Studio Crew - Rough Draft Studios

Gregg Vanzo – Director, President: Gregg is currently supervising animation on Season 6 of Futurama. He has served as Supervising Director on Sit Down, Shut Up, The Maxx and Futurama. In addition to his work as a Sequence Director on The Simpson Movie, he has overseen the animation for numerous film and television projects such as Ren & Stimpy, Beavis & Butthead (Series & Feature), Powerpuff Girls (Series & Feature), Family Guy, Kim Possible, Stitch! The Movie, and several Looney Tunes Theatrical shorts for Warner Bros.. Gregg has received an Annecy Award for his groundbreaking work on The Maxx and an Emmy Award for Futurama.

Claudia Katz – Producer, Executive Vice President: Claudia joined Rough Draft in 1994 to produce The Maxx. Since then she has produced numerous projects for film and television including: Sit Down, Shut Up, all four Futurama DVD features, The Simpsons Movie, Drawn Together, Futurama – the series, Star Wars: Clone Wars I & II, Baby Blues, Spy Vs. Spy, the Looney Tunes Theatrical Shorts; Duck Dodgers – Attack of the Drones and The Whizzard of Ow, the CBS pilot - Vinyl Café and the Cartoon Network pilot - Nancy Stellar. She is currently working on Futurama - Season 6, two prime-time pilots for Fox and in-house development. Claudia has received an Annecy Award for her work on The Maxx, Emmy and Hugo Awards for Futurama, Emmy Awards for Star Wars: Clone Wars I & II, and Annie Awards for the Bender's Big Score, Beast With A Billion Backs, and Into The Wild Green Yonder.

Scott Vanzo – Director of CGI, Chief Technology Officer: Scott joined Rough Draft in 1993 to set up one of the first Digital Ink & Paint and Camera production facilities, as well as a 3-D Animation Department for production on The Maxx. Specializing in integrating 3-D and traditional animation, Scott has overseen the CG for projects such as: Sit Down, Shut Up, all four of the Futurama Direct-to-DVD features,The Simpsons Movie, Drawn Together, Futurama - the series, Star Wars: Clone Wars I & II, Baby Blues, the Looney Tunes Theatrical Shorts; Duck Dodgers - Attack of the Drones and The Whizzard of Ow, and The Maxx. He is currently at work on Futurama - Season 6. Scott has received Emmy Awards for his work on Star Wars: Clone Wars I & II.

Hyejoon Yun – International Liaison: Hyejoon joined Rough Draft in 1992 and coordinates all of our and our clients productions with the overseas studio - Rough Draft Korea. She is in constant communication with Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Disney Television, Warner Bros. Animation, Curious Pictures, and other various clients (including our own productions) in regards to the overseas studio.

Peter Avanzino – Staff Director, Supervising Director: Peter joined Rough Draft Studios in 1998 to direct on the first season of Futurama, going on to direct on all 5 seasons as well as two of the Direct-to-DVD movies; Beast With A Billion Backs, and Into The Wild Green Yonder. He is currently serving as Supervising Director on Futurama - Season 6. While at Rough Draft, Peter has also served as Supervising Director on Sit Down, Shut Up, Drawn Together and Baby Blues. Previously, he directed on numerous television series' such as Duckman, Ren & Stimpy, and The Wild Thornberry's and storyboarded for shows such as The Simpsons, Ren & Stimpy, and Rugrats. Peter has received Annie Awards for his work on the DVD movies; Futrama: The Beast with a Billion Backs and ,B.Into The Wild Green Yonder , Hugo Awards for Drawn Together, and an Emmy nomination for Duckman.

Dwayne Carey-Hill – Staff Director: Dwayne came to Rough Draft in 1996 to work on Spy VS Spy for Mad TV, and has been on staff ever since. His most recent directing work can be seen on Futurama - Season 6 as well as Sit Down, Shut Up, and the direct-to-DVD features Bender's Big Score and Bender's Game. Other directing credits include Drawn Together and Futurama. In addition, Dwayne was an assistant director/ character designer/ layout artist on Futurama - the series, and an animator on the Looney Tunes Theatrical Short; Duck Dodgers - Attack of the Drones, Baby Blues and the CBS pilot - Vinyl Café. Dwayne has received an Annie Award for his work on the DVD movie, Futurama: Bender's Game and a Hugo Award for his work on Drawn Together.

Crystal Chesney-Thompson – Director: Crystal joined Rough Draft in 2000 as a Layout Artist on Futurama and has become a Staff Director for the Studio. Her most recent directorial work can be seen on the all new Season 6 of Futurama and Sit Down, Shut Up. Other work at Rough Draft includes; The Simpsons Movie, all four Futurama DVD Movies, the opening titles for Pink Panther 2, Drawn Together, Looney Tunes, and pilots for CBS and Cartoon Network. Crystal has also worked on several features including Horton Hears a Who, The Spongebob SquarePants Movie, and Curious George.