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Ambassador Program

Each year, we select 50 ambassadors who advance the craft of animation using Toon Boom Harmony or Storyboard Pro. This program is intended for artists who make exceptional use of our software – whether they are professional animators, freelancers, educators or hobbyists. You can learn more about this year’s slate of ambassadors below.

Ambassador’s list

Al “Sonny” McClelland, Jr.

Al “Sonny”
McClelland, Jr.
Profession
Storyboard artist
Did you know?

Al is developing a series called SCALE, about mice with swords fighting dinosaurs!

Alex Smeaton

Alex
Smeaton
Profession
Animator
Did you know?

Alex is a mentor for Screen Skills UK!

Bonnie Mier

Bonnie
Mier
Profession
Animator
Did you know?

Bonnie has worked in layout, asset design and animation, both hand drawn and cutout!

Brandon Berger

Brandon
Berger
Profession
Technical Director
Did you know?

Bradon has screen credits as an animation director, technical director and animator!

Brooke Burnett

Brooke
Burnett
Profession
Animator
Did you know?

Brooke’s junior film, The Spellening, was awarded Rookie of the Year in the 2D animation category!

Carlos Araya

Carlos
Araya
Profession
Director
Did you know?

Carlos’ first project after founding Catarata was directing an animated commercial for KFC!

Chaz Bottoms

Chaz
Bottoms
Profession
Director
Did you know?

Chaz was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 Hollywood & Entertainment for his studio’s work!

Chike Ekwonu

Chike
Ekwonu
Profession
Rigging Artist
Did you know?

Chike shares many of the Harmony rigs he builds in his spare time on Gumroad!

Derrick Johnson

Derrick
Johnson
Profession
Storyboard Artist
Did you know?

Derrick’s storyboard samples include recurring chDerrick’s storyboard samples include recurring characters named Doc and Gabby!aracters named Doc and Gabby!

Dorielle Retemyer

Dorielle
Retemyer
Profession
Animator
Did you know?

Dorielle animated for the CBC Gem series Dreams In Vantablack, on the episode ‘I Spy!

Eduardo Bruks

Eduardo
Bruks
Profession
Animator
Did you know?

Bruks created the free Little Miss Hellraiser rig for Toon Boom Harmony for animators to practice cutout animation with!

El Dettmann

El
Dettmann
Profession
Storyboard Artist
Did you know?

El published a webcomic called PROVIL, featuring a hero and villian… who might also be in love?!

Élodie Robillard

Élodie
Robillard
Profession
Animator
Did you know?

In her spare time, Élodie creates character designs based on her friends’ Dungeons & Dragons party!

Erin Soo

Erin
Soo
Profession
Storyboard Supervisor
Did you know?

Erin Soo’s animatic, The Bread Thief, features a wolf trying to escape from an angry baker!

Evally Owo Aguila

Evally Owo
Aguila
Profession
Director
Did you know?

Evally has worked for 8 years at Mighty Animation, an award-winning studio in Mexico!

Fernando Gutiérrez

Fernando
Gutiérrez
Profession
Director
Did you know?

Fernando is the director of the feature-length film Clarice’s Dream!

Inaya Sher

Inaya
Sher
Profession
Storyboard Artist
Did you know?

Inaya’s thesis film, Pari, explores South Asian mythology!

Jack Muino

Jack
Muino
Profession
Animator
Did you know?

Jack was a character animator on The Prince, FARZAR and City Island!

Jake Hollander

Jake
Hollander
Profession
Director
Did you know?

Jake has worked as an episode director on Duncanville and Krapopolis and is a supervising director on Bad Crimes!

James Nethery

James
Nethery
Profession
Rigging Artist
Did you know?

James is the co-founder of and creative director for Raging Viking Productions!

Javier Gaudioso

Javier
Gaudioso
Profession
2D FX Animator
Did you know?

Javier worked as a 2D FX Animator in Wolfwakers at Cartoon Saloon and on Marvel’s What if..?

Juan Nadalino

Juan
Nadalino
Profession
Director
Did you know?

Juan drew the cover for the episode ‘This Dog Looks Weird’ from NPR’s Radio Ambulante podcast!

Kasia Mazur

Kasia
Mazur
Profession
Rigging Artist
Did you know?

In addition to being a talented rigging artist, Kasia also draws comics!

Kevin Molina-Ortiz

Kevin
Molina-Ortiz
Profession
Storyboard Artist
Did you know?

Kevin has an Annie Award for storyboarding the Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episode Mystic Mayhem!

Leo Garcia

Leo
Garcia
Profession
Storyboard Artist
Did you know?

Leo is working ona sci-fi graphic novel featuring a romance between two alien boys!

Maggie Dybas

Maggie
Dybas
Profession
Storyboard Artist
Did you know?

Maggie started their career as a 3D animator before getting hired as a storyboard artist!

María Buitrago

María
Buitrago
Profession
Director
Did you know?

María animated and directed trailers for videogames including Blasphemous, Temtem, CrisTales or Friends vs Friends!

Micky Wozny

Micky
Wozny
Profession
Animator
Did you know?

Micky completed her Masters in Directing Animation at the National Film and Television School!

Milena Gonçalez

Milena
Gonçalez
Profession
2D FX Artist
Did you know?

Originally from Brazil, Milena has worked in Sydney, Vancouver Ireland!

Narissa Schander

Narissa
Schander
Profession
2D FX Supervisor
Did you know?

Narissa is a 2D FX Supervisor working at Verdiverkstedet!

Nicolò Polverelli

Nicolò
Polverelli
Profession
Storyboard Artist
Did you know?

Nicolò’s personal projects include Invasion of Turtles, An Ordinary Day and Big Monkey!

Nikolaos Finizio

Nikolaos
Finizio
Profession
2D FX Animator
Did you know?

Nikolaos contributed 2DFX animation to Klaus!

Praveen Zacharias

Praveen
Zacharias
Profession
Rigging Artist
Did you know?

Praveen is currently completing his Masters in Animation at Salford University, specializing in 2D rigging!

Ramona Iacono

Ramona
Iacono
Profession
Rigging Artist
Did you know?

Ramona first created her Cali rig back in 2015 as a student at Algonquin!

Rob Zilio

Rob
Zilio
Profession
Animator
Did you know?

Rob Zilio participated in Mercury Filmworks’ shorts program, leading to the creation of The Girl and the Alien!

Rutopa Ibnat

Rutopa
Ibnat
Profession
2D Layout and Background Artist
Did you know?

Rutopa’s thesis film from Sheridan was Piece of Cake!

Sabrina Shan

Sabrina
Shan
Profession
Rigging Artist
Did you know?

Sabrina’s thesis film from her time at Sheridan was titled Mission Impawssible!

Sam Balanial

Sam
Balanial
Profession
Student
Did you know?

Sam was a participant of Sisler CREATE’s Orange Tree Project, which paired talented student with mentors from Nickelodeon!

Sam de Ceccatty

Sam
de Ceccatty
Profession
Director
Did you know?

Sam’s film, LILITH & EVE, was featured as a Vimeo Staff Pick in 2022!

Sergio Molinero

Sergio
Molinero
Profession
Animator
Did you know?

Sergio was a 2D character animator and cleanup artist on 2D feature films such as Klaus, Space Jam 2, and Princess Dragon!on!

Vicente Luis Carretero

Vicente Luis
Carretero
Profession
Storyboard Artist
Did you know?

Vicente Luis’ favourite thing to draw is people riding bicycles!

Wilma Miranda

Wilma
Miranda
Profession
Animation Director
Did you know?

Wilma is an animation director at Apeship Studios!