Tom Sito is a graduate of New Yorks High School of Art & Design, where he first learned animation. Then he attended the School of Visual Arts and the Art Students League. His instructors included Harvey Kurtzman, Gil Miret, Howard Beckerman and Robert Beverly Hale.

Tom's professional mentors include Shamus Culhane (he was his last assistant) Richard Williams, Art Babbitt and Ben Washam.

He began as a professional animator in 1975 and was an assistant on the Richard Williams film Raggedy ANN & ANDY 1977. Tom Sito's screen credits include the Disney classics THE LITTLE MERMAID 1989, BEAUTY & THE BEAST 1991, ALADDIN 1992, THE LION KING 1994, WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBITT 1988, POCAHONTAS 1995, DINOSAURS 2000 and FANTASIA 2000. Animation World Network called Tom "one of the key players in the Disney Animation Revival" ( January 2001 ) In 1995 he left a Disney directorship post to help set up the Dreamworks Animation unit. He worked on THE PRINCE OF EGYPT 2001, ANTZ 1999, PAULIE 1998, SPIRIT, STALLION OF THE CIMMARON 2002, storyboard supervisor on SHREK 2001. Tom also helped animate the title sequence of CITY SLICKERS, the 1982 Emmy award winning ABC special ZIGGY'S GIFT 1982, His TV work includes FAT ALBERT, HE MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, SHE-RA,GO-BOTS, LEGEND OF THE DRAGON, and BIKER MICE FROM MARS and numerous commercials. Tom co-directed the animation for Warner Bros. OSMOSIS JONES 2001 and did storyboards for Warners Bros THE LOONEY TUNES MOVIE 2003, Fox's GARFIELD 2004 and THE SON OF THE MASK 2005. For filmmaker Randy Olsen he created animation for the documentary FLOCK OF DODOS: THE EVOLUTION-INTELLIGENT DESIGN CIRCUS (2006).He directed ADVENTURES IN THE NPM(2007) for the National Palace Museum of Taiwan.(Winner Grand Prix: Tokyo International Anime Festival 2008).

Tom Sito is currently a Professor of Cinematic Practice at USC's George Lucas School of Cinematic Arts. He has also taught at Woodbury College, Cal Arts,UCLA and Santa Monica College and has written numerous articles for Animation Magazine and Animation World Network. He has lectured on animation at NYU, SVA, AFI, SCAD, BYU, Univ.of Washington, Microsoft,SIGGRAPH, Capilano College, VFS and Sheridan College in Canada, EURO-CARTOON, the Ecole Du Grand Gobelin in Paris and Cartoon Masters in Erfurt Germany and Anghouleme France, ICA Channel 4/MESH in London, The Animation Academy of Viborg Denmark, The Filmakademie Stuttgart, The Animar Festival in Palma Majorca, The Beijing Film Academy and the Yomiuri New Media Forum in Tokyo and The Japan Digital Animation Festival in Nagoya.

Tom Sito served three terms as President of the Hollywood Animation Guild Local 839 IATSE, the largest professional tradeunion for animation cartoonists in the world. He now holds the title of President-Emeritus. He was vice president of the International Animator's Society (ASIFA/Hollywood) He is a member of the Motion Picture Academy, the National Cartoonists Society and Hollywood Heritage.

His books "Drawing the Line: the Untold Story of Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson",from University Press of Kentucky and the anthology Jews in American Popular Culture (Praeger Publishing) and Timing for Animation( Focal/Elsevier Press) and Moving Innovation, A History of Computer Animation(MIT Press, 2013) are available in most popular book stores.

Drawing the Line was recommended by the Firestone School of Economics of Princeton University and the London Review of Books.

In 2010 he was awarded the June Foray Award from the Hollywood Chapter of the International Animators Society for a lifetime of service to the animation community.
In 1998 he was named in Animation Magazine's list of the 100 Most Important People in Animation.

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EDUCATION
The School of Visual Arts New York, NY
B.F.A. -Undergraduate Media Arts, 1977
Studied under Harvey Kurtzman and Howard Beckerman
The Art Students League 1977-1979
Studied anatomy and drawing under Robert Beverly Hale
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EMPLOYMENT- TELEVISION
CTTV-LLC Los Angeles, CA
Series Director, “Click & Clack’s As the Wrench Turns” PBS Jan. 2007-2008
Flash animated series. Ten episodes. Oversaw all facets of production from script to delivery.
Designed models, timed shows, gave storyboard notes, made animation poses on reels.
Recorded voices, picked music, picked sound effects, ran edit and mix. Wrote production
Blog for website.

BKN Los Angeles, 2006
Writer, Zorro, Generation Z
Wrote one episode- “School Spirit.”

FREDERATOR, RANDOM CARTOONS LA, 2006
Storyboarded pilot episode of Hornswiggle.

GANG OF SEVEN ANIMATION LA, 2005
Directed 8 episodes of BIKER MICE FROM MARS.
Screenwriter of two episodes.”It’s the Pits, Stokers Gambit”
Oversaw storyboarding, approved models and timing sheets, ran recording sessions,
ordered retakes on animation, color.

Directed 8 episodes of BKN series LEGEND OF THE DRAGON LA, 2004

Directed 6 episodes bi-lingual TV series for Univision- BALDO LA, 2002
Storyboarded pilot episode.

