The VIEW Conference 2021 takes place online and in-person in Turin, Italy from October 17-22, 2021. We're proud to announce the first confirmed speakers for this year's conference below with more announcements coming soon!

• Sir Roger Deakins, Academy Award Winning Cinematographer
• Tom McGrath, Director, Boss Baby: Family Business, Dreamworks Animation (Keynote)
• Jorge R. Gutierrez, Director, Maya and the Three, Netflix (Keynote)
• Tomm Moore, Co-Founder & Creative Director, Cartoon Saloon (Keynote)
• Byron Howard, Director, Encanto, Disney Animation Studios
• Glen Keane, Director, Over the Moon, Netflix
• Rob Bredow, Chief Creative Officer, Industrial Light & Magic
• John Knoll, Executive Creative Director & Senior Visual Effects Supervisor, ILM
• Christopher Townsend, Sr. VFX Supervisor, Shang-Chi & the Legend of the 10 Rings
• Rob Legato, Award-Winning VFX Supervisor & Second Unit Director, Lion King, Avatar, The Departed
• Roger Guyett, Award-Winning VFX Supervisor & Second Unit Director, Star Wars, Ready Player One, Star Trek
• Paul Franklin, Creative Director, DNEG
• Sheena Duggal, VFX Supervisor, Venom: Let There Be Carnage
• Andrew Jackson, VFX Supervisor, Tenet, DNEG
• Peter Lord, Creative Director & Co-Founder, Aardman Animations
• Dean DeBlois, Director, How to Train Your Dragon Trilogy, Lilo & Stitch
• Michael Giacchino, Composer
• Chris Miller, Producer, The Mitchells vs The Machines
• Phil Lord, Producer, The Mitchells vs The Machines
• Ennio Torresan, Co-Director, Spirit Untamed, Dreamworks
• Jeff Hermann, Producer, Spirit Untamed, Boss Baby Family Business
• Conrad Vernon, Director, The Addams Family 2
• Mark Osborne, Director, Netflix
• Tim Miller, Director, Love, Death + Robots
• Kirk DeMicco, Director/Co-Writer, VIVO, Sony Pictures Animation / Netflix
• Enrico Casarosa, Director, LUCA, Pixar Animation Studios
• Elaine Bogan, Director, Spirit Untamed, Dreamworks
• Marc Petit, VP, General Manager, Unreal Engine, Epic Games
• Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Supervising Director, Love Death & Robots, Netflix
• Peter Ramsey, Director, Spiderman Into the Spiderverse, We the People (Episode), Netflix
• Phil Tippett, Director/Visual Effects Supervisor
• Mike Rianda, Co-Writer / Director, The Mitchells vs The Machines
• Shannon Tindle, Writer/Director, Netflix Animation
• Brad Lewis, Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Spire Animation Studios
• Kris Pearn, Director, Sony Pictures Animation
• Sebastien Deguy, VP of 3D & Immersive, Adobe
• Paul Debevec, Director of Research, Netflix
• Nick Cannon, Chief Technology Officer, Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Steve May, Chief Technology Officer, Pixar
• Richard Kerris, VP Omniverse Platform Development, NVIDIA
• Mike Ford, Chief Technology Officer, Sony Pictures Imageworks
• Alvy Ray Smith, CG Pioneer & Co-Founder, Pixar
• Raphael Lacoste, Art Director, Illustrator
• Daniel Ojari, Writer/Director, Robin Robin, Aardman / Netflix
