A Conversation With Thomas Grummt

You might recognize our next guest on 'A Conversation With'. He’s one of our Agora Experts! Thomas Grummt has been working in animation for 15 years, and has been an Animator and Supervising Animator at DreamWorks Animation for the past 10 years. He just completed work on the upcoming adventure "The Croods: A New Age", and recently worked on the critically acclaimed "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World" as Supervisor of the Light Fury dragon. Thomas started his career as a freelance animator in Germany, working on feature films such as "Krabat", "John Rabe" and "Lissi and the Wild Emperor". He is also a passionate teacher and mentor, has taught various animation workshops, given lectures, and tutored students one-on-one to help them reach their career goals. Thomas holds a degree from Stuttgart Media University, as well as from the Animation Mentor online school.

In this sit-down, we’ll chat about the longevity of staying in a studio, traditional vs. online schools, and honing your craft to be able to teach others.