Below is the inaugural “Cool Animator of the Week!” This week, I’ll be featuring my good friend Renae Radford.

Bio
Renae Radford is a third-year MFA graduate student in the Animation and Digital Arts department at the University of Southern California. As a 2D/3D generalist she is interested in working on a variety of projects which feed her interests and creativity in animation and design. She has been awarded USC’s Student Assistantship for the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 school years.

Current Projects
Renae is working on finishing her final thesis film.  The film will be a 3-4 minute animated piece that will explore animated motion graphic design and 3D graphics. She has been interning on and off at DreamWorks Animation through much of 2008.

Involvement with DUCK
Renae have been honored to know many wonderful DUCK employees both through USC and Dreamworks Animation.

Personal Website/Blog
http://www.renaeradford.com/nucleus/ 

Miscellaneous Info
Renae is an avid swing dancer/ballroom dancer, boogie boarder, and beach bum. If it were possible, she would move to Hawaii and live on the beach.

Below is a pic from one of Renae’s animated films, “Poetic Breezes”
 

Independent documentary and 2008 Sundance finalist Up the Yangtze will be screening for FREE today at the University of Southern Cailfornia (USC). I previously blogged about this monumental documentary back in May when director Yung Chang was in town to promote the film. Once again, Chang returns to LA to provide a Q&A with students.

The screening is today at 2 p.m.
University Park Campus
Taper Hall of Humanities
201

For details, please visit: http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/32/event/867098