Our team is comprised of talented animators with experience at Disney, Dreamworks, Pixar, Paramount, and beyond, excited to be able to step outside the box and create an all new story!
OLLIE YAO: CO-DIRECTOR, PRODUCER
Ollie Yao (he/him) is a professional 3D animator and director with experience at Walt Disney Animation, Paramount, and Pixar. His short film Twin Sparks became a Student Academy Award Semifinalist and screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
His long suffering experience as a small-bladdered New Yorker is what inspired this film.
OLIVIA PORRETTA: CO-DIRECTOR
Olivia Porretta (she/her) is a professional 2D character animator and teacher with experience at Nathan Love, Studio Yotta, Showtime, and Cartuna.
Her deep love of offbeat anime, early 00s Cartoon Network style, and all other things weird and wacky continually inspires her to bring this project to life. https://oliviorbb.weebly.com/
OUR ARTISTS:
KATE CORREA is a Chilean American visual development artist and illustrator located in Florida. Having recently graduated with her BFA in Animation at the School of Visual Arts, she is interested in pursuing visual development, background painting, layout, and color design in the industry. Since she was young, she always had an interest in storytelling, starting out with watercolor and other traditional methods. When she is away from her desk, her hobbies include exercising, exploring new places, fashion, and reading. https://kcorrea.myportfolio.com/work
RACHEL GONZALEZ is a Visual Development Artist from Rochester, New York now currently based in Brooklyn, New York. She's worked at DreamWorks Animation on the Bad Guys 2 as a Visual Development Intern. She's also worked with House of Cool Inc. on The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (season 2), Pixel Grove, and StretchFilms. She loves cats, books set in dark academia, world building and painting environments while out at cafes and cozy book shops! https://rachelgonzalezart.com/
ROSHEL AMURUZ is an award nominated Senior 3D Environment Modeler, educator at the School of Visual Arts, and Award Winning Director for her short film Cariño. She has worked with multiple studios to create both photorealistic and stylized CG environments and assets for animated features, series, and commercial projects with clients including DisneyJr., Netflix, Royal Match Games, and multiple indie short film artists. Alongside her work in the industry, Roshel is passionate about sharing her knowledge of animation and helping the next generation of artists grow. She regularly participates in university panels and currently teaches Environment Modeling at her alma mater, the School of Visual Arts. https://www.roshelamuruz.art/
OUR WORK:
Below is a selection of our work Ollie and Olivia have created as a directorial duo.
BUMPER FOR THE UNDIES (2020) CREATED BY OLIVIA PORRETTA & OLLIE YAO
TWIN SPARKS (2023) DIR. OLLIE YAO & HEATHER YUN | STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD SEMIFINALIST
OUTGROW (2020) DIR. OLLIE YAO | TORONTO ANIMATION ARTS FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL
BOXGIRL (2019) DIR. OLIVIA PORRETTA | ASIFA EAST FILM FESTIVAL