Shawn Kelly
Shawn Kelly has been a professional animator since 1998 and has worked on over 25 films in his career. Shawn co-founded Animation Mentor with Bobby Beck and Carlos Baena in 2005, creating the first ever online animation school. Juggling a full-time career at Industrial Light & Magic and Animation Mentor, Shawn won the prestigious VES (Visual Effects Society) award for his outstanding animation in Transformers. He is also a main contributor to the Animation Mentor blog which is filled with his animation tips and tricks. Shawn currently teaches Creature Animation: Locomotion.
Shawn’s Credits
Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Infinity War
Jurassic World
Aquaman
Recent Films
- Space Jam: A New Legacy
- Avengers: Endgame
- Aquaman
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Transformers 5: The Last Knight
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Out of the Shadows
- Jurassic World
- Warcraft
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Transformers 4: Age of Extinction
- Noah
- Pacific Rim
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation
- The Avengers
- Battleship
- Transformers: The Ride – 3D (Universal Studios)
- Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon
- Rango
Other Films
- Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- The Spiderwick Chronicles
- Transformers
- Eragon
- War of the Worlds
- Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
- The Day After Tomorrow
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Hulk
- Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence
- The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
- Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
- Jack Frost
Short Films
- The Magic Murderer (live action)
What Shawn’s Students are Saying
Absolutely Amazing
You Learn So Much All the Time
The Full AM Experience
Absolutely Amazing
You Learn So Much All the Time
The Full AM Experience
Courses Taught By Shawn
Courses may vary from term to term.
Creature Animation:
Locomotion
12-Week Workshop
Animate creatures and animals with guidance from pro VFX animators.