Colin Curwen, Executive Producer

Colin has been producing commercial animation and independent productions in Calgary for the past 8 years.

A life-long fan of classical and CGI animation, Colin received his CGI character animation certificate in Maya at Mesmer Studios in Seattle, WA, in 2000 before completing his classical animation training at Applied Multimedia in Calgary, in 2001.

Following a yearlong stint at AurenyA studios in Calgary, where Colin was a producer on the award-winning Animated Christmas Special, The Elfkins’ First Christmas, he founded New Machine Studios in the historic Barron building in downtown Calgary.

New Machine’s first original production, How Raven Stole the Sun, was produced for less than $75K and went on to win more than 30 awards at film festivals and competitions around the world. It has been the centerpiece of numerous special exhibitions at museums and Schools around the world, and has sold thousands of copies via the show’s website, raventales.ca.

Colin is the producer, writer and co-director of New Machine's first feature film project, The Wizard's Christmas, which will be released in time for the holidays in 2011.