Samantha Youssef

Samantha Youssef
Born Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Occupation Founder & Artistic Director of Studio Technique
Known for Character Animator
Animation Director

Samantha Youssef is a Canadian character animator and animation director. She has worked in both feature films and video games for Walt Disney Animation,[1] Filmax, and Ubisoft.

Career

Samantha Youssef graduated from Sheridan College where she majored in Animation.[2]

She is the Artistic Director and founder of Studio Technique, an artistic production and training studio in Montreal focused on feature film and video game animation. Samantha Youssef was a character animator for The Walt Disney Company,[1] and has also worked for Ubisoft Entertainment, Filmax Animation, and Yowza! Animation. She is also responsible for the artistic training of many Montreal video game studios, such as BioWare, Electronic Arts, Visceral Games and Ubisoft Montreal.[3]

She is the creator of The Youssef Drawing Syllabus.[4]

Recognition

Youssef was one of Wired Magazine’s Sexiest Geeks of 2009 and 2010.[5][6][7] She was also one of MSN techno’s top sexiest geeks.[8] According to her Wired geek nomination, she is a fan of J. R. R. Tolkien, Star Wars and World of Warcraft.[6]

She was also featured in Chatelaine (magazine) as Miss Chatelaine in 2011.[9]

Youssef was selected as an animation jury member in the Canadian Interactive Academy [10] for the Canadian Game Development Talent Awards.[11]

Youssef's animated short film La Fuga Grande (The Great Escape) was an award winner at the Toronto International Film Festival,[12] and has been showcased at other film festivals in Canada.[13]

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 IMDb Profile
  2. ↑ Sheridan College Alumni Feature
  3. ↑ "About the Artistic Director" - Studio Technique
  4. ↑ "Movement & Form with Samantha Youssef" - CG Society
  5. ↑ "Vote for 2010’s Sexiest Geeks" - Wired
  6. 1 2 "Vote for 2009’s Sexiest Geeks" - Wired
  7. ↑ "Sexy Nerd Contest" - Wired Blogs
  8. ↑ "Sexy Geeks" - MSN
  9. ↑ "Miss Chatelaine" - Chatelaine magazine
  10. ↑ "Canadian Interactive Academy" - Canadian Game Development Talent Awards
  11. ↑ "Canadian Game Development Talent Awards"
  12. ↑ "The Great Escape" - Toronto International Film Festival
  13. ↑ "The Great Escape" - Tremblant Film Festival
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