TEACHING ______________________________________________________________________
Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY - Jan. '16 - present
Associate Professor - Thesis 1, Thesis 2, Thesis in Progress, Graduate Seminar 1 and Graduate Seminar 2
Master Class Lecturer ROSSO Fashion and Arts Education, Shanghai, China - Oct. - Nov. ‘22
Course: Storyboarding and Storytelling.
Montclair State University Montclair, NJ, Dec - May ' 16
Assistant Professor - Motion Graphics
Saddle River Day School Saddle River, NJ - Oct. ’15 - July ‘17
Curriculum Design, Animation Instruction
Kean University Robert Busch School of Design - Union, NJ. Jan. '11 - June '15
Assistant Professor - Motion Graphics 1, Motion Graphics 2, Motion Graphics 3, Expressive Imaging,
Visual Form, & Critical Perspectives
Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa, CA. Sept. - Dec. ‘09
Reader / Grader - Introduction to Film History and Film Forum
Cal Arts (California Institute of the Arts) Valencia, CA. May '08
Guest Lecturer - Animated Documentary and Entrepreneurial Studies
St. Mary’s College of California Moraga, CA. Jan. ‘04, Jan. '05
Guest Lecturer - Poems as Visual Objects
University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg Center for Communication
Institute for Multimedia Literacy & Jefferson High School - LA, CA. Dec. ’00 - May ’02
Technology Integrator - Art History, Religion, US History & Immigration
JUROR ______________________________________________________________________
The Motion Awards by Motionographer Finalist Judge, 2016 - present
Los Angeles Animation Festival, Judge, 2019
CONFERENCES ________________________________________________________________
MODE (Motion Design) Summit, Co-Chair MODE Fest 2019 - present
Future of Storytelling (FoST) New York City, NY 2016, 2017, 2018
TED Active, Whistler, BC, March 2104, Palm Springs, CA, March 2013
Re-Defining Animation, 25th Society for Animation Studies Conference, LA, CA, June 2013
MODE (Motion Design) Summit, Notre Dame, University, Sound Bend IN, April 2013
TV ANIMATION ________________________________________________________________
Harvard Business Review - “The Explainer - Blue Ocean Strategy” Nov. 16 - June '17
Animation Director / Animator - Created 2 minute explainer videos for HBR website
WE Women's Entertainment Network - "Bridezillas" - Los Angeles, CA. Feb. - June '06
Director, 9 short animated episodes promoting "Bridezillas" TV series
Cartoon Network - "Sunday Pants" Series - Los Angeles, CA. Feb. - Sept. '05
Creator / Director / Producer, “Food Court Diaries" - animated documentary shorts
Disney Television - "Locker Genie" - Burbank, CA. Aug. - Oct. ’04
Development Artist, (Character and Background Designer) for series development
MTV Animation - “Celebrity Deathmatch” - New York City, NY. Feb. ’99 - June ’00
Special Effects Designer, Seasons Two, Three and Four
Sesame Street - Tel Aviv, Israel. Jan. ’97 - Jan. ’98
Art Director / Character Designer - The Palestinian / Israeli Sesame Street
FILM ANIMATION _____________________________________________________________
“Backseat Bingo" Animated Documentary Independent Film - LA, CA. Sept. '02 - Jan. '04
Producer / Director / Animator – Travelled internationally to 180 film festivals. Won 25 awards.
Winner: HBO Comedy Arts Festival , Honorable Mention: IDA Awards, Screened: SXSW,
Telluride, AFI Fest, Ottawa Animation. Aired exclusively on IFC
PUBLICATIONS ______________________________________________________________
Blazer, Liz, Animated Storytelling: Simple Steps For Creating Animation and Motion Graphics,
(1st & 2nd Editions) Peachpit Press, Pearson Education 2016, 2019
Blazer, Liz & Azman, Amanda. Designer of The Week: Liz Blazer, PRINT Magazine, Feb. 2016, Web.
Contributed: Illustrations and interview
Blazer, Liz & Cone, Justin. Tidying up for the muse: Interview with Liz Blazer, author of “Animated
Storytelling,” Motionographer, Jan 2016. Web. Contributed: Illustrations and interview
Landa, Robin. Nimble Thinking in the Digital Age, San Francisco: Peachpit Press, Nov.2014. Print.
Contributed: Illustration and interview on Animation and Storytelling
Blazer, Liz et al. Living Well While Caregiving. Marlton, NJ: Feel Good Kids Publications &
Samaritan Hospice, Jan 2014. Print
Landa, Robin. The Guided Sketchbook That Teaches You How To DRAW! San Francisco: Peachpit
Press, Nov. 2013. Print. Illustration, Prompts and Research, pages xii, 107, 193
Honess Roe, Annabelle. Animated Documentary. London: Palgrave Macmillan, June 2013. print.
Illustration, research and interview on Animated Documentary, pages 24, 92-96, 100 & 176
EDUCATION _________________________________________________________________
University of Southern California (USC), School of Cinematic Arts, Division of Animation and
Digital Arts, Los Angeles, CA, 2004
M.F.A. in Animation, Phi Kappa Phi & Institute for Humane Studies Scholarship
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1993
B.S. in Fine Art, Cum Laude & “Faculty Award” for artist that shows the most promise