiqueRob Koo: DreamWorks Portfolio Review and CritiqueJack Lew: Electronic Arts Presentation and Portfolio Review/CritiqueWayne Lo: Factor 5 Visual Devel-opment Artist PresentationDela Longfish: Sony Visual Devel-opment Presentation and Critique, LucasArtsRobert MacKenzie: Blue Sky Studio Visual Development Critique/DemoBrad Maihack: HP Controller & Director of Finance, SJSU RecruitingMike Makerawicz: Supervising Animator, PixarCathy McQuitty: Hallmark Cards Character Workshop and CritiqueJanuel Mercado: Storyboard Artist, DreamWorks-SKGAubry Mintz: Animator, Anima-tion Instructor, Cal State Long BeachNino Navarra: Ironworks Visual Development Artist Presentation and CritiqueStephen Neary: Story Artist, Blue Sky StudiosTeddy Newton: Story and Devel-opment, PixarRamon Olivera: Hallmark Cards Character Workshop and CritiqueRuben Perez: Artist, PDI-Dream-WorksSteve Pilcher: Director, PixarJason Reisig: Animator, Dream-Works-SKGJason Ryan: Animator, Walt Disney Feature AnimationJeff Sangalli: Visual Development Artist, LucasArtsGary Silver: Walt Disney Anima-tor/Artist LectureLarry Silverberg: Actor, Acting InstructorPat Smith: Independent Animator PresentationJeff Snow: Story Artist, Dream-Works SKGDebra Stone: University Relations, Walt Disney Feature AnimationGhostbot Studio: Artists and Animator presentation

Recent Campus Guests:

Guilluame Aremios: Director, DreamWorks Visual Development Master Class and CritiqueJeff Biancalana: Story Artist, Blue Sky StudioDalma Bolech: Electronic Arts Portfolio Review and CritiqueBill Bowers: Actor, Acting InstructorPascal Campion: Animator, Illustrator - DreamWorks, Disney, Cartoon Network, NickelodeonTim Cheung: DreamWorks Digital Animation Master Class and CritiqueKendel Cronkhite: DreamWorks, Campus lecture and BFA CritiqueCassidy Curtis: DreamWorks Animator, BFA CritiqueSabrina de Losrios: Blue Sky Studio Recruiting Presentation and CritiqueRon Diamond: Animation Producer, ACME FilmworksClarie Erwin: Adobe Education MarketingColin Fix: Ice Blink Studio Presen-tation and CritiqueColin Fix: Visual Development Artist, LucasArtsGustaf Fjelstrom: Design Reactor Art Director- Senior Show CritiqueMarilyn Friedman: DreamWorks Portfolio Review and CritiqueAlejandro Garcia: SJSU Outstand-ing Professor (Physics), Physics of Motion LectureFrank Gladstone: Dreamworks, History of Animation PresentationAndrew Gordon: Animator, PixarRex Grignon: DreamWorks Animation Master Classes and CritiqueJames Gurney: Children’s book illustrator and author “Dinotopia” seriesAndrew Harkins: Animator, DreamWorks-SKGCindy Haugh: Electronic Arts Digital Lab OpeningTim Heitz: Story artist, Dream-WorksSteve Hickner: Director, Dream-Works, SKGThomas Hoon: Visual Develop-ment PresentationShannon Jeffries: DreamWorks Visual Development Master Classes and BFA CritiquePatrick Jensen: Visual Develop-ment Artist, LucasArts

Sean Tabatabi: EnvisionMedia- fundraising sessionMark Toback: EnvisionMedia- fundraising sessionDice Tsutsumi: Art Director, PixarGlenn Vilppu: Drawing Master Class and CritiqueJoe Weatherly: Animal Drawing WorkshopJosh West: Story Board Artist - Blue Sky Studios