João Paulo Schlittler, is a motion designer working in film, television and digital media since 1987, creating show opens, on-air identity, film titles for television and feature films in the USA and Brazil. He holds a Ph.D. in Design from Universidade de São Paulo (USP), a Masters Degree in Interactive Telecommunications from New York University and a B.A. in Architecture from USP. Since 2004 he is a Professor at the Department of Film, Radio and Television at USP’s School of Communication and Arts, where he is the coordinator of Zootropo, an animation studies research group. His doctoral thesis received the Rumos Itau Cultural prize in 2009. Joao Paulo headed the Design department at TV Cultura in Brazil, was the Director of Broadcast and Interactive Design at Discovery Communications and Director of Graphics and Visual Effects at HBO. He has received various awards in the field, among them: BDA, New York Festivals, ID Magazine and Print Magazine.