Tom Gasek is a Professor Emeritus at RIT, where he taught in the School of Film and Animation for 19 years. He worked as a professional director and animator for 26 years previous to teaching with animation credits that include Aardman Animations’ classic Wallace and Gromit short THE WRONG TROUSERS, the Peter Lord / Nick Park feature CHICKEN RUN, as well as Laika Studio’s hit film CORALINE.

Gasek co-directed and animated the INSIDE-OUT BOY for Nickelodeon, which is a part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He has worked with directors Will Vinton, Art Clokey and Henry Selick. He operated several small studios of his own, including the award-winning, Sculptoons in San Francisco. Gasek is a Fulbright Specialist and wrote FRAME BY FRAME STOP MOTION, the only book on “non-puppet stop motion” for Focal Press. He just completed his third independent film called 4@60. which includes “non-puppet” stop motion techniques. His work can be viewed at www.tdgasek.com and on Vimeo.