Instructors & Mentors

Instructors & Mentors

Edd Dawson-Taylor


  • CG Supervisor, Film, TV, Interactive
  • DD, MPC, ILM
  • Unreal Authorized Instructor
  • Co-Founder CG Pro
  • LinkedIn

Jacqueline Cooper


  • Compositing Veteran / Lead, Film, TV
  • DD, ILM, MPC
  • Co-Founder CG Pro
  • Epic Fellow
  • LinkedIn

Scott Rosekrans


  • CG Supervisor, Film, TV, Interactive
  • Head of Realtime - Zoic Studios
  • Unreal Authorized Instructor
  • Epic Fellow
  • LinkedIn

John Waynick


Rob Au


  • VFX CG Supervisor
  • Houdini Specialist and Educator
  • The Mandalorian, Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi
  • 15 years of experience
  • Method Studios, Pixomondo, Electronic Arts, Rhythm & Hues
  • LinkedIn

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Franco Vilanova


  • Senior CG Artist
  • Film, TV
  • Epic Fellowship Instructor / Mentor
  • LinkedIn

Daniel Langhjelm


  • Senior Lighter Bron Digital
  • Epic Fellowship Mentor
  • Instructor at VFS and Emily Carr
  • LinkedIn

Eric "Wolfie" Wolford


  • Director of Photography
  • Senior Instructor
  • Epic Fellow
  • LinkedIn

Dallas Drapeau


  • Senior CG Artist, Film, TV
  • Narwhal Studios(Formerly Happy Mushroom)
  • The Mandalorian, Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi
  • LinkedIn

Mike Hodgetts


  • Lead 3d artist at Light Sail VR
  • Senior Blender and Unreal Engine Artist
  • LinkedIn

Alex Pearce


  • Partner at Light Sail VR
  • Senior Creative Technologist
  • LinkedIn

Matthew Greene


  • Senior 3D Artist at Theory Studios
  • LinkedIn

Cami Smith


  • Senior ExecutiveĀ Recruiter - Games
  • Games Career Advisor
  • LinkedIn
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James Blevins


  • Senior VP Producer
  • Co-Founder of Mesh
  • Post Prod Supervisor on The Mandalorian
  • LinkedIn

Josh Hayes


  • Story Industry Veteran
  • Rango, Lone Ranger
  • 5000 Commercials
  • 50 Features
  • Flamingo Enthusiast
  • LinkedIn

John Brennan


  •  VES award winner for The Jungle Book
  • Virtual Production and VR pioneer
  • Instructor at USC
  • Lion King, Jungle Book, Ready Player One
  • DD, Magnopus

Nick Jushchyshyn


  • Digital Domain
  • Professor @ Drexel University
  • LinkedIn

Arvin Villapando


  • Principal Technical Artist (Performance, Shading, Procedural Content, Lighting) at Arena Net
  • 10+ years in video games industry
  • Demon's Souls Remake, God of War Ragnarok, the KOTOR Remake
  • LinkedIn

Tamara Abas


  • Unreal Generalist/Technical Artist
  • Canadaā€™s first female Unreal Authorized Instructor
  • Former VAD Unreal Engine Generalist at USC.
  • Featured on Epic Games' 'Meet Someone Unreal' series.
  • LinkedIn