Samantha Youssef Explained

Samantha Youssef
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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.

Early life

Samantha Youssef was born in Montreal, Quebec. Both of her parents are surgeons. She attended ballet classes at the Royal Academy of Dance and Canada's National Ballet School.

Career

After submitting her portfolio to Sheridan College, Youssef got accepted and was one of four women in her college course. Samantha Youssef graduated from Sheridan College where she majored in Animation.[2]

Samantha Youssef was a character animator for The Walt Disney Company, and has also worked for Ubisoft, 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 Artistic Director and founder of Studio Technique,[4] an artistic production and training studio in Montreal focused on feature film and video game animation. In 2011, the studio received a $10,000 grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project.

On March 7, 2015, Youssef launched a successful Kickstarter campaign for her first figure drawing book "The Youssef Drawing Syllabus Movement & Form."[5] [6] [7]

Recognition

Youssef was one of Wired Magazines Sexiest Geeks of 2009 and 2010.[8] [9] [10] She was also one of MSN techno's top sexiest geeks.[11] [12] According to her Wired geek nomination, she is a fan of Star Wars. Her reaction to the nomination was mixed, stating "It's flattering, in a way, but it's also a concern when you work in a male-dominated field. When you're a petite girl, people don't always take you seriously."

She was also featured in Chatelaine (magazine) as Miss Chatelaine in 2011.[13] [14]

Youssef was selected as an animation jury member in the Canadian Interactive Academy[15] [16] for the Canadian Game Development Talent Awards.[17] [18]

Youssef was a jury member for Viewster's Global Film Festival, the Viewster Online Film Fest #VOFF5: Animated Worlds.[19] [20]

Youssef's animated short film La Fuga Grande (The Great Escape) was an award winner at the Toronto International Film Festival,[21] [22] and has been showcased at other film festivals in Canada.[23] [24]

Filmography

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Samantha Youssef. IMDb.
  2. Web site: Samantha Youssef . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160818125652/https://www.sheridancollege.ca/alumni/profiles/samantha-youssef.aspx . 2016-08-18 . Sheridan College . Alumni Profiles.
  3. Web site: About . Studio Technique.
  4. Web site: Studio Technique . Studio Technique . April 25, 2022 . April 25, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220425010042/https://www.studio-technique.com/ . live .
  5. Web site: 2015-04-04 . Movement & Form with Samantha Youssef . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150404223804/http://www.cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/samantha_youssef . April 4, 2015 . 2019-05-02 . CGSociety.
  6. Web site: The Youssef Drawing Syllabus Movement & Form . 2019-05-02 . Kickstarter . en.
  7. Book: Youssef, Samantha . Movement & form . 2015 . Studio Technique Artistic Training Incorporated . 9780994836106 . English . 915263926.
  8. Vote for Your Favorite Sexy Geeks of 2010. WIRED. Staff. Wired. www.wired.com. April 25, 2022. October 1, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20241001101018/https://www.wired.com/2011/01/sexy-geeks-2010/. live.
  9. Vote for 2009's Sexiest Geeks. Lewis. Wallace. Wired. www.wired.com. April 25, 2022. September 27, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220927015103/https://www.wired.com/2009/12/sexy-geeks-2009/. live.
  10. https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwiredvision.jp%2Fblog%2Ffromwiredblogs%2F201001%2F20100108090618.html "Sexy Nerd Contest" - Wired Blogs
  11. Web site: "Sexy Geeks" - MSN . April 6, 2010 . March 2, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100302203454/http://techno.ca.msn.com/galeriedephotos.aspx?cp-documentid=23539620&page=14 . dead .
  12. Web site: Samantha Youssef Sexy geeks. https://web.archive.org/web/20100302203454/http://techno.ca.msn.com/galeriedephotos.aspx?cp-documentid=23539620&page=14. dead. March 2, 2010. 2010-03-02. 2019-05-02.
  13. Web site: Samantha Youssef on becoming an animator and founder of art school, Studio Technique. Joanne. Latimer. Alanna Glassman. Updated. September 23, 2011.
  14. Web site: Samantha Youssef on becoming an animator and founder of art school, Studio Technique Chatelaine. www.chatelaine.com. 2019-05-02. May 2, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190502211545/https://www.chatelaine.com/living/samantha-youssef-on-becoming-an-animator-and-founder-of-art-school-studio-technique/. live.
  15. Web site: "Canadian Interactive Academy" - Canadian Game Development Talent Awards . December 14, 2011 . September 7, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110907140907/http://www.talentawards.ca/site/en/canadian-interactive-academy . dead .
  16. Web site: Canadian Game development Talent awards CANADIAN INTERACTIVE ACADEMY. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326004613/http://talentawards.ca/site/en/canadian-interactive-academy. dead. March 26, 2012. 2012-03-26. 2019-05-02.
  17. Web site: "Canadian Game Development Talent Awards" . December 14, 2011 . September 7, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110907093821/http://www.talentawards.ca/site/en/about-us . dead .
  18. Web site: Canadian Game development Talent awards ABOUT US. https://web.archive.org/web/20121114235916/http://talentawards.ca/site/en/about-us. dead. November 14, 2012. 2012-11-14. 2019-05-02.
  19. Web site: "Viewster Launches Largest Online Animation Festival" - Animation Insider . August 28, 2022 . August 28, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220828145749/http://www.animationinsider.com/2015/03/viewster-launches-largest-online-animation-festival/ . live .
  20. Web site: "'Warm Snow' wins VOFF animation prize" - Screen Daily . August 28, 2022 . October 1, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241001100935/https://www.screendaily.com/news/warm-snow-wins-voff-animation-prize/5086035.article . live .
  21. http://www.tiffg.ca/studentfilmshowcase/2007/Films/TheGreatEscape "The Great Escape" - Toronto International Film Festival
  22. Web site: FRL-85124. collection.tiff.net. 2019-05-02.
  23. Web site: "The Great Escape" - Tremblant Film Festival. April 6, 2010. July 28, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728125246/http://www.tremblantfilmfestival.org/2007/English/ListShorts.html. dead.
  24. Web site: TREMBLANT Film Festival 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20110728125246/http://www.tremblantfilmfestival.org/2007/English/ListShorts.html. dead. July 28, 2011. 2011-07-28. 2019-05-02.

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