Patrick HANENBERGER

Patrick Hanenberger is a well-known artist in the cinema and animation industry. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Industrial and Graphic Design from the University of Michigan and a Science degree in Transportation Design from the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, and fell in love with Feature Animation while completing an internship at Pixar, where he worked on The Incredibles. Nine years later, he became a production designer for DreamWorks, working on Rise of the Guardians. While there, he also worked as a visual development artist on The Croods, Monsters vs. Aliens, and Over the Hedge. In 2019, Hanenberger took an interest in virtual reality and developed the first fully Avatar based VR class for the ArtCenter College of Design.