Animation & VFX Executive · Emmy Award Winner

Work & Resume

Director, CG · Marvel Studios · 30 Years in Animation

Laura Barbera — Resume 2026 Director, CG · Animation & VFX Executive · Emmy Award Winner · AI Research & Workflow Development
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Demo Reels
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Demo reel
Supervising Producer
Emmy nominated · Nearly 10 hours of aired programming
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Demo reel · Shot breakdown
Character Animation
All hand keyframed · 40+ hours of aired programming
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Credentials
Experience
2021–Present
Director, CG · Marvel Studios Animation & VFX Executive across the full Marvel Animation slate
2017–2021
Global Head of CG · CoSA VFX LA, Vancouver & Atlanta · 40+ projects · Westworld, Lucifer, Raised by Wolves
2010–2016
Supervising Producer · Nickelodeon WallyKazam!, TMNT, Fanboy & Chum Chum
1995–2010
Animator · Lead · Supervisor Sony Imageworks · Framestore · Digital Domain · Zoic · Third Floor
Teaching
2016–2021
Gnomon School of Visual Effects Creature Animation, Character Animation, Previs & Animatics
2007–2021
Otis College of Art and Design Senior Lecturer · 2016 Teaching Excellence Award
Awards & Honors
2001
Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Special Visual Effects · Star Trek: Voyager
2017
Daytime Emmy Nomination Outstanding Pre-School Animated Program · WallyKazam!
2004
Gold Clio — Animation Nike Gamebreakers · dir. David Fincher
2004
Bronze Clio — Animation Xelibri: Beauty for Sale · dir. David Fincher
2016
Teaching Excellence Award Otis College of Art and Design
Education
MFA
Computer Graphics & Interactive Media · Magna Cum Laude Pratt Institute, NY
MFA
Painting, Drawing & Printmaking · Summa Cum Laude Brooklyn College, NY
BFA
Photography · Magna Cum Laude Brooklyn College, NY
Memberships & Leadership
Visual Effects Society — Executive Board Member (elected)
ATAS — AI Task Force Committee · Animation Peer Group
BAFTA · SAG-AFTRA · WIA · ASIFA · Academy of Magical Arts
Complete archive
Every project from 1995 to present — episodic, film, commercials, cinematics.
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