MAGIC Speaker Series welcomes Keith Lango

Talk Title: Adaptability Is Career Rocket Fuel The MAGIC Speaker Series resumes on Tuesday, November 19 at 2:00PM with our final talk of the semester as we welcome animator and director, Keith Lango.Talk Abstract: The number one attribute that has allowed me to have a very successful career in CGI/VFX for almost 3 decades has been a willingness to adapt and change. Dogmatism and inflexibility can snuff out a career. In this talk I'll look back at the ways I have adjusted my ideas, re-examined previous convictions, and embraced new technologies over my 26 years in the business. I'll share some lessons learned the hard way and offer insight into how to tear down your own shibboleths to open doors to opportunities. Bio: Keith Lango has been an avid explorer of CG animation art and technology since the early 90’s. Keith is a world-renowned and award-winning animator with a specialty for achieving new visual production techniques and pipeline efficiencies, especially on projects with limited resources. He has applied these skills on all manner of media projects like films, TV shows, commercials, interactive, VR, and video game titles. He has worked on projects for studios like Valve, Big Idea Productions, Blur, ReelFX, DNA Productions, Magnetic Dreams, Fox/Blue Sky, Warner Brothers, Sony, Disney, EA, and Take 2 Interactive. Over the past decade Keith has been expanding his interests into live action film production. He has written, directed, edited, and color graded professional commercial projects and has produced and directed a number of festival award winning narrative short films. Keith's talk will take place in the Wegmans Theater at MAGIC Spell Studios from 2:00-3:00PM with a reception from 3:00-3:30PM in the Atrium.