Kevin Molina-Ortiz
Head of Story, Nickelodeon Animation
Kevin Molina-Ortiz is an Annie Award winning board artist who made a name for himself by drawing a bunch turtles practice ninjitsu. He is most known for his storyboard work on Nickelodeon’s Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And he now serves as Head of Story on the Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie for Netflix. On his free time, he does pretty much anything that isn’t drawing turtles.
8:00PM - 9:00PM
EVERYONE needs to watch RISE of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Break out the Saturday morning breakfast cereal early!
With its bold redesigns and frenetic pacing, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles split audiences when it arrived in 2018, but fans were steadily won over by the skillfully developed characters, vibrant storytelling, sharp comedy, and even edgier action. (That's a sword pun, I tried.) While "Strike hard and fade away, without a trace" is sound advice for any ninja, hard to track toys and infrequent airings left audiences hungry for more, even before the series was cut short in August 2020 and production shifted to focus on the Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie.
Join Executive Co-Producers Ant Ward and Andy Suriano, Colour and Design Supervisor Carl Beu, Director and Storyboard Artist JJ Conway, and Annie Award Winning Sakuga Guru Kevin Molina-Ortiz for an in-depth celebration on the heart, art, and artistry of Nickelodeon's newest and most innovative adaptation of the world's favorite half-shelled heroes, and share some never-before-seen content.