• Mikey Please, Writer/Director, Robin Robin, Aardman / Netflix
• Hal Hickel, Animation Director, ILM. Academy Award & Bafta winner
• Karen Dufilho, Executive Producer, Epic Games
• Robin McNicholas, Co-founder / Director, Marshmallow Laser Feast
• Robert Valley, Director, Ice (Love, Death + Robots)
• Kevin Van Der Meiren, Director, Igorrr: Very Noise (Love, Death + Robots)
• Everett Downing Jr., Director, We the People (Episode), Netflix
• Anthony Giacchino, Filmmaker, COLETTE
• Sarah Cox, Executive Producer, Robin Robin, Aardman / Netflix
• Habib Zargarpour, Virtual Production Supervisor, Unity Technologies
• Setareh Samandari, Director & VFX Artist
• Patrick Osborne, Director, Pearl & Feast
• Osnat Shurer, Producer, Moana & Raya and the Last Dragon, Disney
• Kendal Cronkhite, Production Designer, Trolls World Tour
• Celine Desrumaux, Production Designer, The Witch Boy, Netflix
• Lindsey Olivares, Production Designer & Character Designer, The Mitchells vs The Machines
• Shannon Jeffries, Production Designer, Under the Boardwalk, Paramount Animation
• Carlos Zaragoza, Production Designer, VIVO, Sony Pictures Animation / Netflix
• Oliver Scholl, Production Designer
• Patrick Tatopoulos, Production Designer and Alien Creature Effects Designer
• Dan Romer, Composer, LUCA
• Jesse Andrews, Writer, LUCA, Pixar Animation Studios
• Guy Williams, VFX Supervisor, The Suicide Squad
• Kyle Odermatt, VFX Supervisor, Raya & The Last Dragon, Disney
• Sean Walker, Visual Effects Supervisor for Shang-Chi: the Legend of the Ten Rings, Weta
• Marlon West, Visual Effects Supervisor, Iwaju, Disney Animation Studios
• Karl Herbst, Visual Effects Supervisor, VIVO, Sony Pictures Animation / Netflix
• Mike Lasker, VFX Supervisor, The Mitchells vs The Machines
• Volker Engel, Head of VFX & Animation, Uncharted Territory
• Luke Millar, Visual Effects Supervisor, Jungle Cruise, Weta
• Doug Smith, Visual Effects Supervisor
• Scott Squires, Visual Effects Supervisor
• Juri Stanossek, VFX Supervisor - Mackevision
• Colin Urquhart, Co-Founder & CEO of DI4D
• Douglas Green, Co-Founder & COO of DI4D
• David Bianchi, Director of Photography, LUCA, Pixar Animation Studios
• Kim White, Director of Photography & Lighting, LUCA, Pixar Animation Studios
• Rob Coleman, Head of Animation, Animal Logic
• Deanna Marsigliese, Character Art Director, LUCA, Pixar Animation Studios
• Kevin Webb, Head of Character Animation, VIVO, Sony Pictures Animation / Netflix
• Guillermo Martinez, Head of Story, The Mitchells vs The Machines
• Mark Flanagan, Education Partner Manager, Epic Games
• Kurt Albrecht, Producer, The Mitchells vs The Machines
• Peter Hirschmann, Director, Respawn Entertainment
• Catherine Apple, Editor, LUCA, Pixar Animation Studios
• Vicki Dobbs Beck, VP, Immersive Content Innovation & Executive in Charge, ILMxLAB
• Joanna Popper, Global Head of VR for Go-to-Market and Location Based Entertainment, HP
• Pearly Chen, VP Business Development & Content Partnerships, HTC
• Kimberlee Archer, Head of Global Marketing, Snap, Inc.
