A visiting professor from CalArts gave a lecture titled “From Major U.S. Animation Studios to Universidad ORT Uruguay

March 14, 2012
On March 15, 2012, the lecture “From Major U.S. Animation Studios to Universidad ORT Uruguaywas held in the Auditorium of the School of Communication and Design. The lecture was presented by Robert Lence, a professor at CalArts and storyboard artist at Blue Sky Studios.

The speaker, a visiting professor in the Bachelor's Program in Animation and Video Games, shared his extensive experience. The lecture was organized by the faculty's Academic Coordination Office for Animation and Video Games.

Mr. Lence holds a BA in English Literature from the University of Michigan and studied in programme Character Animation programme CalArts.

He worked as a storyboard artist at Walt Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, Warner Bros., and Hanna-Barbera, among others.

His credits include films such as Beauty and the Beast, Toy Story, A Bug's Life, and Shrek. He was co-director of Pixar's Toy Story (1995), the first film animated entirely by computer.