Animation Career Webinar with Max Howard

Max Howard

Veteran animation producer and Hollywood studio executive Max Howard, will be appearing in a webinar on Tuesday 19th May from 11am -1pm.

In this free event Max Howard, who last visited our animation students at Bucks back in 2014, will talk about some of the most important ingredients for a successful career in animation, such as the importance of understanding story, and the art of the pitch.

To enroll in this free event, which is highly recommended,  you can sign up here.

Free Webinar
Max will also discuss the state of the animation industry post-Covid 19. The virus is bad news for us all, but while live action shoots remain shut down, animation continues to flourish.

About Max Howard

Max Howard

Max Howard is a film producer and studio executive who has set up and run animation studios for Walt Disney Feature Animation in London, Paris, Orlando and Los Angeles.  In the late 1990s he was president of Warner Bros. Feature Animation; his studio producing credits include Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, and Igor.

Max also runs two independent film companies, Melwood Pictures, and the Max Howard Consulting Group. He has an honourary Doctorate of Arts from Teesside University, and is the Chancellor of Middlesbrough Children's University.  In 2015 Max started working In China on a regular basis for the DeTao Group, where he runs Melwood Pictures at DeTao, and is developing animated feature films based on Chinese content.

Webinar on Tuesday 19th May
Max will discuss what is needed for a successful career in animation, including the importance of understanding story, and the art of the pitch.  He will also talk about the state of the industry post-Covid 19. The Corona virus is bad news for us all, but while live action shoots remain shut down, animation continues to flourish.

The Art of the Pitch

Key Topics include:

• Story – the fundamentals – breakdown of Finding Nemo – the 8 essential ingredients
• Pitching – Pitching your group projects/ideas/yourself for an interview and your ideas in the workplace
• State of the industry – industry overview – what’s happening at the moment in Animation (and VFX if possible)
• Working with the Producers and the Production team – how to be effective in your team
• Managing your mates – how do you manage your friends and colleagues?!

Where and when
Free Zoom webinar – 19th May – 11am -1pm

Zoom link

To sign up, follow the Zoom link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LS5YIsEPRwqy6_BxAMRVLA

For more on the experience of studying at Bucks New University, come and visit us at one of our Open Days,  take a virtual tour of one of our animation studios, check out what our students think of our course, and see why we're ranked in the top 12 creative universities in the UK.