Walt Disney TV Animation LA 1989
Storyboarded two episodes of THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH
“No Rabbits a Fortress” and the Monster Frankenpooh

Filmation Studios LA, 1983-1987
Storyboards and direction on TV series HE MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE,
SHE-RA PRINCESS OF POWER, FILMATION’S GHOSTBUSTERS, FAT ALBERT AND THE COSBY KIDS, THE LEGEND OF BRAVESTARR.

Hanna & Barbera LA, 1985-87
Storyboards on THE FLINTSTONE KIDS, CHALLENGE OF THE GOBOTS, GALTAR.

Ruby & Spears LA, 1983-85
Storyboards for RUBIK THE AMAZING CUBE, PAW-PAWS, SPACE ACE

Richard Williams Animation Studios LA 1982
Animator on ABC special ZIGGY’S GIFT , Emmy Award 1983.

Nelvana Ltd. Toronto, 1979-1982
Animator on VIACOM TV specials TAKE ME UP TO THE BALL GAME, EASTER FEVER.

The Ink Tank New York, 1978
Animation on R.O. Blechman’s Xmas Special for PBS- SIMPLE GIFTS
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Plus- Various commercials for Zanders Animation Parlour, Pizzazz, Duck Soup, Simex, Kurtz Friends, Animation House, Grand Slam. NY, Toronto, London, LA 1977-the present
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EMPLOYMENT- THEATRICAL FILM

Hearthlight Prod. Warner Bros.
Storyboards on feature film Yogi Bear
Alex Orrelle directing.

Illumination, Universal Pictures
Freelance Storyboard on film HOP 2010
Chris Bailey Animation Director

Warner Bros Animation 2009
Storyboard on Road Runner /Coyote Stereoscopic short films COYOTE FALLS, RABID RIDER, FURR OF FLYING
Matt O'Callaghan directing.

Digimax, Inc. Taipei, Taiwan
Director- 3D Features Division 2006
Director of short film Guo Bao Zong Dong Yuan- Adventures in the National Palace Museum.
Grand Prix Award Tokyo International Anime Festival- 2007.
Did Storyboard, coached design and animators, ran recordings and final mix.

Marvel Lionsgate Films. Los Angeles, Ca. Storyboard artist- Ultimate Avengers II, The Rise of Panther. 2004

Prairie Starfish, Inc. LA, 2005
Directed and animated cartoon sequences in Randy Olsen’s documentary
A FLOCK OF DODOS- Flash animation and traditional

Goldcap Films LA, 2005
Designed, created and animated opening titles for feature film NEVER SAY MACBETH.
Named Best Independent Film for 2007 .

Twentieth Century Fox Los Angeles
Organized and headed the storyboard crew for GARFIELD: THE MOVIE 2002-3

Warner Bros. LA, 2002
Storyboard supervisor and animator on film LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION
I was on-set coordinator for the live action crew for the animated scenes.

Warner Bros Feature Animation LA, 1997-2001
Co-director of animation on film OSMOSIS JONES

Dreamworks, SKG LA, 1998
Animation consultant on live action film PAULIE: A PARROT’S TALE

DreamWorks Animation LA, 1995-1997
Storyboard artist on films THE PRINCE OF EGYPT, ANTZ, SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMMARON
Storyboard supervisor on SHREK

Walt Disney Feature Animation LA, 1988-1995
Initial Director, Donald Duck seq of FANTASIA 2000,
Storyboard artist- DINOSAURS, THE LION KING, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST,
CRANIUM COMMAND -for EPCOT’s Wonders of Life Pavilion
Storyboard Supervisor- POCAHONTAS
Animator- THE LITTLE MERMAID, TUMMY TROUBLE, MICKEY’S PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, ALADDIN

Walt Disney Studios, UK London, 1987
Animator on WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?

Weststar Media LA, 1983
Animator on film STARCHASERS THE LEGEND OF ORIN

Nelvana Ltd. Toronto, 1981-82
Animator on MGM film ROCK & RULE

Lester Osterman Productions New York, 1977
Assistant animator on Richard Williams film THE ADVENTURES OF RAGGEDY ANN & ANDY
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SKILLS
-Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, Flash, Storyboard on Cintiq, PowerPoint, Final Draft, Maya. Some conversational French, Polish.
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BOOKS
-DRAWING THE LINE, THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE ANIMATION UNIONS FROM BOSKO TO BART SIMPSON- Univ Press of Kentucky, 2006
-JEWS IN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE Anthology edited by Paul Buhle
Greenwood/Praeger 2007. Chapter 7 Animation
-TIMING FOR ANIMATION by Halas & Whittaker, Focal/Esclevier 2009, I am updating the text.
- CG the History of Computer Animation (1937-2001)Univ Press of Kentucky. Due 2010.

-1975-76 PLAYBOY ENT.Ghost comedy writing several episodes of LITTLE ANNIE FANNY for Harvey Kurtzman
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TEACHING
-University of Southern California Los Angeles
Adjunct Professor of Animation, 1994-present
-University of California, Los Angeles 2003-present
Part Time Faculty, Animation Workshop
-Woodbury University 2008
Part time faculty.
-Gnomon School, Hollywood 1997-1998
Part Time Faculty
- Brandes Art Institute 1985-87
Animation Instructor

ORGANIZATIONS
-President Emeritus, The Animation Guild Local 839,IATSE Hollywood
- Vice President-ASIFA/ Hollywood
- Board Member, Shorts Films & Feature Animation – The Motion Picture Academy of Arts & Sciences.
- Member- The National Cartoonists Society.
- Member Hollywood Heritage
- Member, Women in Animation
- Member , SIGGRAPH