Samantha Youssef

Samantha Youssef is a Canadian character animator, animation director and visual development artist. She has worked in both feature films and video games. She is the Artistic Director and founder of Studio Technique, an artistic consulting, production, and training studio focused on developing talent in the feature film and video game animation. She is responsible for the artistic training and development of artists in the Feature Film, VFX, and video game industries across North America and Europe. She is the creator of The Youssef Drawing Syllabus, an IP training program to accelerate artistic skill sets in professional artists. Samantha Youssef was one of Wired Magazine's Sexiest Geeks of 2009 and 2010. She was also one of MSN techno's top sexiest geeks. She was also featured in Chatelaine (magazine) as Miss Chatelaine in 2011. She was selected as an animation jury member in the Canadian Interactive Academy for the Canadian Game Development Talent Awards. Her animated short film La Fuga Grande (The Great Escape) was an award winner at the Toronto International Film Festival, and has been showcased at other film festivals in Canada and internationally.