Elizabeth Ito
Writer, Storyteller, Director, Netflix
Elizabeth Ito is a 15 year veteran of the animation industry. She has worked for many different studios on TV, feature, and commercial projects. Her many credits include supervising director on Adventure Time, feature storyboard artist on Hotel Transylvania, Astroboy, and The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. In 2017, she won a Emmy for directing the Adventure Time episode, Islands Part 4: Imaginary Resources.
She is also the creator of the award-winning short, Welcome to My Life, which to-date, is the second-most viewed short in Cartoon Network history. It won the Audience Award for children aged between 12 and 17 at the New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF), and Best Film For Children at the Zagreb World Animation Festival.
Elizabeth currently works at Netflix, and is developing her own project about ghosts.
1:00PM - 2:00PM
Writing vs Storyboard: The Ultimate Showdown!
With the rise of board driven shows in the U.S, storyboard artists have seen a massive increase in their role as animation creators, so why hasn’t this approach been adopted by the rest of the world? In this panel will discuss the up and down sides of scripting vs boarding. How can storyboard artists and writers work closer together to craft amazing stories and what new story creating models can we adopt in Canada.
9:30AM - 10:30AM
Opening Keynote: Elizabeth Ito
Writer, Storyteller, Director and Emmy winner Elizabeth Ito is a 15-year veteran of the animation industry, working on such hits as Hotel Transylvania and Adventure Time. Elizabeth will discuss her career in animation along with a behind the scenes look at her latest project for Netflix, City Of Ghosts, described as a “hybrid” documentary and animated kids’ program.
