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SJSU Animation/Illustration Students are National Finalists for the 40th Annual Student Academy Awards

Couch and Potatoes, a stop-motion, animated short film directed by SJSU Animation/Illustration students Eunsoo Jeong and Christopher Lam, has been selected to be a National Finalists for the 40th Annual Student Academy Awards. The Student Academy Awards is a national student film competition conducted by the Academy and the Academy Foundation. Each year over 500…Read more

Intern Spotlight!

Tiffany is a CSU student and this weeks pick for Intern of the Week!  Tiffany discusses her internship at the “Jessie” show below. My name is Tiffany Nguy and I am 23 years old.  My career goal is to work in the accounting department in the entertainment industry.  I am currently interning at the “Jessie”…Read more

SJSU Animation/Illustration Students Hired at Cartoon Network

SJSU Animation/Illustration (A/I) graduating seniors Cory Fuller and Lauren Brown have been hired at Cartoon Network. Fuller will be working as a background designer on the show Uncle Grandpa and Brown will be a Production Assistant on Ben 10: Omniverse. Both attribute their studies with SJSU’s A/I program to their successes. Lauren Brown writes, “The…Read more

Reality TV Producer Matt Chan visits SFSU!

Matt Chan, President of Screaming Flea Productions based in Seattle spoke to students in the Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts (BECA) department at San Francisco State this week.  Chan has been named one of the “Top 50″ people in Reality Television. His current top-rated show “Hoarders” was nominated for an Emmy Award last year. Chan…Read more

San Jose State Animation/Illustration Student Making Legends

SJSU Animation/Illustration senior, Lauren Zurcher, is helping to make animation legends! Lauren spent the summer of 2012 interning at Nickelodeon animation in Burbank, CA, working on The Legend of Korra, and has just accepted a full time offer to work on the show after graduation! Lauren says, “My education at SJSU prepared me for a…Read more