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Welcome to the 2021 Edition of Our World Animation Summit! W
e are absolutely thrilled to be hosting the 2021 edition of our World Animation and VFX Summit live this year, after taking a year off from being together face to face. It is my opinion that there is no replacement for networking and meeting together to share ideas and future visions. To realize that objective and stay safe, we have moved the whole event to the lovely park-grounds and tented tennis court of the historic Garland hotel in N. Hollywood, where we normally host the parties. Guests will be asked to wear a mask, and will be required to show proof of vaccinations or a negative COVID test within the past 72 hours. We are also very excited to welcome eight brilliant and diverse Hall of Fame Award recipients. As you read about our amazing honorees, we hope you will find inspiration in their journeys and joy in their accomplishments. All of them are “Game Changers” who through the realization of their own personal goals, have paved the way and set a high
bar for future generations of animation professionals. Celebrating them and applauding their outstanding contributions should give us all an inside view of how extraordinary and exciting our industry is! The 2021 Summit will be a timely, optimistic snapshot of our healthy, growing and thriving industry. Over the past year, animation leaders around the world have shown us that they are ready and more than able to navigate change while protecting their talented employees. Many of those top-level leaders will be sharing their astute visions for their companies during this award-winning, four-day event, November 7-10. We hope that you will be able to join us to find your place in the revolution and evolution of our amazing industry. See you there!
Jean
Jean Thoren Publisher and Founder, World Animation and VFX Summit
Hall of Fame Awards This year’s honorees, who will be presented with their awards at the opening night gala on Sunday, Nov. 7, are: Gaumont Animation: International Studio of the Year. Award presented to U.S. Presi- Prouder and director of Bébé’s Kids. Award presented by Ralph Furquhart, producer, The Proud Family and Da Jammies. dent Nicolas Atlan and Exec VP of Creative Content Terry Kalagian. Phil Lord & Chris Miller. The innovative producers of Sony Pictures Animation’s criti- Cree Summer. Beloved animation voice actress, best known for her work on Rugrats, Kid cally acclaimed features Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Spider-Man: Into the Spider- Cosmic, Muppet Babies, DC Super Hero Girls, Vampirina, Voltron Legendary Defender, Dawn of Verse and this year’s The Mitchells vs. the Machines. Award presented by Sony Pictures the Croods and many others. The awards ceremony will be hosted by animation voice actress and Annie Awards reguAnimation President Kristine Belson. Tom McGrath. The acclaimed director of DreamWorks Animation’s two Boss Baby fea- lar Dina Sherman. tures, three Madagascar features and Megamind will receive the Hall of Fame: Billion Dollar Director Award. Chris Meledandri. Founder/CEO of Illumination Entertainment and creator of Despicable Me, the world’s most successful animated franchise in cinematic history, which includes Minions, the fourth-highest-grossing animated film. Other career highlights include being the founding president of 20th Century Fox Animation and producing the Ice Age movies, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax and The Grinch, The Secret Life of Pets movies, Sing and this year’s Sing 2. He will receive the 2021 Vanguard Award. Chris Meledandri Jennifer Yuh Nelson Terry Kalagian Nicolas Atlan Chris Nee Chris Nee. Creator of Disney’s Peabody Award-winning series Doc McStuffins, Vampirina and Netflix’s We the People, Ridley Jones and Ada Twist, Scientist. Award presented by animation veteran Jorge R. Gutierrez, creator of Maya and the Three and The Book of Life. Jennifer Yuh Nelson. Oscar-nominated director of Kung Fu Panda 2 and supervising producer of Netflix’s acclaimed anthology series Love, Death + Robots Volume 2. Award presented by Victoria L. Howard, producer of Love, Death + Robots, Robot Chicken and BoJack Horseman. Bruce W. Smith. Trailblazing creator of The Proud Family and the upcoming Disney+ series The Proud Family: Louder and Bruce W. Smith Chris Miller Phil Lord Cree Summer Tom McGrath
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