Past public appearances
Wednesday, May 5th, 2021: Eric spoke to 90 students at the Orange County School of the Arts about his life path through animation and advised them on some basics about creating and nurturing their original intellectual properties.
Thursday, April 8th, 2021: Eric joined industry veterans John Evershed, Dan Sarto, and Chris Robinson in a ToonBoom sponsored seminar on Twitch to talk about the Industry of Adult Animation.
Surviving Animation with Eric Calderon. In this 3 hour intensive Zoom workshop, Eric will delve into the current state of the animation industry, the basics of developing for the various genres of TV animation, the new sub-genres, and then constructing a ‘package’ as well as a show bible and pitch proposals. Registration Fee is $80 USD.
Saturday, Nov. 14th, https://www.gallerynucleus.com/events/815?more_info=1
Surviving and Thriving at Nucleus Gallery
Thursday, Nov 20th, 9am (UTC/GMT+8) https://www.animationcouncil.org/animahenasyon
Webinar speaker for Animahenasyon (Philippines)
Eric Calderon will be one of the featured webinar speakers at the 14th annual Animahenasyon, hosted by the Animation Council o fthe Philippines (ACPI). The festival highlights Filipino talent and also includes a competition for aspiring and professional animators plus screening of commercial and independent content. The theme for this year is ‘The Celebration of the 20th.’ The subject for Eric’s webinar is TBD (as of 10/26/20).
Tuesday, Sept. 8th 6pm PST www.kre8tif.com/my
Keynote Speaker at Malaysia’s Kre8tif2020 Festival
Eric Calderon will be the keynote speaker at one of Southeast Asia’s premiere digital content festival hosted and organized by the Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC). Eric’s topic will be ‘How South East Asia will create the next global animated hit.’
Thursday, Nov 5th, 10am (GMT+9) https://www.acefair.or.kr/
Keynote Speaker for the Gwangju ACE Fair (Korea)
Hosted by the Ministry of Trade in Korea, ACE is the biggest content marketplace in Korea for the global OTT industry. Eric’s keynote topic would be on OTT market trends, current OTT regulation of each country, and strategies to boost content competitiveness and enriching the content ecosystem.
Monday, Oct. 20th, 6pm PST www.mymagic.my
Moderator at MaGIC E-Nation Symposium
Eric will be a Moderator at the Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre (MaGIC) E-Nation symposium under the topic of ‘Enabling Tech entitled Sports, Tourism, & Entertainment Going Digital.’
Wednesday, Oct 21 4pm PST https://www.bridgingfoundation.org/
Guest of Webinar series
Eric Caulderon, Independent Producer/Consultant, Los Angeles and Producer, Afro Samurai
Kofi M Bazzell-Smith, U.S.-Japan Bridging Scholar/Creator, Kofi Manga Youtube Channel
Amy DeLouise, Producer and Moderator
East meets West in this session that will drill down into the cultural roots of these art forms, what modern transformations are occurring in the genres, and the themes common in both Animé and Manga that resonate with social justice movements in the US. Get ready for an action-packed session!
Friday, Aug 28th 9am PST https://elfestival.mx/
Judge for IdeaToon2020
Eric Calderon was among a jury of 6 senior animation industry professionals gathered to judge contestants for the annual Pixelatl Animation Festival competition IdeaToon 2020. Normally held in Cuernavaca, Pixelatl is the premiere animation festival of Mexico.
Eric Calderon gave a 2 hour lecture at the mostly-professional-artists attended class on the basics of animation development. He also gave tips on bible production and pitching techniques as well as fielded questions and answers from students about their particular proposals.