• Amy Seidenwurm, Executive Producer for VR for Good, Oculus / Facebook
• Jenny Ely, Project Manager, ILMxLAB
• Glenn Entis, Academy Award Winner, Co-Founder PDI (later Dreamworks)
• Nikola Damjanov, Lead Game Artist, Nordeus
• Heiko Burkardsmaier, VFX Exec Producer, Head of Business/Legal Affairs, Mackevision
• Dylan Sisson, RenderMan - Pixar
• Eloi Champagne, Technical Director, National Film Board of Canada, VR
• Daniel Shutt, 3D Tutor, Escape Studios
• Rafi Nizam, Creative Consultant & Media Executive, Rafianimates
• Elizabeth Ito, Director, City of Ghosts, Netflix
• Emily Dean, Director, Love, Death + Robots
• Ronnie del Carmen, Director, Netflix
• Brad Winderbaum, Executive Producer, What If...?, Marvel Studios
• Brian Andrews, Director, What If...?, Marvel Studios
• AC Bradley, Head Writer, What If...?, Marvel Studios
• Stephan Franck, Animation Supervisor, What If...?, Marvel Studios
• Ryan Meinerding, Head of Visual Development and Character Design, What If...?, Marvel Studios
• Simone Giampaolo, Animation Director - Aardman
• David de Rooij, Storyboard Artist, Director, Animator
• Jacob Norris, Lead Environment Artist, NVIDIA
• Sebastien Hue, Concept Artist & Illustrator
• Allegra LeGrande, Physical Research Scientist for Climate Systems, NASA Goddard Institute & Columbia University
• Tim Versnel, Behavior Designer, SUE
• Javier Pérez, Senior Material Artist, PlayStation
• Josh Holmes, CEO & Co-Founder Midwinter Entertainment
• Hayden Duvall, Founder & Creative Director of Bad Blood Studios
• Terrence Masson, MFA Computer Arts Chair, School of Visual Arts, NYC
• Angie Wojak, Director of Career Development, School of Visual Arts NYC
• India Barnardo, Director, Cat and Moth
• Adrien Merigeau, Director, Genius Loci
• Frank Gladstone, Executive Director, ASIFA Hollywood
• Paolo Emilio Selva, Principal Engineer, Rendering, WETA Digital
• Guido Quaroni, Senior Director 3D & Immersive, Adobe
• Henry LaBounta, Senior Art Director / VFX Supervisor, EA
• Maureen Fan, CEO & Co-Founder, Baobab Studios
• Eric Darnell, Chief Creative Director, Baobab Studios
• Erick Oh, Director, Baobab Studios
• Larry Cutler, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Baobab Studios
• Kane Lee, Producer and Head of Story, Baobab
• Stephanie Stine, Director, Dreamworks
• Ruth Hutton, Creative Specialist, Foundry
• Natasha Price, Producer, Wylder, Engine House Animation Studios
• Jason Bickerstaff, Character Sculptor, Kitestring Online
• Peter Aversten, Lead Texture Artist, Foundry
• Julien Héry, VFX Supervisor, WandaVision, Rodeo FX
• Mike Seymour, Co-Founder/Editor in Chief, fxguide
• Don Greenberg, Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Graphics, Cornell University
• Rob Cook, Computer Graphics Researcher & Co-Creator of RenderMan
• Turner Whitted, Computer Scientist & CG Pioneer
• Jim Blinn, Computer Scientist & CG Pioneer
• Barbara Robertson, Journalist
• Jan-Bart Van Beek, Studio Art Director - Guerrilla Games
• Wieke Schrakamp, Research Manager Health & Behavior, IJsfontein
• Jason Chen, Exec. VP of Digital, Bron Studios
• Robert Kondo, Co-Founder, Tonkohouse (This Program is Pre-Recorded)
• Daniela Strijleva, Production Designer, LUCA, Pixar
• Ian Failes, Editor, befores & afters
• Saint John Walker, Deputy Dean, Escape Studios
• Rebecca Clay, VFX Lead Artist, Untold Studios
• Elliot Grove, Founder, Raindance Film Festival
• Ben Fischler, Industry Strategy Manager, Autodesk
• Jeremiah Grant, Technical Product Manager for Animating in Engine, Epic Games
• Ray Arnett, Animator, Epic Games
• Anika Nagpal, Creative Development Supervisor at Baobab Studios
• Richard Fournier, Animation Supervisor, Skydance Animation
