Ron Doucet - Animation Director

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I have been doing many presentations for animators and animation students over the past 25 years and always enjoy the opportunity to connect with a live audience. My demonstrations & workshops are usually centered on insight into the animation industry; career planning, portfolio development; creating an online presence; drawing for visual storytelling, and other similar lectures and seminars that offer advice in the field of television animation. I've done lectures and Q&A sessions for high school classes, animation courses, and filmmaking programs in various colleges as well.



If you are an instructor or student interested in arranging a keynote or speaking event with me at your school/college, or if your the organizer of a animation festival or conference, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Here's some of the past events I've been a guest at:

• June 2024 — Discord Live Stream (860 in attendance) - Presentation: How George Lucas Started the Canadian Animation Industry

• April 2024 — Discord Live Stream (340 in attendance) - Guest Speaker: How Johnny Test was Animated

• March 2024 — Discord Meet-up (690 in attendance) - Guest Speaker: Unions and Tax Credits - The Inner Workings of the Animation Industry in Canada

• January 2024 — Cambrian College - Guest Speaker: Secrets to Learning Character Design

• January 2023 — Centennial College - Guest Speaker: Storyboarding for Animation

• January 2022 — OCAD University - Guest Speaker: How to be an Animation Director

• January 2022 — MTM College of Animation - Presentation: 2D FX Animation in 3D Feature Film

• November 2021 — York University - Keynote Speaker: How 3D is Getting Better, Thanks to 2D!

• February 2021 — Bradely University - Guest Speaker: The Changing Landscape of TV Animation

• September 2020 — Ottawa International Animation Festival - Guest Speaker: The Resurgence of 2D Animation in Film

• February 2020 — Toronto Animation Arts Film Festival - Guest Speaker: The Changing Landscape of Animation - From TV to Streaming

• March 2019 — Toronto Animation Arts Film Festival - Guest Speaker: How to get a Job in Animation

• March 2019 — American Documentary And Animation Film Festival - Keynote Speaker: The History of 2D Digital Animation

• September 2018 — TIFF '18 Industry Conference - Keynote Speaker: How to Become a Television Animation Director

• September 2017 — TIFF '17 Industry Conference - Keynote Speaker: The Art of Storyboarding for Animation

• December 2016 — Carbon Arc: Animation Festival - Panel Speaker: The Local Animation Scene

• November 2016 — Hal-Con | Sci-fi & Fantasy Convention - Presentation "Breaking into the Biz: Creative Industries within Animation and Game Development"

• June 2016 — Jaloo Animation Festival - Presentation "Flash vs Toonboom: The Battle of the Titans"

• June 2016 — Jaloo Animation Festival - Panel Speaker: State of the Television Animation Industry

• April 2016 — AnimediaFest, Panel Moderator: State of the Animation Industry

• October 2015 — NSCC Burridge Campus, Guest Speaker: The Many Careers in Animation

• September 2015 — Bradley University, Illinois - Guest Speaker "Career Planning"

• March 2015 — AnimediaFest, Panel Speaker - State of the Industry

• December 2014 — University of King's College - Keynote Speaker at the Alumni Hall for the "Pupperty Meets Animation" Demonstration (350 in attendance)

• March 2014 — AnimediaFest, Guest Speaker

• December 2013 — Dalhousie Arts Centre (Rebecca Cohn Auditorium), Four Part Lecture Series - Masterclass on Storyboarding for Animation

• March 2013 — AnimediaFest, "Influence & Inspiration" - Keynote Presentation

• October 2012 — NSCC Burridge Campus, Guest Speaker

• October 2012 — NSCC Truro, Keynote Speaker at the "Making Your Mark" Conference

• April 2012 — AnimediaFest, Building an Online Pressence - Keynote Presentation

• August 2011 — World Trade Convention Centre (Sponsored by the Atlantic Film Festival) - Presentation: Drawing for Visual Storytelling

• April 2011 — AnimediaFest, Featured Speaker

• March 2010 — NSCAD University, Storyboard Class - Guest Speaker

• April 2009 — AnimediaFest, Featured Speaker

• June 2008 — Jaloo Animation Festival, Panel Speaker

• April 2008 — AnimediaFest, Featured Speaker

• April 2007 — AnimediaFest, Panel Speaker

• January 2007 — NSCC Truro, Student Workshop Sessions

• February 2006 — NSCC Truro, Student Workshop Sessions

• April 2006 — AnimediaFest, Building an Online Pressence - Featured Speaker

• October 2005 — NSCAD University, Animation Program - Guest Speaker

• May 2005 — NSCC Truro, Student Portfolio Critique Sessions

• March 2005 — AnimediaFest, Student Workshop Session on Demo Reel Development

• April 2004 — AnimediaFest, Workshop on FX Animation

• April 2003 — AnimediaFest, Student Workshop Session

• March 2002 — AnimediaFest, Seminar on Character Animation

• April 2001 — AnimediaFest at NSCC, Guest Speaker: How 2D Animation has Become a Digital Pipeline