Creative Conversations

Two directors from Sony Pictures Animation share their career pathways and talk about how they work together to create animated features.

Yoriaki Mochizuki
Director

Yoriaki Mochizuki previously served as a story artist on the studio's Academy Award winning feature film "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," and prior to joining Sony Pictures Animation, worked as a story artist on films such as "The Lego Movie" and "Smallfoot.”

Mark Davis
Supervising Director

Mark Davis has had over 15 years of experience in the animation industry, working at DreamWorks, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and more. Mark is currently a Supervising Director for Sony's "Young Love" inspired by the Oscar award-winning animated short "Hair Love."

Click here to see the complete schedule of this fall’s conversations.

This is a free event. Priority for in-person training programs and financial stipends, including opportunities for paid internship placements, is given to active participants, ages 18-24, in Creative Conversations, as well as young people who are low-income, foster youth, homeless, and/or justice involved.

Presented by Venice Arts’ Center for Creative Workforce Equity.
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