• Dominick Bedasse, 2D Animator & Storyteller, Titmouse NYC
• Lynn Wang, Director, Netflix Animation
• Stuart Bayley, Director, REALTIME
• Nicolas Seck, Animation Director, REALTIME
• Jordan Thistlewood, Product Management Director, Virtual Production, Epic Games
• Alex Williams, Head of Animation, Escape Studios
• Jonathan Fawkner, VFX Supervisor, The Suicide Squad, Framestore
• Marge Dean, Head of Studio, Crunchy Roll & President, Women in Animation
• Jinko Gotoh, Producer, Consultant, VP of Women in Animation
• Brooke Keesling, Head of Animation Talent Development, Bento Box Entertainment
• Lisa LaBracio, Animation Director and SVA faculty, NYC
• Lotte Kronborg, Head of Studies for BFA Animation at The Animation Workshop, VIA University College, Denmark
• Allison Frenzel, Education Programs Specialist, California Department of Education
• Arnon Manor, Co-Director, Cops and Robbers
• Steve Isaacs, Education Program Manager at Epic Games
• Alison Mann, Talent Manager and Co-President of Fourth Wall Animation
• Meredith Dean, Talent Manager and Co-President of Fourth Wall Animation
• Carl Rosendahl, Co-Founder PDI, professor Carnegie Mellon
• Mark Sylvester, Co-Founder, Wavefront Technologies
• Jeff Kleiser, CEO Synthespian Studios
• Vladimir Nikolaev, General Producer & Co-Founder, Wizart Animation
• Carlos Fernandez Puertolas, Director, 'Frank & Emmet' and Animator, Dreamworks
• Jill Ziegler, Digital Artist, LAVAlabs
• Selim Ben Salah, Architect, Film Score Composer & Unreal Engine Specialist
• Carolyn Giardina, Tech Editor, The Hollywood Reporter
• Dan Sarto, Co-Founder & Publisher, Animation World Network
• Ramin Zahed, Editor, Animation Magazine
• Alexa Meade, Artist
• Steven Gaydos, Executive VP of Content, Variety
• Dave Needham, Director, The Loud House Movie, Nickelodeon
• Peter Ettinger, Film Editor, The Loud House Movie, Nickelodeon
• Chris Viscardi, Screenwriter, The Loud House Movie, Nickelodeon
• Sue Mondt, Production Designer, The Loud House Movie, Nickelodeon
• Mike Rubiner, Executive Producer, The Loud House Movie, Nickelodeon
• Darlene Caamaño, SVP Nickelodeon Movies
• John Trabbic III, Creator, Co-Executive Producer, Middlemost Post, Nickelodeon
• Dave Johnson, Co-Executive Producer, Head of Story, Middlemost Post, Nickelodeon
• Kelley Gardner, Executive Producer, Middlemost Post, Nickelodeon
• Jony Chandra, Director, Baobab Studios
• David Davies, FX Supervisor, Weta Digital
• Mark Gee, Visual Effects Supervisor, Weta Digital
• Karl Rapely, Animation Supervisor, Weta Digital
• Frederik Overgaard Jeppesen, Concept and CG-Artist, Ghostship Games, Denmark
• Stefan Kolbe, Head of jnlab, Jangled Nerves, Germany
• Nicky Gogan, Head of Development and R&D, Piranha Bar Production, Ireland
• Sava Živković, Director, Axis Studios, Serbia
• Joe Mateo, Director, Blush, Skydance Animation
• Heather Schmidt Feng Yanu, Producer, Blush, Skydance Animation
• Joy Ngiaw, Composer, Blush, Skydance Animation
• Benjamin Price, Student & KIDS FIRST! critic
• Heather Suarez, Student
• Tiana Sheree Sirmans, Student
• Ayden Grant Payne, Student
• Eshaan Mani, Student & KIDS FIRST! reviewer
• Patrick Imbert, Writer/Director, The Summit of the Gods
• Inga Petryaevskaya, CEO & Co-Founder, Tvori
• Janelle Croshaw Ralla, VFX Supervisor, Captain Marvel
• Alan Hawkins, Head of Character Animation, The Mitchells vs The Machines
• Jenny Harder, Art Director
• Danielle Sterling, Producer, Addams Family 2
• Bill Polson, CTO for R&D, Technicolor
• Katalina Williams, Head of Software, Technicolor
• Alessio Bertotti, Co-Founder, Alps Studios
• Filippo Robino, Co-Founder, Alps Studios
