Welcome to the 28th edition of The Keith Report! Below, you will find information about our alumni’s successes, campus events, student highlights, job postings, and more. If you have something you’d like to see featured in the newsletter, send me an email at Michael@DaveSchool.com.
ALUMNI HAPPENINGS
Check out all of these projects that our graduates have worked on!
The Marvel Series Agatha All Along came out on Disney+ on September 18th, and graduate Yael Majors worked on the show as the assistant VFX Supervisor!
The DreamWorks animated film The Wild Robot was released in theaters on September 27th and graduates Wes Chilton, Dusty Hayes, and Alex Heffner worked on the movie!
The Stephen King horror series Salem’s Lot was released on MAX on October 3rd and graduate Thompson Conradi worked on the show!
The Joker sequel Joker: Folie a Deux was released only in theaters on October 4th, and graduates Terry Klopfenstein and Daniel Perez worked on the film!
The fourth season of Outer Banks was released on Netflix on October 10th, and graduates Jason Maynard, Evander Major, Derek Serra, and Riley Brown worked on the series!
The horror series Teacup began streaming on Peacock on October 10th, and graduates Mark Davis and Derek Serra worked on the film!
The newest film from M. Night Shyamalan is Caddo Lake, and it began streaming on MAX on October 10th and graduate Evander Major worked on the film!
Saturday Night is a movie about the early days of Saturday Night Live. It was released only in theaters on October 11th, and grads Chris Cheng and Sara Tremblay worked on the movie!
The biopic The Apprentice was released only in theaters on October 11th, and graduate Christopher Cheng worked on the film!
The second season of Tracker was released on CBS on October 13th, and graduate Terry Klopfenstein worked on the show!
The 22nd season of NCIS began airing on CBS on October 14th, and graduate Kollen Wasylean worked on the show!
The action thriller Flight Risk was released in theaters on October 18th and graduate Jason Maynard worked on the film!
The horror sequel Smile 2 was released only in theaters on October 18th, and graduates Amaya Ayers, Evander Major, and Riley Brown all worked on the film!
The third season of the CBS series Fire Country was released on October 18th, and grads Marcos De Barros, Erika Chlupsa, Tyler Usie, and Duncan Key all worked on the show!
The fifth season of The Equalizer begins streaming on CBS on October 20th (next day on Paramount+) and graduates Jason Maynard, Erika Chlupsa, Tyler Usie, and Duncan Key all worked on the show!
The Nicktoons Original Max & the Midknights will be released on Nickelodeon on October 30th and graduate Cody Burke worked on the show as an FX Artist!
Clint Eastwood’s new film Juror #2 will be released only in theaters on October 30th and graduate Mark Davis worked on the film!
GRADS WITH NEW JOBS!
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In my last newsletter, I had an error but I wanted to make sure I corrected it.
Congrats to graduate Aaron Juntunen on being promoted to Principal Animator at LIGHTSPEED!
Congratulations to Rylee Dupree who was just hired as an Animation Programmer at GROVE STREET GAMES!
Congratulations to Jason Batista, who was just promoted to Lead Technical Artist at FALCONS CREATIVE GROUP!
Congratulations to Kira Sears, who was just hired as a Modeler at FLIGHT SAFETY INTERNATIONAL!!
Congratulations to Nadelyn Bockemeier, who was also just hired as a Modeler at FLIGHT SAFETY INTERNATIONAL!!
Congratulations to Olivia Guerra, who was just hired as a Scrum Master at LOCKHEED MARTIN!!
Congratulations to Tyler Barnas, who was just hired as a VFX Artist at Whiskytree!!
Congratulations to Jason Rooney, who was just hired as a Rigger at SKY CASTLE STUDIOS!!
Congratulations to Andrew Tafuri, who was just hired as a VFX Artist at 10 STUDIOS!!
Congratulations to April Singleton who was just hired as a Compositor at FRAMESTORE!!
WHAT ARE YOU UP TO??
Are you working on a cool project? Have you been recently promoted? Did you land a new job? Send me an email telling me all about it, and I’ll feature it here!
SCHOOL HAPPENINGS
Congratulations to DAVE School graduate Shawn Ewashko on being nominated for a Hollywood Professionals Award! Shawn was nominated in the ‘Outstanding Visual Effects – Live Action Episode or Series Season‘ category for his work as the Visual Effects Production Manager on Star Trek: Discovery Season 5! The winners will be announced on November 7th. Good luck, Shawn!!
Welcome to our newest employee Daniel Manzano who is part of our IT Support team! Welcome aboard Daniel!!
The DAVE School is offering two Virtual Open House information sessions! The first one is onOctober 23rd and the second one is on October 26th. This is the perfect opportunity to learn about what it’s like to study at DAVE! Click Here for more details and to sign up!
Would you like to be a guest speaker at DAVE School? Do you have at least 5 years of industry experience? Then let me know by sending send me an email!
CERTIFIED FRESHER!
A ‘Fresher” is an artist who is fresh to the industry and a Certified Fresher is a recent DAVE School graduate that we are promoting as someone who has the right work ethic, attitude, and skill level to start working immediately!
Elle Hamilton just graduated from our Virtual Production program, and she is looking for a job as an Unreal Artist! Check out her portfolio here!
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/kNl3gy
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