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Sunday, October 29 • 11:30am - 12:45pm
Script-to-Sketch:Writing for Animation

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Animated features, like any other film, require good stories to be successful. If you’re looking to write the next animated hit, stop by and listen to our panelists discuss their creative processes, from the inception of an idea to the execution of the project.

Moderators
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Trey Selman

moderator
A graduate of The University of Texas, Trey believes in slow-smoked brisket, Davy Crockett and Bigfoot. He's lucky to live in the hill country and works from a collection of ramshackle diners, small town coffee shops and anywhere else the people are friendly but the wifi never works... Read More →

Panelists
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Kristine Belson

President, Sony Pictures Animation
Kristine Belson is the President of Sony Pictures Animation and is responsible foroverseeing the development and production of all films on the Sony Pictures Animation slate. The studio is following its worldwide comedy hits—the record-breaking monster comedies Hotel Transylvania... Read More →
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Marc Haimes

writer Kubo and the Two Strings, Nimona, Girl Who Drank the Moon, Untitled Mark Boal Project
Growing up in Bethesda MD, Marc's love of scary books, freaky comics, bad television and great movies propelled him out to Los Angeles… where he tripped and fell into a corporate dream job as a creative executive for Dreamworks Studios. However, in 2011 Marc tore off his tie and... Read More →
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Adam Pava

writer The Boxtrolls, The Lego Movie franchise, The Stuff of Legend, Clone High, Johnny Bravo, Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends
Adam Pava wrote the stop-motion hit The Boxtrolls, which earned a 2015 Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature. He is currently adapting the graphic novel series The Stuff of Legend for Walt Disney Studios, writing an original musical for DreamWorks Animation, and developing a... Read More →


Sunday October 29, 2017 11:30am - 12:45pm CDT
The Driskill Hotel, Citadel Room