by Nick Butler | Feb 14, 2022 | Talk
Black Women Animate founded by Taylor Shaw in collaboration with JLove Calderon is harnessing the creative voice of black women animators to produce original content and drive productions for top animation studios. Since 2018 BWA has hosted the Black Women Animate...
by Nick Butler | Feb 8, 2022 | Talk
Lionforge is the animation company behind the Oscar winning film Hair Love directed by Matthew Cherry, and produced in partnership with Sony pictures animation. The short about a father trying to do his daughters hair for the first time featured the voice of Insecure...
by Nick Butler | Feb 1, 2022 | Talk
Founded by brothers Arthell and Darnell Isom along with Henry Thurlow, D’ART Shtajio is the first black owned animation studio in Japan. They sought to bring Westernized elements of art and storytelling to the Japanese animation industry. In 2020 with the world shut...
by Nick Butler | Dec 9, 2021 | Talk
Episode 5 Lynnell Jones Jr., known as Felleanimated on tiktok is a black animator with over 1.5 million followers. In November Jones received a $50,000 dollar grant to develop a project under the guidance of Macro, a multiplatform media company that represents the...
by Nick Butler | Dec 7, 2021 | Talk
Episode 4 This week we are talking about Tiktok. King Science – is the largest black animation creator on tiktok with over 12 million followers. He creates abstract comedic skits, vlogs, and narrative shorts. In an influencer fashion his animations center around...
by Nick Butler | Dec 2, 2021 | Talk
Episode 3 Creator – Director Chaz Bottoms has teamed up with Academy award winning director Matthew Cherry of Hair Love to produce Battu. “Battu” will follow Chicago teens Otis and Jada who are gifted dancers but free spirits who find themselves outcasts in the...
