Story Structure and Development

Craig Caldwell is USTAR (Utah Science Technology and Research) professor in digital media at the University of Utah. Having worked for Walt Disney Feature Animation and Electronic Arts games he has extensive experience in the industry approach to creating animation and games. Caldwell has been a co-founder and arts director for one of the top-ranked interactive games programs, Entertainment Arts and Engineering (EAE – University of Utah) with its numerous award-winning games. He has served as head of the largest film school in Australia—Griffith Film School, Griffith University, as well as chair of the Media Arts Department and associate director of the New Media Center at University of Arizona; as well as having been selected as a DeTao Master, Institute of Animation and Creative Content on the SIVA campus, Shanghai, China. Caldwell speaks frequently on story at major conferences such as SIGGRAPH, FMX, Mundos Digitales, industry, and universities. He earned his PhD from the Advanced Computing Center for Art and Design, Ohio State University.