Program Coordinator

Philip brings over a decade of experience in creating assets for the digital media content industry from his Toronto-based studio. Philip is the program coordinator, and currently teaches in both the Digital Animation and Game Design & Development programs at Centennial College's Centre for Creative Communications. His passion for excellence and his professional experience led to teaching a wide variety of subjects at Centennial College, Fanshawe College, York University and IADT. He received his Bachelor of Fine Art (Hon.) from NSCAD University and a Master of Design from York University. He is inspired by working in a creative industry that continues to push the boundaries of animation, game, film and electronic media.

• You can reach him at pkrueger@centennialcollege.ca
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Tony Cleave, Creative Director, 4Stroke, Soho, Soho VFx Broadcast Design Project: Design Concepts

Dalibor Dejanovic, Senior Character Animator and Digital Artist at C.O.R.E. Digital, Red Rover, Nelvana and Elliott Animation. Teaches: Intro to Animation, Character Animation, Character Design and Final Project.

Anthony DeChellis, Commercial 3D Lead-Technicolor Creative Services, Toronto, Intro Exercises, Modeling, Character Animation.

Derek Gebhart, Technical Director, Senior Animator, 4Stroke, Soho, Soho VFx, Broadcast Design Project: Lighting, Rendering, Texturing, Smedge

Brent George, Animation Director - Pseudo Interactive, Technicolor Creative Services, Elliott Animation, Intro Exercises, Animation Principles, Character Modeling and Rigging, Character Animation.

Bev Ransom, Medical Illustrator, painter Life Drawing for Animation, Character Design.

Bohdan Ruzycky is an award winning 3D artist and Graphic Designer teaching character modeling, rigging, animation, and environment design in the Digital Animation and Game Design courses at Centennial College. He graduated from York University/Sheridan College in 2003, with honours in Graphic Design. A graduate certificate from Sheridan College in Computer Animation followed soon after.

The past decade has seen Bohdan work as a freelance graphic designer and 3D artist for various local and international studios and clients. In recent years he has worked as a 3D artist for Toronto based biomedical animation studios DHC Marketing and Invivo Communications. His successes as a 3D artist have brought him multiple awards and the opportunity to travel and meet with clients in Japan as well as live and work in Singapore.

Jacques brings over 12 years of industry to teaching. He has an extensive education in Classical animation and Computer animation. Jacques started his career in the early 90s when many 3D techniques where being developed and integrated into production. He has worked in the Game, Television and Feature Film industries based in the Toronto Film District.

In the field Jacques is considered a Character Generalist, with working experience as Character Designer, Character Modeler, Character Animator and Character Rigger. Most recently he has been working extensively rigging, setting up over 3 dozen creatures for two Television productions over the last several years.

John Lee has been working as a 3d animator and motion graphic designer at TELETOON STUDIO for almost two years, and involved in all aspects of producing the computer generated animations from early concept designs to the final outputs. His experiences ranges from creating medical animations for the patient-educational software to supervising the whole production process for the animation shorts and the visual effects shots for a number of independent short films. He holds BAH at Queen's University and received the Top Honour at International Academy of Design and Technology for 3D Computer Animation and Post Production program.

John loves every aspects of 3D animation and digital painting, making him an avid follower of MAYA and Painter. He can't get enough of this wonderful world of animation.

Laurence has over eight years experience creating visual effects for film and television. He is currently the Visual FX Supervisor at Optix Digital Pictures. He joined Optix in 2005 after working in the film industry - including the Fantastic Four movie as sequence supervisor.

Previous to working in film, he worked in children's television in compositing, lighting and pipe-line design for several studios in Toronto. Currently Laurence spends his time supervising on-set shoots and managing the various commercials, music video and film projects that run through Optix's 3D department. Laurence has a degree in Art History from University of Toronto and diplomas from Sheridan College in Fine Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects.

Amy Tepperman has been teaching in the digital animation program since 2007 and is currently a working animator in Toronto. Since graduating from The International Academy of Design in 2003 she has worked at various animation studios on a number of film and television projects. Recent credits include Nickelodeon Jr.'s "The Backyardigans" Jetex Disney's "Get Ed", Aardman Anamtion's "Planet Sketch" and "The Chop Sockey Chooks", and Amberwood Productions "Rollbots", set to air on YTV Feb 2009. Currently she is working on "Total Drama Action" the sequel to the hit tween series "Total Drama Island".

Recently, Amy has been appointed to sit on the advisory board for the "Training Completion Assurance Fund" in the Private Career College Sector of the Ontario Government. Amy much enjoys her time at Centennial College and hopes she is an asset to the students and future animators to come.

Leonardo Silva graduated from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale with a Bachelors degree in Media Arts and Animation. He started out modeling and texturing for PS2 games while attending college. Since then he has gone on to work in feature films and commercials and he was nominated for a Gemini award.

Leonardo has credits on movies such as Max Payne, Dragonball Evolution, Outlander, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Silent Hill, Stranger than Fiction and Stay. He is currently working at Spin VFX as a Lighting, Modeling and FX artist.

Rob teaches acting in the animation departments of Centennial, Sheridan and Seneca Colleges. He has worked as an acting coach for Walt Disney Animation Canada and as an apprentice director at The Stratford Shakespeare Festival - as well as numerous other theatres. He is an award winning script writer, and holds a diploma in Music Theatre Performance from Sheridan College, an Honors Degree in Liberal Studies at the University of Waterloo and is currently enrolled in a Master's program at the University of British Columbia.

Jim has extensive experience as a Character Designer, animator and Illustrator. He brings to Digital Animation program his experience as an animator at C.O.R.E and Red Rover; 2D Posing and Character design at Nelvana and George Elliot. Jim brings an international perspective having worked as a Storyboard Artist, Animation Director at Nickelodeon UK. He currently teaches Concept Design and Character Design.

Art Director, Intelligent Creatures. Bojan's background in Digital Matte Painting includes work for feature films and television broadcast. His work can be seen in features such as the Watchmen, Chicago and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.