Melissa Spearman

Melissa Spearman is an animation production manager and a graduate of the Academy of Art University in San Francisco California. As one of the school’s first full-time remote production students, Melissa worked as a Lead Producer at the school’s StudioX program while majoring in Animation & Visual Effects. The first film that she worked on while performing this role, Strawberry Mansion, made it into the first completely remote Sundance Film Festival in 2021.

Melissa dedicated her academic career towards cultivating the ability to devise effective solutions to creative challenges while working with large groups of artists from diverse backgrounds and locations. Melissa loves to connect and work with artists who are passionate about their craft, and over time she has acquired a thorough working knowledge of remote production environments, creative trends and their evolutions throughout history, inclusive production management techniques, and many of the tools and applications being used by today’s leading digital artists. She now volunteers her time and PA services to support the independent sector of the entertainment industry while honing her skills as a 3D generalist.