Tony Bancroft

Exhibiting | Presenting

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35 year in animation industry Lots of Disney 2d animation: Animated on Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, The Emperor's New Groove, Mary Poppins Returns and WB' s Space Jam 2 Co- directed Disney's Mulan and the CG feature Animal Crackers. Teaches at Azusa Pacific University, wrote a book and is the co-host of popular The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast. www.tonybancroft.com

Participant Schedule

Friday 10/14

12:10PM

Creating the world of ARCANE

Friday 10/14 12:10PM - 1:10PM Room 207

Tom Bancroft, Tony Bancroft, Alex Yee, Melinda Dilger

Arcane show co-creator Alex Yee and Exec Producer/ Head of Production Melinda Dilger join Disney animation vets Tom and Tony Bancroft for a LIVE Bancroft Bros Animation podcast! After just winning an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program, it’s a good time to honor the Arcane team with this live interview. We will talk about how this production started and the innovated animation and art direction techniques for this groundbreaking Netflix series!

3:20PM

Directors Panel

Friday 10/14 3:20PM - 4:20PM Room 107

Tony Bancroft, Brenda Chapman, Jill Culton, Chris Williams, Chris Sanders

Directors Brenda Chapman (“Brave”), Jill Culton (“Abominable”), Chris Williams (“The Sea Beast”), Chris Sanders (“Lilo and Stitch”) join our Directors panel to share some insight into the incredibly demanding undertaking of directing a film or TV show. Q&A to follow. Moderated by director Tony Bancroft.

Sunday 10/16

3:00PM

The Right Direction - Directors Panel

Sunday 10/16 3:00PM - 4:00PM Room 102

Louis Gonzales, Kristen Lester, Tony Bancroft, Patrick Osborne

Directors Louis Gonzales (“Nona”), Kristen Lester (“Purl”), and Patrick Osborne (“Feast”) join our Directors panel to share some insight into the incredibly demanding undertaking of directing an animated film. Q&A to follow. Moderated by Tony Bancroft.