Meet our mentors

When we select our mentors we’re looking for 3 key attributes. High level industry experience, strong visual art skills and silky smooth animation skills. It also helps that they are kind, generous and supportive human beings who are dedicated to the development of our student body.

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2d Animation

Henrique Barone

3d Animator & Designer

Handel Eugene

Character Anim & Design

Robert Huth

2d Designer & Animator

Bee Grandinetti

3d Art Direction & Anim

Nidia Dias

Creative Director

Ryan Summers

3d Animation & Design

Sekani Solomon

3d Animation & Design

Tony Zagoraios

Art Director & Animator

Lucas Brooking

2d & 3d Motion Designer

Steve Savalle

2d Design & Animation

Mathijs Luitjen

2d Design & Animation

Joash Berkely

Animator & Motion Designer

Pablo Lozano

2d & 3d Motion Designer

Jesus Suarez

Motion Design & Animator

David Conklin

Animation Director

Carlo Vega

"Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach."

-- Aristote

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Testimonials

Feedback on our mentors

We’ve worked with thousands of students across 70 different countries. Over the years we’ve learned how to best shape our program to serve the needs of all students. The best part is, we’re just getting started.

I love the access we have to such great designers; the interaction I have with them has inspired me so much and I feel like I'm becoming part of their community. The cherry on the pie for me was the attention I had from my mentor and my admissions counselor, Christal.

The community is a huge part of the program. There is a lot of interaction, and its a great resource for technical questions or just sharing inspiration.

The mentors helped so much with great creative feedback, that would force you to think critically instead of giving you the answer to a design or animation problem.

I think the strongest point in the programme is really the learn by doing, plus having an industry professional giving you feedback step by step to make your project even better is just incredible. I can't think of a better way of teaching this area to people.

I think everyone needs a mentor, no matter how much or how little experience you have. Someone to push you & someone to encourage you. Someone to make you think. And someone that truly cares about making you better. I know I got that and more through Mograph Mentor, and I highly recommend it. I could not be more pleased.

Busting my ass in the course and you guys sharing my work has been phenomenal. I can't tell you how much it means to me to have been put in touch with Lucas via Mograph Mentor. I had always admired his work, but I got to know him as a person and talk about what he was up to and establish a real relationship.

Staff

Meet the crew behind MoGraph Mentor

We are a passionate and distributed team of artists, engineers and administrators. We are dedicated to the development of our students and will work hard to help each person break into the indsutry.

Founder - CEO

Michael Jones

Michael has served as a professional motion designer for the last decade. He’s worked for brands such as Nike, Microsoft & Adidas. Now a full time entrepreneur serving the MoGraph Mentor team and student body.

Founder - CTO

Mathieu Fortune

Mathieu is a web UX engineer; from research phase to code implementation through design ideation, he’s helping his clients better communicate the value of what they’re doing. With 7 years of experience he now shares what he has learned during his journey.

admissions

Christal Huth

Christal guides students through the admission process and being available as a resource throughout their experience with MoGraph Mentor. Christal lives in Los Angeles with her husband Bobby, their son Caleb and daughter Eliza.

Customer service

Allison Song

Allison is located in Ft Collins, CO. She makes sure that our students and workshop participants are supported and taken care of. She is an artist herself and understands taking care of customers from her own entrepreneurial ventures.

content editing

Daniel Roof

Daniel is a graduate of Ringling College of Art & Design. He studied in their film program and has a passion for both live action and animated production. He is currently developing projects he hopes to get into production.

Operations Assistant

Lesa Silvermore

Lesa is a photographer and musician, who came on board to help with operations at MoGraph Mentor. She helps us plan new curriculums for workshops, reaches out to new partners and manages back-end quality.

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