Welcome to the 26th 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!
I missed several names of grads who worked on Deadpool & Wolverine so I wanted to make sure I gave credit where due. I mentioned Emma Webb and Jason Bomstein in my last newsletter, but grads Palmer Grimes, Jason Bradbury, Dustin Hayes, Alex Heffner, and Les Foor also worked on it! Congrats, everyone!
The classic children’s book turned feature film Harold and the Purple Crayon was released in theaters on August 2nd and graduate Shawn Lopez worked on the film!
Nickelodeon’s Saving Bikini Bottom was also released on Netflix on August 2nd, and grads Sam Chapman, Brendon Green, Kellie O’Sullivan, and Jelisa Samuel all worked on the film!
The Director’s Cut of Rebel Moon was released on Netflix on August 2nd, and grads Tiffany Nichole Bromley, Blake Dewoody, Livia Nunes, Ben Patterson, and Daniel Perez all worked on the films!
The sequel to Twister is Twisters (DUH!) and it was released only in theaters on July19th and and grad Jason Bradbury worked on the film!
The Peacock original series Those About To Die began streaming on July 18th and graduate Selena Farkas worked on the series as a compositor!
The indie film Cedric & Alysia was released on Apple TV on August 6th and grads Riley Brown, PJ Salamon, J’Lyn Davies, Jason Rooney, and Braden Brunk all worked on the film!
The action comedy film Jackpot! was released on Amazon Prime on August 15th and grads Chris Cheng, Bryan Haines, and Tyler Usie all worked on the film!
EA Sports Madden 25 was released on August 16th, and graduate Steve O’Donnell worked on the game!
GRADS WITH NEW JOBS!
Congratulations to Vance Hadley who was just hired as a Compositor at WHISKYTREE!
Congratulations to Timothy Fleur who was just hired as a Senior Character Artist Artist at CRAFTY APES!
Congratulations to Selena Farkas who was just hired as a Senior Compositor at DIGITAL DOMAIN!
Congratulations to Varun Raja who was just hired as a Principal Animator at ARISTOCRAT GAMING!!
Congratulations to Wesley Froud who was just hired as a Visual Effects Supervisor at PRIME VIDEO & AMAZON MGM STUDIOS!!
Congratulations to Dylen Velasquez who was just hired as an Roto / Paint Artist at FRAMESTORE!!
Congratulations to Tiffany Bromley who was just hired as an On-Camera Assistant at CESD TALENT AGENCY!
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!
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 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!
Rylee Dupree just graduated from our Virtual Production program, and he is looking for a job as a Technical Artist! Check out his portfolio here!
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Michael Keith
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THE DAVE SCHOOL
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