Meet Our Graders

Joe Mandia Grader for Level 1 Animation
Joe Mandia has been in the animation industry for over 17 years. He as worked in VFX, feature animated films, commercials and video games. Some projects include, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, Harry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone, Chicken Little, Ice Age 2, and Open Season. Joe has also taught for a major online animation school for several years and has produced an instructional animation DVD for Eat3D.com.

Han Hu Grader for Level 1 Animation
Han Hu has been a professional animator for over 11 years. He has worked on many commercials, video games, TV shows, and feature films, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows and Transformers: The Last Knight. 

Jason Lethcoe Grader for Level 3 - Story Class

Jason Lethcoe has worked as a director, animator, producer and storyboard artist for the past 35 years at Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures and Dreamworks SKG.

His work has been included in such features as The Little Mermaid, The Tigger Movie, Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmas, The Pagemaster, Disney’s Home On The Range, Tom and Jerry, Surf's Up, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Monsters at Work.

He has directed several commercials for clients including McDonald's, Sega, and Hidden Valley Ranch.

He is the recipient of several awards including the Worldfest Houston Gold Jury Award for his animation of Bugs Bunny at Warner Bros. Studios and nominated for Best Debut of a new comic book title by the 2001 Lighthouse Awards. More recently, he was nominated for the 2012 Retailer's Choice award and the prestigious Lesserpries in Germany.

Amanda Tank Grader for Drawing Classes

Amanda is an American artist currently residing in Austria. After graduating from Biola University with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting, she started her freelance career by working in video games, film, board games, illustration, and more. Her biggest passion is character design, and spends her free time playing Nintendo games and finding the best coffee shop in town.

Tiffany King  Grader for Level 1 Animation

Tiffany King has been an animator, illustrator and character rigger in the gaming industry for over 12 years.  Her work can be seen in games like The Sims, DragonVale, Runescape, and Atlas Empires.

Anthony Brewster  Grader for Level 2 Animation

Anthony Brewster has been a professional animator for the past 6 years. He’s worked as an animator on Spies in Disguise, SpongeBob: Sponge on the Run, The Sea Beast, and most recently on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

His animation journey started in 4th grade when he learned how to make stop-motion animation and has been hooked ever since. He tinkered with stop-motion as a hobby until he graduated high school and then attended Animation Mentor to learn 3d animation.