A little bit about Nadine…
Nadine Westerbarkey, is a Vancouver based creative. Originally from Munich, Germany she worked within Europe, Australia and now Canada and has over 30 years experience in Film, TV and Commercial animation. She has worked as animation director, animator, story artist, designer on projects with studios like Disney, Dreamworks, Universal and Netflix.
Currently, she serves as Studio Creative Director at Atomic Cartoons in Vancouver, overseeing the creative work of all projects both in development and production and supporting the studio creative teams and creative leadership at the studio. She focuses on pushing the creative boundaries for the studio, maintains a keen vision of the studio’s social landscape and always puts people first.
Nadine deeply cares about mentorship and the animation community and is a board member, mentor and mentor connector for the Canada ACE program.
In 2021, Nadine received the Vancouver YWCA Women of Distinction Award for her support for emerging artists into leadership roles and her focus on authentic storytelling and diversity.
In her personal work Nadine shares her passion for wildlife and nature in sculpting, painting and photography. She often combines her love for animation in her personal art and adds motion, emotion or a unique perspective to the pieces she creates.