Cartoon Network: Disrupting with Post Its and Pencils
Everyone talks about disruption via technology, but the artists of Cartoon Network Studios are on the front lines influencing the future of storytelling with their own unique weapons: pencils and Post-it Notes. With its artist-first mentality, Cartoon Network Studios has an Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning formula to bring new models to the animation industry by putting creators first, encouraging digital collaborations, and letting animated characters foster creativity and storytelling magic across every media platform. Hosted by Cartoon Network chief content officer Rob Sorcher, join us as the creative visionaries behind Adventure Time, Steven Universe, OK K.O.!, Uncle Grandpa and Mighty Magiswords reveal their take on the power of animation, and use their award-winning skills in real time to visually reimagine the SXSW world.
Presenters
Ian Jones-Quartey
Animator/Supervising Dir
Cartoon Network Studios
Ian Jones-Quartey was raised on a steady diet of cartoons and video games. His career took off when he became animation director on Adult Swim's The Venture Brothers. In 2010, he left New York for ...
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Animation Dir
Cartoon Network Studios
Julia Pott
Creator, Summer Camp
Julia Pott is a British Illustrator / Animator based in Los Angeles.
She completed her MA in Animation at the Royal College of Art and her short films have scr...
Kyle Carrozza
Creator of MIGHTY MAGISWORDS
Cartoon Network Studios
Kyle A. Carrozza is the creator of Cartoon Network’s Mighty Magiswords. After starting his career at a small educational software studio called Funnybone Interactive, Kyle went on to make MooBeard ...
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Creator, Uncle Grandpa
Cartoon Network Studios
Pete Browngardt is the creator of the Cartoon Network Studios original series Uncle Grandpa and voices the eponymous character. His interest in animation developed early. The youngest of five child...
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Global Chief Content Officer
Cartoon Network
Rob Sorcher is Chief Content Officer for Cartoon Network, responsible for driving the network's content development, and its digital and gaming businesses. Sorcher oversees Cartoon Network Studios ...
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