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Samantha Youssef

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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.
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Samantha Youssef in Making Life a Masterpiece (2018)
Samantha Youssef in Making Life a Masterpiece (2018)

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Bruno Campos, Jim Cummings, Keith David, Jennifer Hale, Jenifer Lewis, Anika Noni Rose, Hynden Walch, and Michael-Leon Wooley in The Princess and the Frog (2009)
The Princess and the Frog
7.1
  • Animation Department
  • 2009
Samantha Youssef in Making Life a Masterpiece (2018)
Making Life a Masterpiece
TV Mini Series
  • Self
James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Riz Ahmed, and Abrey Steve in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
7.8
  • Art Department
  • 2016
Susan Sarandon, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, and Amy Adams in Enchanted (2007)
Enchanted
7.1
  • Animation Department
  • 2007

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  • Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas
    • Animation Consultant
    • Post-production
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Hullabaloo
    • animator
    • Post-production
  • The Day of the Crows (2012)
    The Day of the Crows
    • animator
    • 2012
  • Bruno Campos, Jim Cummings, Keith David, Jennifer Hale, Jenifer Lewis, Anika Noni Rose, Hynden Walch, and Michael-Leon Wooley in The Princess and the Frog (2009)
    The Princess and the Frog
    • animator
    • 2009
  • Susan Sarandon, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, and Amy Adams in Enchanted (2007)
    Enchanted
    • animator
    • 2007
  • Nocturna (2007)
    Nocturna
    • animator
    • 2007
  • The Girl Who Hated Books (2006)
    The Girl Who Hated Books
    • animator
    • Short
    • 2006
  • Brother Bear 2 (2006)
    Brother Bear 2
    • animator
    • Video
    • 2006
  • Frank Welker in Curious George (2006)
    Curious George
    • animator: Yowza Animation
    • 2006
  • Bambi 2: The Great Prince of the Forest (2006)
    Bambi 2: The Great Prince of the Forest
    • animator: "Ronno"
    • Video
    • 2006
  • Kronk's New Groove (2005)
    Kronk's New Groove
    • animator: Yowza Animation
    • Video
    • 2005
  • Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005)
    Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch
    • animator
    • Video
    • 2005
  • Tarzan 2: The Legend Begins (2005)
    Tarzan 2: The Legend Begins
    • animator
    • Video
    • 2005
  • El Cid: La leyenda (2003)
    El Cid: La leyenda
    • animator: Toon Factory S.L.
    • 2003
  • Jester Till (2003)
    Jester Till
    • animator: Spider Eye
    • 2003
  • Chris Sanders in Lilo & Stitch (2002)
    Lilo & Stitch
    • inbetween artist (uncredited)
    • 2002
  • Return to Never Land (2002)
    Return to Never Land
    • animator (uncredited)
    • 2002

Art Department

  • Yuri Lowenthal in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2021)
    He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
    • character design
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017)
    Mass Effect: Andromeda
    • artistic consultant
    • Video Game
    • 2017
  • James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Riz Ahmed, and Abrey Steve in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    • artistic consultant
    • 2016
  • Mass Effect 3 (2012)
    Mass Effect 3
    • artistic consultant
    • Video Game
    • 2012
  • Yoann Perrier in Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time (2010)
    Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time
    • storyboard artist
    • Video Game
    • 2010
  • Susan Sarandon, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, and Amy Adams in Enchanted (2007)
    Enchanted
    • storyboard artist
    • 2007
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