Professional Summary
Nancy Beiman is an experienced animator who has created characters and worked on story development for every studio that's ever hired her. At this time she is an Animation Professor at RIT, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY and is working with students on projects using 2D, CGI, and stop motion.
As a world traveler, she has worked in supervisory capacities in England, Germany, France, Denmark, and the USA and has directed a television special and projects in interactive media. Her latest projects include illustrated books and a textbook on animation story and character design.
Film Credits:
SUPERVISING (Lead) ANIMATOR:
Treasure Planet
Hercules
A Goofy Movie
An American Tail II: Fievel Goes West
Werner Beinhart
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
The Blooper Bunny Personal films: Your Feet's Too
Big (cel animation, 1984)
The Other Eden (computer graphics, 2007)
TV/Video Credits:
DIRECTOR:
Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes
many commercials
Surf City
The Crayon Factory
The Berenstain Bears On Their Own
Special Achievements:
CINE Goden Eagle for personal film Your Feet's Too
Big
ANNIE award nominee for storyboards for Little
Angelita, 2000
Your Feet's Too Big screened at Lincoln Center, 2006
Student film screened at Museum of Modern Art and Georges Pompidou Centre as part of Cal Arts tribute
Short film The Other Eden completed entirely on computer, 2007
Animation Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology
Affiliations:
Member of the Animation Guild (TAG)
Member of the Creative Talent Network (CTN)
Member of the National Cartoonists Society (NCS)
Member of the Australian Cartoonists Association (ACA)
Productions Skills:
Producer of short films and animated commercials: organized teams of animators in several countries and produced films on time and on budget.
Positions Held:
Supervising Animator
Character Designer
Director
Development Artist
Producer
Storyboard Artist
Clients:
Walt Disney Feature Animation
Walt Disney Television Animation
Warner Brothers Animation
Philips Sidewalk Studio
TFC Trickompany
Gerhard Hahn Filmproduktion GmbH
Caged Beagle Productions
many commercial studios
Additional Skills:
ILLUSTRATOR:
Duffy and the Invisible Crocodile
Basil Bigboots the Pirate
Dewey's Helping Heart
WRITER/ILLUSTRATOR of bestselling storyboard and character design book PREPARE TO BOARD! STORYBOARD AND CHARACTER DESIGN FOR ANIMATED FEATURES from Focal Press (2007)
Hobbies:
Original Cartoon Art
Travel
Antiques
Cooking
and my cat Gizmo.