Sang-Jin Bae

Sang-Jin Bae directs the Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center, where he oversees the Master of Professional Studies in Virtual Production. This one-year, intensive, full-time program provides students with an immersive, hands-on education focused on embracing new technology, science, and creativity to develop unique points of view, experiences, and concepts that advance the art of storytelling. Bae is an alumnus of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Undergraduate Film and Television (UGFTV), and has taught in the department for over 25 years. He is currently an Arts Professor teaching in both UGFTV’s Animation Area and in the MPS in Virtual Production.

Outside of the academy, Bae is a senior producer and supervising technical director specializing in commercial and long-form animation, live action, and visual effects from development to delivery, with over 25 years of experience on a wide range of short-form and long-form media. His techniques include traditional drawn animation, stop motion, mixed media, 3D/VFX, and interactive and immersive projects.  

Within his home department of Undergraduate Film and Television, Bae also serves as Director of Digital Media, working with UGFTV’s Events and New Media teams. He is passionate about cultivating a sense of community within and beyond New York University by building an inclusive network of creative people, and he created the NYU Animation Alumni Association. This global network connects recent graduates with working professionals.

Bae’s aim as an educator is to develop students into professional artists, empowering them to realize their creative visions through mastery of diverse techniques and the thoughtful use of technology as a tool.

Notable credits include:

• Former Head of Production and Chief Technology Officer of award-winning commercial studio Hornet
• Former Supervising Technical Director for award-winning commercial studio Curious Pictures
• Head of Production for Robin’s My Superhero Movie music video sequence in Teen Titans Go! feature
• Producer of animated end credit sequence for the feature Youth in Revolt
• Associate Producer & Supervising Technical Director on the Emmy-nominated Disney series Little Einsteins
• Layout Supervisor for Emmy Award-winning Nickelodeon series Little Bill
• Special thanks on Oscar Award-winning short The Moon and Sun by John Canemaker
• Assistant to three-time Academy Award winner Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton for the Animator’s Survival Kit Animated

Sang-Jin Bae is an Epic MegaGrant recipient, an Unreal Storytelling Fellow, and a member of the Visual Effects Society.