Nancy Beiman
Biography:
Nancy Beiman is an internationally known animator, author, and educator. She was in the inaugural class of the California Institute of the Arts’ Character Animation Program in 1975 and worked as an animator, director, storyboard artist, and character designer at Walt Disney Features and Television, Warner Brothers, , and many other companies. She is the author of two textbooks: PREPARE TO BOARD: Creating Story and Characters for Animated Features and Shorts (2007, third edition CRC Press 2017) and ANIMATED PERFORMANCE: Bringing Imaginary Animal, Human and Fantasy Characters to Life (second edition/second printing Fairchild Books, 2021).
How many years have you worked in the film and creative entertainment industries?: 6-10 years
Preferred research topics: Focus groups and roundtables
