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Animation Direction & Production

Creative Consulting and Award Winning Animation from Tokyo’s Leading Indie Director Duo

Brent Forrest

Born in Montreal, Brent Forrest started his animation career at Red Rover studios in Toronto as a co-op student in 1999. There he learned the craft of animation from some of Canada’s finest draftsmen. He has won awards for both his animation and special effects work including a Gemini nomination for title design. Today he works as a Technical Director in one of Tokyo’s top animation studios.

Tobias Schlage

Born in Hamburg, Germany. In his years as a character animator and 3D generalist he worked in all areas of production creating extravagant visuals for film and television. Moved to Japan in 2015, to explore a new film making landscape, Tobi combined both German and Japanese film making techniques to create a unique style of grounded, emotional storytelling.

Mohammed Hamid

Mohammed is a lighting technical director originating from Maryland, United States. In 2018, he moved to Montreal to begin his career in live-action visual effects. While in Montreal, Mohammed worked at MPC and DNEG, before moving Vancouver in 2021 to join Sony Imageworks.

David Arcus

David Arcus is a Toronto-based composer for film and television and a Juno-nominated producer. His film scores have been heard at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Zurich Film Festival, the Vancouver Film Festival and the Fantasia Film Festival, among others. He’s a graduate of the Slaight Music Residency at the Canadian Film Centre and he holds a degree in composition from the University of Toronto.