Animation Mentor

Animation Mentor is an online for-profit animation school in New York City, New York, United States.

Animation Mentor

Type	for-profit online education provider
Established	2005; 20 years ago (2005)
Founders	Bobby Beck, Shawn Kelly, and Carlos Baena
President	Rob Kingyens
Location	New York , New York , United States
Website	www.animationmentor.com

History

The school was founded in 2005 by three working animators: Bobby Beck, who was the original CEO and president of the school, Shawn Kelly, who is a working animator at Industrial Light & Magic, and Carlos Baena, who is a working animator. The school opened on March 27, 2005, with 350 students and 5 employees. In 2021, Animation Mentor was acquired by Yellowbrick Learning, Inc.^[1] and Rob Kingyens became the CEO.