A behind-the-scenes look at the making of KPop Demon Hunters, the hit sensation from Sony Pictures Animation and Netflix. Join Josh Beveridge (animation director) and Wendell Dalit (art director) to learn how the filmmaking team developed an original idea into a global phenomenon, blending authentic Korean culture, bonafide K-Pop tunes, and a unique visual style into the unforgettable story of HUNTR/X, a group of idols charged with protecting the world from evil through the power of music.
JOSHUA BEVERIDGE
Joshua Beveridge, is the head of character animation at Sony Pictures Imageworks, most recently completing work on KPop Demon Hunters, for Sony Pictures animation and Netflix.
Beveridge joined Imageworks in 2005 and his credits include: The Sea Beast, the Academy Award®-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Storks, Hotel Transylvania 2, Alice in Wonderland, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, I Am Legend, Surf’s Up, Open Season, The Chronicle of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and Arthur Christmas.
Beveridge attended the Ringling College of Art & Design and graduated with a degree in animation. He received a Visual Effects Society Award for his contribution to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and a nomination for I Am Legend.
WENDELL DALIT
Wendell Dalit is a visual development artist at Sony Pictures Animation, currently working on the highly-anticipated conclusion to the studio’s groundbreaking: Spider-Verse trilogy, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. Most recently, he served as art director on the studio’s global breakout hit KPop Demon Hunters.
Dalit previously served as a visual development artist on the Academy Award® winner Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and its sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. He also served as the art director on Vivo, Sony Pictures Animation’s first-ever animated musical, featuring all new songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda. In his role, he helped oversee the film’s design, look development, and surfacing.
Dalit joined Sony Pictures Animation in 2014 as a visual development artist on several features including Smurfs: The Lost Village and The Emoji Movie.