Temple mural detail — photograph by Laura Barbera
Photograph by Laura Barbera
Photograph by Laura Barbera
Emmy Award Winner · Emmy Nominated · 30 Years in Animation

Welcome to
the Menagerie.

Director, CG · Marvel Studios · Animator · Puppeteer · Artist

Work Full resume & reels →
Current role
Director, CG · Marvel Studios
Animation & VFX Executive · 2021–Present
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Demo reel
Supervising Producer
Emmy nominated · CG Animation
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Demo reel
Animation Director
CG Supervising Director
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Projects & Ventures View all projects →
Production company
Same Brain Productions

LA-based studio creating cinematic, character-driven stories across film, TV, and animation.

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Puppet comedy · YouTube
Learn to Paint Good

Redd Greenie Bloo and Fizzie the Earworm host the world's most wrong-headed art show. Coming to YouTube.

learntopaintgood.com →
iOS app · Coming soon
Menagerie App

AI-powered collection management for people who can't stop picking up interesting things.

menagerieapp.com →
Collector's shop
Dead Family Business

A personal museum of objects with stories. Some have found their homes. Others are still looking.

deadfamilybusiness.com →
Art Paintings · Drawings · Photography · Printmaking →
Paintings
Paintings
Mixed media on canvas
© Laura Barbera
Drawings
Drawings
Charcoal & ink
© Laura Barbera
Photography
Photography
Hand printed & digital
© Laura Barbera
Printmaking
Printmaking
Etching & linocuts
© Laura Barbera
Photography
Photography
Travel & documentary
© Laura Barbera
About Full bio →

Emmy Award winner and Emmy-nominated Supervising Producer with 30 years of experience across film, episodic, and commercial production. Currently Director, CG at Marvel Studios Animation — the creative and technical connective tissue across the entire Marvel Animation slate, from X-Men '97 to Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.

Marvel's primary AI evaluator for 2+ years, with active partnerships with Google, OpenAI, Runway, and others. Executive Board Member of the Visual Effects Society. ATAS AI Task Force Committee Member. MFA in both Computer Graphics and Painting/Drawing & Printmaking.

Outside the studio: puppet comedy, improv theater, fine art, a collection app, and a shop full of objects with stories. The through line in everything is character. Welcome to the Menagerie.