Barbara Ford Grant — President, Prysm Stages

 This week’s podcast guest, Barbara Ford Grant, is particularly inspirational. Barbara’s pursuit of fine art led her into VFX, where she worked her way through companies including DreamWorks Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Digital Domain, Walt Disney Studios, and immersive art platform Meow Wolf. She carved an enviable career path during this time, from digital artist to chief technology officer.

Today, Barbara is president of Prysm Stages, a state-of-the-art virtual production facility, and she’s just become the first female chair of the Sci-Tech Committee of the Academy. In this podcast, she details her career and how she’s continually pushed VFX technology and pipelines forward. She also reveals why HBO’s content is so good, what exactly Meow Wolf does, and the changes needed for women to thrive in the VFX industry.

April is Autism Acceptance Month, and Chaos is highlighting Exceptional Minds, an academy and studio preparing neurodiverse young adults for careers in animation, visual effects, 3D gaming, and related fields in the entertainment industry. This week, we invite you to check out Exceptional Minds’ brand-new sizzle reel to see some of the incredible work its students have created.

To learn more about Exceptional Minds, visit exceptional-minds.org, or find them on social. 

Links:

Prysm Stages >

Barbara Ford Grant on LinkedIn >

Barbara Ford Grant on IMDb >

Barbara Ford Grant at NEP Group >