Tad Leckman
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- Blizzard Entertainment, University of California Santa Cruz
Other / Past Affiliation(s):
- Savannah College of Art and Design
Location:
- Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 2014
TAD LECKMAN joined ILM’s Computer Systems Engineering department in 1995. He founded ILM’s “Rebel Mac” Unit, an alternative pipeline team responsible for films like “Star Trek: First Contact.” He moved into Previsualization on “Space Cowboys” and “Planet of the Apes.” From 2002-2006, Tad was a lead faculty at Academy of Art University, and became Chair of Visual Effects at Savannah College of Art and Design where he developed the overall program and curriculum for individual classes. Recently he headed training for Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, and is currently Senior Training Manager for the cinematics team at Blizzard Entertainment.
Experience Category: Organizing Committee Member:
Experience Category: Jury Member:
Experience(s):
Learning Category: Presentation(s):
Type: [Educator’s Forum]
Best Practices in Computer Classroom Layout Presenter(s): [Biggs] [Leckman] [Raymond]
[SIGGRAPH 2020]
Learning Category: Moderator:
Role(s):
- Birds of Feather Presenter
- Computer Animation Organizing Committee Member
- Educator's Forum Presenter
- Panel Presenter