Television Animation Conference Lines Up Talent

OTTAWA: David Silverman, best known for directing numerous episodes of The Simpsons as well as The Simpsons Movie, and Josh Selig, the founder and president of Little Airplane Productions, will headline this year’s Television Animation Conference, taking place October 14 and 15 at the Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa.

Running alongside the Ottawa Animation Festival, this annual event brings together animation professions in content creation, production, distribution and marketing. Selig, who opens the conference, has won ten Academy Awards as a member of the writing team for Sesame Street. He also founded Little Airplane Productions. Selig’s creating and producing credits include The Wonder Pets!, Oobi!, Go, Baby! and 3rd & Bird.

The second day of the event will kick off with Silverman. Much of his career has centered on The Simpsons. He became producer as well as supervising animation director for the series. Other directing credits include The Simpsons Movie, DreamWorks’ The Road to El Dorado and Pixar’s Monsters, Inc.