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Board Members

Chairman Jared Corwin
Wrote and produced the feature film, “Audio.” He also created the short film,
“Time Enforcer” which was purchased by the sci-fi streaming platform,
Dust, and screened to great response at film festivals such as Fantastic Fest
and Hollyshorts. Jared has written/produced short animations for Bento Box and Cartuna. Jared co-created/wrote/produced the Adult Swim SMALLS series,
"Mayor Mochi" which is distributed through Adult Swim's YouTube Channel. Jared first came on as the Co-Director/Curator of Silver Lake Shorts in January 2022. Since joining Silver Lake Shorts, Jared helped the screening series grow into one of the most popular festivals in Los Angeles, featuring cutting-edge indie films and animations and filling to audience capacity every screening. 

(contact: jcorwin923@gmail.com)


Treasurer Benjamin Sharpe
Founded Silver Lake Shorts in 2019. Ben previously spent six years booking and managing the historic Silver Lake venue El Cid that reestablished it as an
iconic Los Angeles venue. Ben has helped organize and book thousands of different events from dance parties to burlesque shows and screenings, both public and private.  

(contact: benjamindsharpe@gmail.com)


Secretary Katharine Ball 
is a 2D traditional and experimental animation director & designer. Most recently, she was a character designer for Adult Swim’s Tuca & Bertie and Netflix’s upcoming series Long Story Short. She is also the founder and & curator of the LA-based screening series “Loose Frames.” 
(contact: kataball.212@gmail.com)


Chris Prynoski
is the Emmy award winning founder and owner of Titmouse, an animation production company with offices in Los Angeles, New York and Vancouver.
His animation career began in New York with his work on MTV shows such as Beavis and Butt-Head, Daria and his Emmy nominated creation, Downtown.
Chris and his wife Shannon moved to LA to launch Titmouse, a home for passionate artists making high-quality cartoons. Prynoski has helped bring to life a string of hits including Metalocalypse, China IL, Black Dynamite, Superjail!, The Venture Bros, Big Mouth, The Legend of Vox Machina, Star Trek: Lower Decks
and many more! He wears many hats, including executive producing,
show running and directing.

https://titmouse.net/team-member/chris-prynoski/


Mia Di Pasquale 
is a producer and development executive who has built her career championing left-of-center and emerging voices in comedy and animation. She is currently the Head of Development for Animation+. Before that, she served as VP of development at Look Mom! Productions, where she oversaw series at Hulu, Roku, and CBS Studios. In her role as an independent Producer, she developed series with Peacock and Bandera Entertainment, Adult Swim & Abso Lutely, Bento Box, Starburns, Blink Industries and Comedy Bang! Bang! Projects that she produced have screened at Sundance, Tribeca, and TIFF. Formerly, she spent three years as VP of Original Series at Super Deluxe and worked on shows like Nathan for You,
Hot Package, and Pound House.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mia-di-pasquale-b6982619/


Lily Weiner 
is a non-profit leader and marketing strategist  based in LA. With a decade of
non-profit experience, she serves as Executive Director of the Hollywood Historic Trust, helping preserve Hollywood's rich and vibrant history. Her work includes creating and managing major marketing campaigns with the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Hollywood Sign, Sherman Oaks Galleria, Sherman Oaks Street Fair, Chevrolet, the BET Awards, and others. Outside of work, Lily enjoys making                    handmade paper and other mixed media arts.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilyweiner/

Jared Corwin
Benjamin Sharpe
Katharine Ball
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Mia DiPasquale
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ADVISORY BOARD

Sean Buckelew 
is an award-winning animator and director based in Los Angeles, California.
He received his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in Experimental Animation and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2019, he was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. Sean is a Writer and Director on Scavengers Reign and Common Side Effects. In 2020 he co-founded Green Street Pictures, an independent animation studio. He is also President of the Board of Directors and Head Programmer at the GLAS Animation Festival.

https://www.seanbuckelew.com/


James Belfer
is the founder and CEO of Cartuna, an award-winning, Brooklyn-based, full-service animation studio. Belfer has produced original series and feature films with NBC Universal, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, 20th Century, UCP, Fox, Nick Jr., Facebook Watch, SYFY, Peacock and YouTube Originals. As an independent film producer, Belfer has produced 15 feature films. He has premiered work at the Sundance Film Festival nine times, winning the 2011 Grand Jury Prize for the film 'Like Crazy' and a 2016 Special Jury Prize for the animated documentary 'NUTS!'. His films have also premiered at SXSW, Berlinale (Golden Bear for Best Director), Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Tribeca Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival. In 2023, Belfer joined the advisory board of The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University. Belfer is a graduate of Northwestern University and received his MBA from NYU Stern School of Business. Since 2013,
Belfer has been an adjunct professor for NYU Tisch School of the Arts. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesbelfer/

Sean Buckelaw
James Belfer

PRODUCERS

Karissa Breuer 
Hannah Ulmen


ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Natalie Watson

VOLUNTEERS

Dillon Kilkenny

Joe Kolean

Grace Palmer

Jim Punch

Jake Reeves
Bess Thompson


Please reach out to learn more

about our volunteer opportunities!

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