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Ramin Zahed (He/Him)

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Ramin Zahed is a Los Angeles-based journalist, author and the Editor-in-Chief of Animation Magazine. He has covered the animation, visual effects, and film industries for over two decades, writing for major publications like Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and the Los Angeles Times. He has written more than 20 animation books including upcoming "Art of Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender," "The Art of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse," "The Art of Iron Giant," "The Art of Klaus" and "The Art of The Little Prince."

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The Human Hand: Why Stop Motion Animation Endures

Ian Mackinnon | Bix Pix Entertainment-TUMBLE LEAF | Kirsten Lepore | David Braun | Ramin Zahed

Known for their work on Smiling Friends (David Braun), Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio and Corpse Bride (Ian Mackinnon), Tumble Leaf (Kelli Bixler) and Marcel the Shell with Shoes on (Kirsten Lepore), the panelists will have a candid discussion on all things stop motion animation, moderated by Ramin Zahed, author and editor-in-chief of Animation Magazine. For more than a century, stop motion has endured not because it resisted technology, but because it used technology in service of something timeless: the human hand. As AI and digital tools redefine animation, is there still a place for an art form created one frame at a time? Hear what our independent animators, who blend hand-crafted, stop-motion aesthetics with elevated storytelling, have to say and be part of the conversation.

Skill Level: General Audience

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