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S05E13: Athena Georgaklis - Taking Leaps
Growing up a child of the 80s, Athena Georgaklis loved
cartoons and while she knew she wanted to work in film,
her career in animation came almost by chance after taking
a job as an assistant at the then-fledgling Teletoon. Once
she realized that animation was what she wanted to do with
her life, there was no turning back.
With a willingness to learn and take on new challenges,
Athena rose to the role of Director of Programming at
Teletoon before making another big leap and leaving behind
the world of acquisitions for the world of creation, first
as Head of Development at Nelvana Studios and most
recently, as Vice President.
With a career that spans many aspects of project creation
from, development to delivery, Athena has seen and
experienced it all: from early morning pitch meetings gone
wrong to delivering projects with lasting impact. In our
conversation, Athena shares insights into the ups and
downs of content creation, management in a post-pandemic
world, the importance of believing in yourself and your
work, and she provides invaluable tips and advice for
content creators selling their work.
Host: Marina Antunes
Opening & Closing Credits by: Michael Edlund
Produced & Edited by: Joshua Peterman
©2023 Spark CG Society · All Rights Reserved.
Thank you to our sponsors!
TERABYTE: Creative BC.
MEGABYTE: Animal Logic · Capilano University · Netflix.
KILOBYTE:
Atomic Cartoons · Bardel Entertainment · Doberman Pictures · DNEG · Image Engine ·
Industrial Light & Magic · Mainframe Studios · WildBrain Studios.
BYTE:
Animasia BC · CMPA BC · Digi BC · NOX VFX · Rotomaker · Scanline VFX ·
The Little Dev Shop · Vancouver Film School · Versatile Media · Walt Disney Animation Studios · Wētā FX.
PARTNERS: ACM SIGGRAPH · SIGGRAPH Asia.
ORGANIZERS: Spark CG Society · Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH.
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By The Spark podcast is a production of the Spark Computer Graphics Society.Growing up a child of the 80s, Athena Georgaklis loved
cartoons and while she knew she wanted to work in film,
her career in animation came almost by chance after taking
a job as an assistant at the then-fledgling Teletoon. Once
she realized that animation was what she wanted to do with
her life, there was no turning back.
With a willingness to learn and take on new challenges,
Athena rose to the role of Director of Programming at
Teletoon before making another big leap and leaving behind
the world of acquisitions for the world of creation, first
as Head of Development at Nelvana Studios and most
recently, as Vice President.
With a career that spans many aspects of project creation
from, development to delivery, Athena has seen and
experienced it all: from early morning pitch meetings gone
wrong to delivering projects with lasting impact. In our
conversation, Athena shares insights into the ups and
downs of content creation, management in a post-pandemic
world, the importance of believing in yourself and your
work, and she provides invaluable tips and advice for
content creators selling their work.
Host: Marina Antunes
Opening & Closing Credits by: Michael Edlund
Produced & Edited by: Joshua Peterman
©2023 Spark CG Society · All Rights Reserved.
Thank you to our sponsors!
TERABYTE: Creative BC.
MEGABYTE: Animal Logic · Capilano University · Netflix.
KILOBYTE:
Atomic Cartoons · Bardel Entertainment · Doberman Pictures · DNEG · Image Engine ·
Industrial Light & Magic · Mainframe Studios · WildBrain Studios.
BYTE:
Animasia BC · CMPA BC · Digi BC · NOX VFX · Rotomaker · Scanline VFX ·
The Little Dev Shop · Vancouver Film School · Versatile Media · Walt Disney Animation Studios · Wētā FX.
PARTNERS: ACM SIGGRAPH · SIGGRAPH Asia.
ORGANIZERS: Spark CG Society · Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH.
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