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Master Session 4 : HOW THE DISNEY SAUSAGE IS MADE: CREATING A BLOCKBUSTER FRANCHISE FROM NOTHING with JEFF RANJO

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Master Session 4 : HOW THE DISNEY SAUSAGE IS MADE: CREATING A BLOCKBUSTER FRANCHISE FROM NOTHING with JEFF RANJO

Very few people have been “in the room where the Disney sausage is made” - and Jeff Ranjo is one of them. Step back in time with Jeff to the days when it was just him, a director and a writer, dreaming up characters, story ideas and the big twist that made Frozen a box-office smash.

Learn about the research, the story pitches and the shuttered films before Frozen came into being - and how those unmade films influenced the film Frozen eventually came to be. Jeff is a veteran storyperson, visual designer, character developer and co-exec producer, with 18 years of experience at Disney alone. Join him as he pulls back the curtain on how a blockbuster story like Frozen’s is born.

Date and Time: Sat Aug 15th, 4pm

Location : Lux Humans Gallery 406 E. 2nd St LA CA 90012

Enrollment : $150 per student

Seats are first come first served. Please arrive 30 min prior to start time

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About Jeff Ranjo

Jeff is an Emmy Award-winning American story artist, character designer, and animator with a career spanning over three decades at the highest levels of feature animation. Growing up in San Diego's South Bay, Ranjo turned a childhood passion for comic books and illustration into a profession, ultimately spending six years passing on his expertise as a character design instructor at the prestigious California Institute of the Arts.

Ranjo is widely celebrated for his extensive 16-year tenure at Walt Disney Animation Studios. As a story artist and visual development expert, he helped shape the narrative blueprints and musical moments for iconic blockbusters including Hercules, Tarzan, The Emperor’s New Groove, Frozen, and Moana. Beyond Disney, his structural and visual storytelling talents guided Sony Pictures Animation hits like Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Surf's Up, where he served as the Head of Story.

In recent years, Ranjo has brought his expertise to Netflix Animation. He achieved significant critical acclaim as the Co-Executive Producer and Head of Story for the epic limited series Maya and the Three, which earned him a Children's & Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing. Known in the industry as a versatile architect of animation, Ranjo continues to develop top-secret projects at Netflix while mentoring the next generation of global visual storytellers.