Profiles on Animation MFA

Shane Acker: Envisioning a World
Tim Burton mentors animation alum as thesis film "9" becomes a feature
Aug 2009 story in Innovation
Navigating San Diego Comic-Con
TFT professor and recovering geek Jonathan Kuntz and his daughter Rebecca at the epicenter of global pop cult fandom
Jul 2009 story in Industry
Sunil Thankamushy MFA '01: Taking His Game Online
Top video game creative exec is an animation graduate with a background in physics. Now he's redrawing the leading edge of the interactive entertainment revolution.
Sep 2008 story in Innovation
New Regime in Animation
The newly-appointed duo of Area Head Celia Mercer and Professor Chuck Sheetz pledge to honor the program's "one person, one film" legacy, a star-making mixture of up-to-the-minute know-how and liberated creativity
Apr 2008 story in Scholarship
David Silverman '79, MFA '83: Animation Domination
With "The Simpsons Movie" topping the box office, director David Silverman, '79, MFA '83, takes time out to talk with UCLA Magazine writer David Landau about being picked to direct the movie, the nuts-and-bolts of animation, and under-appreciation.
Aug 2007 story in Industry