Maya at a Glance

George Maestri has worked as a writer, director, and producer in both traditional and computer animation with 15 years of animation experience at most of the major studios. Animation is his second career. His first job, at age 16, was programming computers. He earned a degree in computer science and soon was working in Silicon Valley on high-end computer graphics systems. Being an artist and a musician, George always had a creative streak, and he ultimately left the high-technology world to study art and animation. After working on several independent films, George's first big break in animation was developing the pilot for Rocko's Modern Life, a Nickelodeon series that he also helped write. He since has also worked for Film Roman, Disney, Warner Brothers, MGM, Threshold Digital, Curious Pictures, and Comedy Central, where he was one of the original producers of the hit series South Park. His characters "Karen and Kirby" have appeared in Kid's WB. As an educator George has, among his many books, published several volumes of Digital Character Animation, which was created as the first computer animation book aimed at artists. George has taught at NanYang Polytechnic in Singapore, U.C. Santa Cruz, Dhima, and Lynda.com. George is the owner of Rubber Bug, a digital animation production facility. In addition to production work, Rubber Bug develops and packages original concepts for the broadcast and educational markets. George resides in Los Angeles with his son and daughter and Alex, the wonder dog.Maestri, George is the author of 'Maya at a Glance', published 2005 under ISBN 9780782144048 and ISBN 0782144047.