Otis College Animation faculty are accomplished artists and industry professionals dedicated to supporting the success of students throughout their academic journey. They bring their professional expertise to students and work closely with them to teach the skills and theory required to enter professional practice or pursue advanced study.
About the Chair
- Ron Bernard
- Chair
- rbernard@otis.edu
As Chair of Animation at Otis College of Art and Design, Ron Bernard leans on his extensive experience in both education and production. Within the animation industry, Bernard has served in VFX roles as project manager, head of production, and as virtual production coordinator at such places as Red Dragon Animation in Beijing, China, and James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment. In education he has been a professor of visual effects at Savannah College of Art and Design, where he also received his MFA, before expanding into such roles as Academic Manager of the Department of Digital Effects, as well as Manager of International Relations and Development at Nanyang Polytechnic in Singapore, and Academic Director of Base Academy/Dean of Base Camp for Base FX, headquartered in Beijing.
BFA in Animation Faculty
- Chris Eckardt
- Associate Professor
- ceckardt@otis.edu
- Joon Kim
- Lecturer
- jkim@otis.edu
- Raul Moreno
- Associate Professor
- rmoreno@otis.edu
- Chris Robertson
- Lecturer
- crobertson@otis.edu
- Chad Woelki
- Assistant Professor of Animation
- cwoelki@otis.edu