Our Tutors

Jude Brownbill

Jude is currently Supervising Animator on Elio, and served as Supervising Animator on Disney Pixar’s ‘Soul’. She was a Directing Animator on Cars 3 and has animated on Turning Red, Incredibles 2, The Good Dinosaur, Inside Out, Brave and Cars 2.

Jude studied 3D Computer Animation in England, earning both Bachelors and Masters degrees. Before moving to America, she lived and worked in London - animating, writing, directing and supervising animation for children’s television shows. Check out Jude’s work here: https://vimeo.com/judebrownbill

Becki Tower

Becki was a Directing Animator on Toy Story 4. She also previously worked as the Crowds Animation Supervisor on Cars 3 and animated on Up, Toy Story 3, Brave, Monsters University, The Good Dinosaur, Finding Dory, and Coco, as well as ‘Ratatouille The Adventure Theme Park Ride for Disneyland Paris.

She attended SCAD for both undergraduate and graduate studies, earning her BFA in Computer Art and MFA in Animation.

Carolina Lopez Dau

Carolina was the Crowds Animation Lead on Pixar's 'Coco'. She has contributed animation on Cars 2, Brave, Monsters University, Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur, Finding Dory, Luca and Auntie Edna - the Incredibles 2 DVD short film.

Carolina studied Traditional and CG Animation at Ars Animation School and Fine Arts at the University Complutense in Madrid, Spain. Her interest in character development led her to take Acting courses at the Berkeley Repertory School of Theater in California. Watch Carolina’s work here: https://vimeo.com/403113539

Jaime Roe

Jaime earned her MFA in Computer Animation at Ringling College of Art and Design in 2004 and joined Pixar Animation Studios as an animator shortly after. She has contributed to several Pixar films including Ratatouille, Wall-e, Brave, Toy Story 3, and Incredibles 2 to name a few and was a Directing Animator on Inside Out and Soul. Jaime received a Visual Effects Society Award for her animation on Colette in Ratatouille and was nominated for an Annie Award for her work on Brave.

PLEASE NOTE: Jaime is currently unavailable for tutoring.

Jane Cassidy

Jane is the Crowds Animation Supervisor on Disney Pixar’s ‘Elio’ and was Crowds Animation Supervisor on ‘Turning Red’. She has animated on Onward, Coco, Bao, Cars 3, Finding Dory and Monsters University as well as other theme park projects which include The Incredicoaster in Pixar Pier at Disneyland.
She graduated from Indiana University with a BA in Studio Art and Art History, then completed Animation Mentor and joined Pixar shortly after. She has been mentoring for many years, she is inspired by the passion and dedication of the next generation of animators, and is invested in guiding them towards pursuing their dreams.

Catherine Hicks

Catherine earned her BFA in Computer Animation from Ringling School of Art and Design in 2009. She has since animated on 13 films at Pixar Animation Studios, including ‘Turning Red’ directed by Domee Shi and ‘Onward’ directed by Dan Scanlon. Cat is currently working as a Directing Animator on ‘Elio’ set to be released in 2024.

She lives in Oakland, CA with her husband and pet betta fish, Dragon Roll. Watch Cat’s reel here: https://vimeo.com/313686414