Confirmed Speakers VIEW 2025

Dean DeBlois

Writer/Director, How to Train Your Dragon

Christian Manz

VFX Supervisor & Creative Director, How to Train Your Dragon, Framestore

Domee Shi

Director & VP of Creative, Elio, Pixar Animation Studios

Madeline Sharafian

Director, Elio, Pixar Animation Studios

Doug Chiang

Senior Vice President and Executive Design Director, Lucasfilm

Phil Tippett

Director/Visual Effects Supervisor

Kris Pearn

Director, Sony Pictures Animation

Janet Lewin

Senior Vice President, Lucasfilm VFX & General Manager, ILM

Jamie Umpherson

Head of Creative, Runway

Alexis Wanneroy

Animation Supervisor, Fortiche Production

Jake Maymudes

Founder & CEO, Wylie Co. VFX

Maciej Kuciara

Artist & Director

Sandro Blattner

Overall Visual Effects Supervisor, The Studio

Ted Ty

Global Head of Character Animation, DNEG Animation

Martin Nebelong

Freelance Artist and VR Pioneer

Michael Ralla

Overall VFX Supervisor, Sinners

Guido Wolter

VFX Supervisor, Rising Sun Pictures

Apollonia Hartmann

VFX Producer, Accenture Song VFX

David Anastacio

CG Supervisor, Accenture Song VFX

Heiko Burkardsmaier

VFX Executive Producer, Head of Business/Legal Affairs, Accenture Song VFX

Alexandre Poncet

Director, Composer, Film Historian

Jingyi Zhang

Founder, Corbel3D

Jan-Bart van Beek

Studio Director & Studio Art & Animation Director, Guerrilla Games