2016 Epic ACG Fest Special Guests

 Animation---Jury & Special Guests

	Jesse Solomon, Producer, Musician Jesse is a  composer, music producer and multi-instrumentalist working in film + TV, physical installations, interactive games, animation, advertising and an ongoing series of concept albums. He studied percussion and played in every band: jazz, orchestra, hard rock and marching bands. After college, he moved to San Francisco from Washington D.C to join the burgeoning experimental electronic music scene, then he produced many videos with the live performances
	Jeff Bedrick, Animator, art director, concept artist, and director Jeff’s career has spanned virtually every category of visual art and media over the last 25 years. Highlights include prestigious international exhibits and publications of his original paintings; directing and editing short films; matte painting and visual effects for numerous film and television productions including Shrek 2 (DreamWorks/PDI), and The History Channel’s Life After People; art direction and animation for computer games and mobile apps; illustrated books for Doubleday, Harper Collins, and many other publications. He currently writes and instructs live and online courses in the animation and illustration departments at the San Francisco Academy of Art University
	Lakeshia Davis; Actor, agent, animator Lakeshia Davis from San Leandro Ca, she is the Screen Writer for Motion Pictures, President and CEO of American Manufacturing Companies, True2Color Cosmetics, Soul of The Earth Earthies Organics Earthies Originals and Beak Industries United States Defense Umbrella Corp. to learn more visit www.true2colorcosmetics.com
	Nelson Recinos, Animator, Director Nelson Recinos is a two-time Emmy Award-winning Animation Director. He has more than twenty years experience in the animation industry, the last ten as a Producer/Director/Creator. At Warner Brothers Animation, he directed some of their top rated shows, including Pinky and the Brain (for which he received five Emmy nominations), Batman, Animaniacs, and Baby Looney Tunes.He has worked on 2D-traditional, CG-computer and flash projects for companies such as: Disney, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, 20th Century Fox, Starz, and Scholastic Entertainment. In May 2008, Nelson received a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Woodbury University
	Lisa Rose; Animator, Art Director, Director, Voice Artist Lisa is interested in creating dynamic characters and relationships and exploring the borders between colors and shapes. She grew up in a family of artists in Los Angeles and spent an inordinate amount of time drawing characters while watching them on TV. Drawing was (and still is) her solace. She became equally obsessed with music and dance studying and performing with dancers including Bella Lewitzky and composers and musicians including Anthony Braxton, Leo Smith, and the original Art Ensemble of Chicago.She began freelancing as an illustrator while in elementary school and making animated films while in junior high school. Lisa worked as an assistant art director while in high school and went on to earn both a BFA and MFA in film at California Institute of the Arts. As technology improved and developed, She went to work for companies ranging from Apple and Sun to EDS and Medicus in usability engineering and human computer interaction design and produced the very first animated film made entirely on a Macintosh computer

Comic & Game & Cosplay Jury & Special Guests