It’s a wrap! Animation Magazine hosted another successful edition of the World Animation Summit at The Garland hotel in N. Hollywood this past week (Nov. 3-6). The 12th edition of the star-studded event brought together some of the most talented creatives of the animation industry for four days of keynotes, panels and networking parties.
The 2024 Hall of Fame awards gala kicked off the event on Sunday night. You can read about the awards ceremony, the winners and their presenters here.
The Summit featured many inspiring panels, creative keynotes and presentations covering different creative and professional aspects of the business, from A.I. and adult animation, to preschool animation, how to balance artistic passions with professional demands, shows based on game titles, as well as panels featuring the directors of some of the biggest animated movies of the year, and a focus on some of the acclaimed animated shorts of the year.
Check out some of the photo highlights from this year’s edition below.
A huge thanks to event director Kim Derevlany who made everything run so smoothly after many, many weeks of hard work and very long days, and all our amazing volunteers and industry sponsors that made this event possible.
Sunday Night Gala Party and Hall of Fame Awards
The 2024 Hall of Fame honorees and presenters: Top row from left, Lizzie and Wendy Molyneux, Kelsey Mann, Kevin Michael Richardson, Lisa Henson, Craig Bartlett, Rich Moore, Jeffrey Hermann, (Second row, from left) Merlin Crossingham, Tom Ruegger, Joel Kuwahara, Teri Weiss, Claudia Katz, Kay Wilson Stallings, Nick Park, Raymond Zibach and (Seated in front) host and Hall of Fame recipient Eric Bauza.Top row from left: Lisa Henson, Kevin Michael Richardson, Raymond Zibach; second row: Kay Wilson Stallings, Nick Park, Joel Kuwahara; third row: Claudia Katz, Kelsey Mann, and Eric Bauza.
Photos from Panels and Keynotes (Monday thru Wednesday)
Studio Presidents in Conversation: Kristine Belson (Sony Pictures Animation), Margie Cohn (DreamWorks Animation) and Ramsey Naito (Paramount and Nickelodeon Animation)Fireside Chat with Chris Sanders (“The Wild Robot”) and Joel Crawford (“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”)Indpendents’ Day: Moderator Archita Gosh, president of Rezolution Pictures, directors Morgan Neville “(“Piece By Piece”), Adam Elliot (“Memoir of a Snail”), Usman Riaz (“The Glassworker”) and Tim Harper(producer, “Ozi: Voice of the Forest”)Award Season Feature Contenders, Part 1: From left, Kelsey Mann (“Inside Out 2”), Simon Otto (“That Christmas”), Vicky Jenson (“Spellbound”), Josh Cooley (“Transformers One”) and Chris Sanders (“The Wild Robot).Award Season Contenders Part 2: From left, Dana LeDoux Miller (“Moana 2”), Alex Kirwan (“The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie”), Shannon Tindle (“Ultraman Rising”), Mike Mitchell (“Kung Fu Panda 4”), Merlin Crossingham (“Wallace & Gromit: Murder Most Fowl”).Games Without Frontiers Panel: (from left): John Derevlany, Arnaud-Loris Baudry, Tim Miller, Tasha Huo, Curtis Lelash.Adult Animation Panel: (from left) Mark Hoffmeier, Travis Willingham, Mark Levin, Kiahna Manker, Steve Levy and Joe Cappa.Creative keynote speakers: Clockwise from left, Natasha Kline, Craig Bartlett, Craig Staggs and Steph Swope (Minnow Mountain), and Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit.Balancing Personal Visions and Industry Needs Panel: From left, Mike Hollingsworth, Sanjay Shah, Juston Gordon-Montgomery, Rodney Clouden, Vivienne Medraono and Jorge R. Gutierrez.ASIFA Annie Winners Panel: From left, Aubry Mintz, Amber Noizumi, Justine King, Sanjay Patel and Raymond S. PersiMaking Toons for Preschool Set: From left: Rita Street, Rich Magallanes, Stephanie Simpson, Lynne Southerland, Jennifer Oxley and Leanne Preston.Playing for Success: From left, Rob Hudnut, Rob David, Yvette Sittrop, Laura Clunie, David Shayne and Nicole Dubuc.Animating Climate Change: From left: Mary Bredin, Bobs Gannaway, Jennifer McMarron and Carmiel BanaskyBusiness of Show Business panel: From left: Frank Saperstein, Peter McHugh, Strawn Dixon and Eddie Gamarra.Riding the Shorts Wave Panel, Part 1: From left: Jennifer Wolfe, Ian Gardner, Nicholas Ashe Bateman, Damian Perea and Toby CochranRiding the SHorts Wave, Part 2: Jennifer Wolfe, Maral Mohammadian, Pablo Leon, Searit Huluf, Sean PecknoldHow to Find the Right Global Partners: From left: Sander Schwartz, Bob Higgins, Adrianna Cohen, Rick Mischel, Frank Falcone and Jose Carlos Garcia de LetonaAI and Animation: From left: John Derevlany, Lin Tam, Sixte de Vapulane, Luisa Huang, Todd Steinman, Carlos F de Vigo, Joel KuwaharaGetting to Greenlight: From left, Josh Fisher, Katie Petrachonis, Daneil Weidenfeld, Kari Kim, Jason Caparaz, Elizabeth TaylorStorytelling in the Emerald Isle: From left: Ronan McCabe, Vera Hourani, Colm Tyrrell and Vanessa Robinson.L.A’S Creative Studios: From left: John Andrews, Timothy Reckart, Ben Kalina and Eric TownerRealizing Animation Dreams in the Canarias: From left: Pablo Hernandez Gonzalez-Barreda, Dirk Hampel, Dario Sanchez, Mercedes Marro, Lea Laurain, Lorna Withrington“Self” director Searit Huluf and puppet friend
All photos courtesy of Yvan Nguyyen @simplyyvan (Instagram), edited by John Patrick@johnpatrickmedia
You can see all the photos from the event at animationmagazine.net/summit/photos.
