Saturday, February 22
12:00 PM
460 Yonge Street
Join us at our Video Game Design Open House to discover how your dreams of a career in the video game industry may be closer than you think.
RSVP today to learn about our 18-month on-campus Diploma programs and 24-month online program. You can take a tour of the campus, meet with our faculty and see our students in action. Whether you see yourself as a game designer, developer, artist or programmer, Toronto Film School has a program to fit your needs.
Programs Offered:
Video Game Design & Animation
Video Game Design & Development
Our Guest Speakers:
Rob Elsworthy
After more than a decade in the video game industry, Rob Elsworthy has amassed an impressive list of blockbuster games to his credit – from Grand Theft Auto and Max Payne, to Red Dead Redemption, Manhunt and The Warriors. Rob worked as a game designer, cinematic animator, visual FX artist and system designer for Rockstar Games and Silicon Knights, before deciding to tick off a bucket list item and become a teacher. He’s now the director of Toronto Film School’s Video Game Design and Animation Diploma program. Rob is also a four-time, MMVA-winning music video director.
Jean Paul Amore
Jean-Paul Amore, Video Game Design & Development Program Director at Toronto Film School, has been producing and developing interactive media for Toronto-based software firms in the areas of educational video games, mobile applications and medical software for more than two decades. With degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics, he is also an advisory board member for several video game start-up companies and organizations and is a frequent lecturer at several Ontario colleges and universities.
Andrew Barnsley
Andrew Barnsley is the Emmy-nominated executive producer of the CBC's hit comedy series Schitt's Creek. In addition to his 2019 Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy nomination, Andrew's work on the Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara fronted show has also garnered him two Canadian Screen Awards (2016 and 2019) for Best Comedy Series, as well as a 2019 Critic's Choice Television Award nomination. Andrew is Toronto Film School's current Executive Producer in Residence, as well as a member of the Canadian Media Producers Association, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (USA) and the Academy of Canadian Film & Television.