• Simone Favarin, Professor, Fondazione Orafa Ghirardi & Multidisciplinary Designer
• Ryan Grobins, Head of CG, FuseFX / Director, Cyan Eyed
• Gabriele Romagnoli, Head of Community, Tvori
• Peter Debruge, Chief Film Critic, Variety
• Pete Dodd, Creator, Designer, Director
• Jason Gagnon, CG Supervisor, Bellyfant
• Jurgen Korduletsch, Producer, Director, Writer
• Shazzy Angulo, Wildbrain
• Almu Redondo, Axis Animation Studios
• Patrick Tuttofuoco, Visual Artist, Games Cluster OGR
• Rune Christiansen, Director & Founder, JaFilm
• Tomer Eshed, Director & Founder, Lumatic
• Dennis Rettkowski, Lumatic Animation
• David Prescott, SVP Creative Production, DNEG Animation
• Guillaume Meyer, Technical Artist, 3D & Immersive, Adobe
• Taylor Moll, VFX Supervisor, DNEG Animation
• Shelley Smith, Producer, DNEG Animation
• Gabriele Pellegrini, Supervising Technical Director, DNEG Animation
• Ambra DeTuglie, Talent Manager, Jellyfish Pictures
• Matteo Pessione, Chief Operating Officer, OGR Torino
• Mauro Fanelli, Founder & CEO, Mixed Bag
• Samuele Piazza, Curator, OGR Torino
• Karen Foster, Producer, Spirit Untamed, Dreamworks
• Paul Duncan, Production Designer, Spirit Untamed, Dreamworks
• Raymond Zibach, Production Designer, Boss Baby Family Business
• Michael McCullers, Writer, Boss Baby Family Business
• Theophile Bondoux, Head of Layout, Boss Baby Family Business
• Mark Spevick, Head of 3D, Escape Studios
• Walt Dohrn, Director, Trolls World Tour
• Rory Woodford, Look Development Product Manager, Foundry
• Gary Jones, Lighting Product Manager, Foundry
• Annalise Davis, Producer, DNEG
• Tom Shannon, Epic Games
• Luis Cataldi, Epic Games
• Robert Magee, Senior Product Marketing Manager at SideFX
• Andreas Weidman, Visual Effects Supervisor, Swiss International
• Yolanda Charlo, Technical Consultant, SideFX
• Chris Rydalch, SIDEFX
• Hannes Reindl, Lighting Artist & TD, Arx Anima
• Ben Lutz, Arx Anima
• Richard C. Thomas, Head of 3D (VFX), Jellyfish Pictures
• Mihnea Stoica, SideFX, KineFX team
• Mikael Pettersen, Head of Simulation, MPC Episodic
• Attila Torok, FX Technical Director, SideFX
• Joshua Rizzo, Junior FX Artist, Breda University
• Miguel Perez Senent, CG Supervisor at Megalis VFX
• Adam Swaab, CG Artist and Designer
• Bishoy Khalifa, Lead FX TD, Trend VFX
• Tim Van Helsdingen, Freelance CG Generalist
• Lorelay Bové, Associate Production Designer
• Ian Gooding, Production Designer
• Kristof Serrand, Veteran Character Designer
• Scott Fisher, Special Effects Supervisor
• Shawn Krause, Creative Director, Animation and Story, Spire Studios
• Michael Surrey, Creative Director, Story and Animation, Spire Studios
• Karen Disher, Creative Director, Development, Spire Studios
• Ted Mathot, Creative Director, Development, Spire Studios
• Arslan Elver, Framestore
• Kayn Garcia, Framestore
• Aulo Licinio, Framestore
• Amy Smith, Global Head of Talent, Framestore
• Roberto Bisi, Creative Director, Buck
• Alessandro Ceglia, Head of 3D Animation, Buck
• Ra Vincent, Production Designer
• Camille Eden, Nickelodeon
• Jana Day, Nickelodeon
• Christine Luu, Nickelodeon
• Chris Hebert, Moderator
• Mike Richer, Engine House Animation Studio
• Alexander Kalyuzhnyy, R & D Supervisor, Wizart Animation
• Robbie Siron, Outreach Events Manager, Nickelodeon
• Hao Li, CEO & Co-Founder, Pinscreen
• Dr. Maria Elena Gutierrez, Director, VIEW Conference & VIEWFEST
• Paola Catano, Marketing Event Coordinator, SideFX
• Jeff Wagner, SideFX
• Alec Baldwin, Actor & Voice Actor, Boss Baby Family Business
• Victor Perez, Judge
• Caroline Pires, Judge
• Anita Gribble, Competition Host
• Amy Smeed, Head of Animation
• Kelsey Hurley, Technical Supervisor