School of Music Visiting Artist Series
Seth Boyden (Film/Video BFA 15) was named one of Variety's 10
Animators to Watch in 2016. His film An Object at
Rest won the silver medal at the 2015 Student Academy Awards and the
Walter and Gracie Lantz Animation Prize at the 2015 CalArts
Character Animation Producers’ Show. The film also received the
Special Jury Prize at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los
Angeles (BAFTA Los Angeles). An Object at Rest was inspired by his
childhood memory of finding a fossil while on a walk with his father. Boyden is
currently working as a storyboard artist at Blue Sky Animation
Studios.