Meet The Team

Apollonia Vick is a Storyboard Artist in the animation industry. She has worked for studios such as: Walt Disney Animation, Netflix, and DreamWorks Animation TV. She has collaborated productions include Netflix: My Dad the Bounty  Hunter DreamWorks: Fright Krewe and Gabby’s Doll House.
 

​Apollonia is in the animation film industry continuing to bring stories to life. Being apart of productions that have been nominated for the Annie awards. Apollonia Vick is an multi-award winning student director who has written, created, and collaborated with artist from all over the world. Apollonia is a multi-award winning student director with bachelors and masters degree in Fine Art and Digital Animation. Her works include Adija (2016) and Monsters In The Dark (2019).

 Catherine Qiu is an animation producer based in Los Angeles with a background in production management - working on Netflix shows Word Party and Gabby's Dollhouse - as well as a passion for bringing short film to life such as Randy Rejects and now, Of Fire. She's very excited to see this amazing short come together and to solve production puzzles along the way.

Cece is a Los Angeles based storyboard artist, character designer, and illustrator. She recently worked as a storyboard revisionist on shows like Fright Krewe and Gabby's Dollhouse and is excited to lend both her storyboard and production talents to the Of Fire project. In her free time, Cece can be found tending to her plants, studying Japanese, and playing the rhythm game Project Sekai on her phone. 

Robby Good is a Los Angeles-based composer, performer, and orchestrator, and is incredibly excited to provide the music for Of Fire. Robby has provided scores for nearly 50 films and animations spanning many genres and styles, including Boyfriend Material, a short that achieved high popularity across YouTube and TikTok. He is an active composer for Project: Eden’s Garden, an independently-developed in-progress visual novel video game. He was one of the composers and lyricists, as well as the orchestrator for the original theatre production Dis-topia, a musical about Walt Disney's frozen head being revived and ruling over his dream city of EPCOT - the first official production premiered in February 2024, with Robby as the music director and conductor; the official studio soundtrack will be available on all streaming platforms at the end of March. He also collaborated with the EDM artist Wooli to arrange, orchestrate, contract the musicians for, and record the single Crazy in 2021.

Robby currently holds a master's degree in Composition for Visual Media from the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, alongside a double bachelor’s degree in Composition and Percussion Performance, with a minor in Film. Robby continues to collaborate with artists in many different genres for compositions, arrangements, orchestrations, and performances in the Los Angeles area. He currently serves as the Director of Operations for the Unprecedented Music Association, of which he is a founding Board Member.

Jacob Bauman is a recording, mixing engineer, and composer based in Los Angeles, California. While earning his degree at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music, Jacob's extensive background in music performance, composition, and engineering has placed him in every situation, from large orchestral scoring sessions to immersive theatrical sound design.

Jacob has worked on a range of high-profile projects, including his role as Score Mix Assistant on the blockbuster film It Ends With Us and as lead Sound Designer for the world premiere of the opera Anne Frank. With more exciting projects on the horizon, he remains committed to delivering exceptional work and strives to get the best-sounding results in the industry.

After serving nearly a decade on active duty for the U.S. Army, he left to pursue his passion for art and visual storytelling. He learned his BFA from DigiPen, returning shortly thereafter as a candidate in the school's Masters of Fine Arts program. He enjoys teaching, mentoring, and worldbuilding, and creative development.

Angel Chang is an illustrator who creates artwork for audiences of all ages, bringing unique narratives to life. Graduating from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco in 2017, she has since worked in the fields of picture book publishing and visual development for animation. Her distinctive use of color has led her to collaborate with clients worldwide, bringing stories to life.

Ali Yassin is a senior lighting artist in the games industry. He holds an MFA in Visual Effects with a focus on Texturing and Lighting from the Academy of Art University. Proficient in real time and offline rendering pipelines, Ali’s primary focus is on crafting beautiful imagery across a range of visual styles

Mia StarrFrank is a current student at Digipen Institute of Technology, studying Storyboarding and Animation in Washington state. She has had opportunities to work on a couple of short films and greatly valued those experiences. She love anything horror and heart-wrenching and hope to create more stories like that in the future!

Abby is a 3D Character Artist in the Games Industry. She graduated from DigiPen: Institute of Technology, and since then has worked at Oxide Games and Player First Games.