David Baas is currently Animation Department Head at Starz Animation in Toronto Canada, in charge of animation resources, training and quality for all projects. Starz animation produces feature film animation, most recently '9' for executive producer Tim Burton. "Skylight" is Mr. Baas' directorial debut.
Previously Mr. Baas was co-ordinator and a professor at the Computer Animation program at Seneca College in Canada. He was also a key artistic and technical contributor to the 2005 Academy Award winning Computer Animation short "Ryan" produced at the College for director Chris Landreth.
Mr. Baas has a degree in classical animation from Sheridan College in Canada, and was a lead animator and consultant at Alias|Wavefront during the development of Maya, now the standard 3-D animation package used worldwide.