Press Room
Animation Mentor, an award-winning online animation school, has been in operation since October 2005, and has since been featured in the following magazines, newspapers and media.
For press inquiries please contact:
Ellen Pasternack: 510-558-8085
Rita Cahill: 310-556-2712
Micha Hershman: 510-450-7279
Media Kit
Please direct all media, investor, and interview requests to pr@animationmentor.com.
Press Releases
2013
- 2013 – January 15: Animation Mentor Offers AMP™ Studio Production Pipeline
and VFX Program - .pdf - 2013 – February 28: Animation Mentor Now Accepting Applications for New
VFX Fundamentals - .pdf
2012
- 2012 – October 17: Animation Mentor Presents
“Lighting Your Shot Workshop” - .pdf - 2012 – July 17: Animation Mentor Presents
“Student Showcase 2012:the Power of Inspiration” - .pdf - 2012 – May 26: Animation Mentor Presents
“Breaking Down the Animated Shot: Live & Uncut” - .pdf
2011
- 2011 – November 1: Animation Mentor Attending CTN-X As Educational Partner - .pdf
- 2011 – September 22: Animation Mentor Presents Anatomy of a Fight – .pdf
- 2011 – August 7: Animation Mentor Attending SIGGRAPH 2011 – .pdf
- 2011 – June 7: Six New Animators Join Animation Mentor’s Team of Professional Mentors – .pdf
- 2011 – April 21: Animation Mentor Celebrates its international community – .pdf
- 2011 – March 23: Animals & Creatures: Master Class opens - .pdf
- 2011 – January 11: Animals & Creatures: Master Class announcement - .pdf
Media Headlines
2013
- Animation Mentor Receives 2013 Best of Emeryville Award: Emeryville Award Program – April 21, 2013
- Animation Mentor Co-Founder and CEO Bobby Beck Discusses the AMP Studio Production Pipeline and New VFX Program: Animation Career Review – January 22, 2013
- Animation Mentor Launches New AMP Studio Production Pipeline and VFX Curriculum: Animation World Network – January 15, 2013
- Animation Mentor’s New Pipeline & Curriculum: Computer Graphics World – January 15, 2013
- Animation Mentor Launches AMP Studio Pipeline: Immersed in Movies – January 17, 2013
2012
- WIRED Magazine Spotlights Animation Mentor for Comic-Con Crowd”: WIRED Magazine – July 12, 2012
- Animation Mentor’s Nicole Herr Shares How She Got Her Start, and What it is Like Working and Teaching in the Industry: Animation Career Review – June 21, 2012
- Animation Mentor Hosts Seminar With Pixar, DWA, Tippett Pros:
Animation Magazine – May 29, 2012 - Animation Mentor Builds Character : Digital Media World – March 30, 2012
- Animation Mentor acknowledged as “Top of the Class”: Animation Magazine – February 12, 2012
2011
- A Conversation with Program Graduate Steve Orsini – December 26, 2011
- Pixar’s Chris Chua Discusses a Day in the Life of an Animator – December 19, 2011
- CAREERS: Larger than life – December 18, 2011
- Animation Mentor at CTN-X – November 09, 2011
- Animation Mentor’s Cheryl Hoke Discusses Online Animation Education – November 2, 2011
- Animation Mentor Announces Plans For CTN Animation Expo – November 1, 2011
- Animation Mentor Presents the Anatomy of a Fight: CGLeaks – September 27, 2011
- “Anatomy of Fight Webinar” Offering by Animation Mentor: AnimBuddy – September 24, 2011
- Animation Mentor Presents Webinar “Anatomy of a Fight”: CartoonBrew – September 23, 2011
- Animation Mentor presents Anatomy of a Fight: Flickering Myth – September 23, 2011
- Animation Mentor Offers Free ‘Anatomy of a Fight’ Webinar: Animation Magazine – September 22, 2011
- Animation Mentor and the Future: Skwigly Animation Magazine – June 2011
- Animation Mentor Releases Student Showcase 2011: Animation World Network – June 13, 2011
- Animation Mentor Animals & Creatures Master Class: Blender Nation - January 11, 2011
- Animation Mentor’s CEO on Animals & Creatures Master Class: Post Magazine - January 11, 2011
- Animals and Creatures: Master Class Unveiled: Animation Magazine - January 11, 2011
- 10 Best Animation Tips and Tricks: 3D World Magazine - January 1, 2011
Awards
- PRSA Bronze Anvil Award, 2009
- Webby Awards – Official Honoree: Education, 2006, 2009
- U.S. Distance Learning Association, Best Practices in Programming Award Gold Level 2006
- U.S. Distance Learning Association, 21st Century Distance Learning Award, 2006
