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“FJORG! 2008”


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    FJORG! 2008

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    Sixteen three-person teams of CG animators from around the world forgo sleep and resist several staged distractions for 32 non-stop hours to produce the best character-driven animation in the universe.


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    FJORG! Winners

    First Place: Grojf

    Jacob Patrick
    Kevin Rucker
    John Nguyen

    Second Place (Tie): The Mexicutioners

    Hunter Brown
    Lindsey Olivares
    Kim Hazel

    Second Place (Tie): The Fjantastic Fjorgers

    Valerie Morrison
    Brad Bradbury
    Sean Coleman

    FJORG! Participants

    Monsieur Goldswarthy

    Alessandro Ceglia
    Jon Gutman
    Andy Lyon

    Ragnarok

    Ken Robkin
    Bill Buckley
    Jay Grenier

    DeMenteed

    Jonathan Wondrusch
    Ian Weyna
    Danny Southard

    Studio teAM

    JJ Pastore
    Chris Schloemp
    Mark DeRidder

    Team Rocketpants

    Neil Bonsteel
    Brianne Francisco
    Riannon Delanoy

    The Re-Animators

    Wes Storhoff
    Ignacio Barrios
    Brian Monroe

    Mouthful of Cookies

    Clayton Miller
    Troy McCormick
    Bryan Larson

    CBK

    Benjamin Rosales
    Christopher Ryan Torres
    Krys Wada

    Super Special Awesome

    Daniel Lane
    Jae Park
    Kelly Kim

    Trikings

    Jeff Gill
    Will Patrick
    Will White

    Digital Shamans

    Natascha Evans
    Kevin Scott
    Francine Mangin

    Crappy and Happy

    Remi Tjon Ajong
    John Coomey
    Philip Rudolph

    DarkNauts

    Francisco Martinez
    Mihai Cernusca
    Erik Eidukas

    FJORG! Judges

    FJORG! judges included Team MoCap, winners of FJORG! 2007, as well as several industry experts including:

    Julien Bocabeille, Co-Director of “Oktapodi,” Best of Show Award Nominee, SIGGRAPH 2008 Computer Animation Festival

    Bill Kroyer, Senior Animation Director, Rhythm & Hues

    Maggie Malone, Director of Creative Development for Walt Disney Animation Studios

    Dan Sarto, Co-Founder and Publisher, Animation World Network

    Simon J. Smith, Director of “Bee Movie” for DreamWorks Animation Studios


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