John Donkin (USA) began his computer animation career in 1983 when he joined the world renowned CGRG (Computer Graphics Research Group) at The Ohio State University. Shortly after, he began working as a senior animator at Cranston/Csuri Productions. In 1987 he returned to Ohio State as a researcher and adjunct professor for the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD). He directed animation of the IMAX film Antarctica and was part of the development team for the visualization software toolkit 'apE'. John came to Blue Sky Studios in 1998 where one of his first projects was to help with the completion of the company's Academy Award winning short film Bunny. He developed the production pipeline for Blue Sky's first feature film project Ice Age before becoming the films Associate Producer managing the production and its 160 person production crew. He produced the award winning short Gone Nutty featuring the character Scrat from Ice Age earning him an Academy Award nomination along with Director Carlos Saldanha. John was one of 3 Producers on Blue Sky's Robots and is currently producing more work at Blue Sky. John holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Cinematography and a Masters of Art Degree in Computer Animation, Art Education from The Ohio State University. He lives in Katonah, NY with his wife Teresa and children Alec and Nola.

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