News & Updates

Timothy Albee designs Computer Assisted Animation and Visual Effects 2-year degree curriculum for West Shore College, fall 2009 semester.

Timothy Albee's Computer Assisted Animation and Visual Effects program begins in Fall 2009 at West Shore College in Ludington, Michigan.  Albee has been working with West Shore's director of Workforce Development to create a program that will give students practical skills that can be put to work immediately after graduation.  "The biggest problem we've had," says Albee, "is that when we've hired people fresh out of school, they've paid a lot of money and so therefore think they've gotten a good education.  It's hard to tell those kids that what and how they've learned doesn't fit into a production schedule, and we've got to re-train them in actual production methods.   It is my hope to make a program able to be franchised, that's entire focus is production, just as if these kids had been hired. ...They can go on to be hired by a studio, or group together and make their own films, because they'll have actual production experience - something they've never had access to before!"

Kaze feature film scheduled to enter development in 2010!

Five years after the release of Albee's award-winning short film, "Kaze: Ghost Warrior," development on the feature film prequel officially begins! "The short [film] was meant to be a proof of streamlining production pipeline methods to enable increases in productivity and to reduce stresses put on artists. These production methods were put into play on 'Battlestar Galactica' and 'Bionic Woman,' [pilot episode] and allowed me to replace an entire outsource studio. The characters went from being eye-candy to being real actors, delivering as powerful performances as Eddie or Mary or any of Galactica's awesome live-action cast. I've worked all over Europe and North America, putting these methods to work in game studios, feature film studios, and TV series. I've honed and honed and honed, seeing what worked and what needed improving or replacing. Now, I think I'm finally ready to pour everything I've learned into directing this feature film I'm so passionate about."

About the Studio

Timothy Albee Animation is a full featured design and animation house specializing in powerful character-driven performances, dialogue-heavy animations, and industry-defining fur and hair rendering.

Timothy Albee Animation is reducing the number of sub-contracting jobs it accepts in Fall 2009 to allow for production on its in-house feature film.  For upcoming availability and to reserve your production's space in our now limited line-up, see Studio Availability at left.

(Pardon our dust... we're remodeling!)