

Brainstorm Productions presents compensated job opportunities for those with CLU animation diplomas. CLU and Brainstorm founder/executive director Ginny Erxleben and animation program coordinator Sylvia Owens complete the cabinet.īrainstorm Productions has a distinct mission: To be that bridge between school enrollment and paid roles within third party players, such as Disney, Netflix, Electronic Arts and other entities large and small. United in enthusiasm on the pro-bono advisory board are accomplished veteran producers/directors/writers Kathleen Davison, Matty Rich and Marlene Sharp. “I am proud to have served as consultant on The Cursed Sketchbook. “CLU and Brainstorm Productions are comprised of the most devoted, original, imaginative, and inventive artists in show business!” says advisory committee member and animation multi-hyphenate Walter Santucci.

News - an official selection of the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge (in association with the Bentonville Film Festival) - won Best SUPER Short Film at the 2021 LOGIHQ International HAPPINESS Film Fest and was a finalist in the 2021 Los Angeles Animation Film Festival (LAAF). Graduates also have credits on the 2021 CLU short film What to Do with Your Tabloid News, a lighthearted explainer video that employs origami, stop motion animation, and CGI to educate and entertain. All are recently certified Autodesk Maya CGI software artists.Įach aforementioned apprentice auteur has a CV with crew positions on the short film The Cursed Sketchbook, a five-minute horror-comedy which enjoyed a March 2022 premiere at an invitation-only, big screen event in Rancho Palos Verdes. The CLU class of 2022 includes Kobe Aceves, Noemi Hernandez, Ramon Gonzalez, Brian Menjivar, Eric Thompson and Joshua Jo.

Summer 2022 marks the completion of intensive 2D and 3D studies for six neurodiverse CLU students. In addition to kindergarten – 12th grade special education, CLU maintains a highly regarded, three-year animation curriculum for adults (ages 18+) on the autism spectrum. Alongside commencement, CLU announces the appointment of an entertainment industry advisory board, plus film festival honors and a robust project slate for sister animation studio Brainstorm Productions, which commemorates one year in full-time operation. The Center for Learning Unlimited, a non-public, WASC- accredited day school in Torrance, California, proudly celebrates the second graduating class of its animation career training program for neurodiverse adults.
