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