The Wizard's Christmas: Creative Team
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.
Caleb Hystad, Studio Director
As head of productions for New Machine Studios, Caleb brings with his a strong sense of visual story telling and six years of animation production management experience.
After completing his classical animation studies at Applied Multimedia Training Center in Calgary, Caleb took on a wide range of creative roles in a three year turn at AurenyA Entertainment Group, where he conceptualized, story-boarded, animated, and directed several commercial and television projects.
Chris Johnston, Art Director
Originally from Bellingham, Ontario, Chris Johnston was raised in Calgary and has been able to explore his creative talents through many artistic fields. He began his career as an apprentice at the animation studio AurenyA in 1999, then spent time as a creative lead at a local games studio before joining New Machine Studios to work on the Raven Tales series.
Chad Veinot, Production Designer
Chad began expressing his artistic inclinations at an early age, frequently beautifying the walls of his family home with colorful paintings and experiments with sculpture.
Chad began his film career in set and prop design with F&D Scene Changes, creating various works for Disney and Paramount Pictures. Wanting to develop his skills further, he enrolled at Applied Multimedia in Calgary where he earned a diploma in modeling with concentrations in texturing and lighting.
Adam Harder, Technical Director
Adam has always had a fascination with creating things on a computer. At an early age creating 2d animations was one of his favorite pastimes.
After finishing High School and not knowing which direction to take his career, Adam fell into the New Media Program at the UofL via word of mouth. There he got a chance to try all things multimedia, but after discovering 3D there was no looking back. Being drawn to technical and creative work, 3D is the perfect field for Adam to work in.