Tim

Tim Leborgne
Department Director, Professional Training/Open Workshop

Born from a French father and an American mother in New York in 1974, Tim graduated with a Master’s degree in social psychology from the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium.

In 1999, Tim had the good fortune of returning to one of his childhood passions, animation film, by working at Cartoon AEFA (the European Association for Animation Film) for four years, during which he participated in the creation and management of the European Training Network for Animation (ETNA) and to the organisation of numerous Cartoon Masters, Cartoon Movies and Cartoon Forums. Furthermore, he co-organised 3 editions of the yearly European Video Perspectives conference (PEVE) in collaboration with Screen Digest.

In 2003, Tim joined The Animation Workshop / VIA University College in Viborg as the director of its Professional Training and Open Workshop (artist residencies) departments. Besides organising The Animation Workshop’s vocational animation/CG/VFX courses, labs and master classes for European and international professionals, Tim runs the school’s talent development and independent production activities and takes part in the school’s work placement programme.