Kevin Mannens

Faculty, SJSU Animation & Illustration Design Program
Email: kevin.mannens@sjsu.edu

With a career anchored by Academy Award-nominated and Annie Award-winning productions, Kevin Mannens is a technical director and visual effects designer who has been a principal artist on close to a dozen Hollywood blockbusters. His credits include Transformers: Age of Extinction, Captain America:The Winter Soldier, Pacific Rim, The Amazing Spiderman, G-Force, The Chronicles of Narnia, Alice in Wonderland, and more. A visual storyteller first and foremost, Kevin is fluent across various media from 3D animation and VFX to Live action and virtual reality. Kevin is also an award-winning documentary filmmaker. His social impact and wildlife documentaries (Malpelo: Mountain of Sharks, Marsh Clouds, The Taking of Harris Neck, Doormat Harvest, Mud Harvest, and more) have won hundreds of awards in international film festivals; and were screened all over the world.