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- Build a portfolio, reel, and resume
- Keep your skills marketable for years to come
- Network effectively
- Learn from on-the-job criticism
- Cope with unemployment
- Start your own studio or build an indie brand online
- Pitch and sell a show of your own
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Author: David B. Levy
Publisher: Allworth
Published: 03/02/2021
Pages: 364
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781621537489
ISBN10: 162153748X
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Animation (see also Film | Genres | Animated)
- Performing Arts | Film | Genres | Animated
- Performing Arts | Business Aspects
About the Author
David B. Levy is the author of Your Career in Animation: How to Survive and Thrive, the essential career guide for animation artists working in North America. Levy is the director of animation at Disney+, where he leads a team producing and developing original short-form content for social media, including several series for Lucasfilm. Levy has directed and supervised series and pilots for Nickelodeon (Blue's Clues), Cartoon Network (Assy McGee), Sesame Workshop (Word on the Street), Fox Broadcasting Company (Bob's Burgers). Levy has also been engaged as a writer/creator on development projects for Disney Jr, DreamWorks, Warner Bros. Animation, and Silvergate Media/Sony Pictures Television. As an independent filmmaker, Levy is the director of the popular children's film Good Morning, and a pair of short animated documentaries Grandpa Looked Like William Powell and Turning a Corner which premiered at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival. Levy has lectured and taught at Parsons, SVA, NYU, RISD, and Pratt, and was president of the New York chapter of ASIFA (Association International du Film d' Animation). He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.