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Thomas Eaton

Thomas Eaton

Asst Professor

Art

Biography

Tom Eaton is a tenured Assistant Professor of Animation in the Graphic Design and Illustration program. He has taught in the program since 2008, and was involved in starting the Animation Concentration and devising the curriculum for the Animation classes. He curates Kingsborough’s annual Rarebit Animation Festival, which features student work from Kingsborough and other CUNY colleges.

Tom earned an MFA in Digital Media from Lehman College (CUNY), and has a background working on television animation productions for Cartoon Network, PBS, Disney Channel, and more. He has created freelance projects, including writing and animating Bert and Ernie videos for Sesame Workshop International, and directing/animating music videos for artists such as Sufjan Stevens. His original short animated films have screened at festivals in the U.S. and internationally, including San Diego Comic Con Independent Film Festival, the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Animation Block Party, Brooklyn Film Festival's kidsfilmfest, and more. Tom has also contributed to weekly children’s comics site Sunday Haha.

 

Courses

Art 48: The Art of 3D Animation

Art 49: The Art of Storyboarding

Art 96: The Art of Animation

 

College Teaching

Kingsborough Community College, 2008-present

Queens College, 2008-2011

Cooper Union School of Art, 2008

 

Festival Selection Highlights:

Leaf Control (2023): 2023 Mobile Animation Film Festival, Animation Marathon, No Words International Short Film Festival, FLAnimation Film Fest, 2024 Detroit International Festival of Animation. Finalist: 2023 Los Angeles Animation Festival

Bug Zapper: The Birthday Bug (2015): 2016 San Diego Comic Con Independent Film Festival, Superhero Short Film Festival, Superman Celebration Film Festival, Brooklyn Film Festivals's kidsfilmfest

Don’t Smash (2007): 2008 Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, First Saturdays for Families at the New Museum, 2009 BAMKids Film Festival. Audience Award: 2008 Brooklyn Film Festival’s kidsfilmfest, Gold Award: 2008 Chinh India Kids Film Festival

Illusion Profusion (2006): Paste Magazine’s Short of the Week (Jan. 2007). 2006 Animation Block Party.

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