MEET ANTHONY STURMAS

Anthony Sturmas is LA based storyboard concept artist who has directed a few films, had originally started out his career as a LA Graffiti artist in the early 80’s. He was inspired to get into storytelling and comics soon after, and in the late ’90s, he received a Marvel Comics Scholarship to The Kubert School, located in Dover, New Jersey. Instead of taking advantage of that scholarship, however, he chose to stay on the West Coast and began knocking on the doors of businesses in Los Angeles and painting murals throughout the city.

In 2006 Anthony Sturmas began teaching a pilot program at USC. He received his BFS in Multimedia Animation from The Art Institute of Los Angeles CA, also in 2006, and won a scholarship to the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, where he was formally trained by Marc Stricland. His storyboard mentors are Bill Recinos from ‘Ghostbusters’ & Douglas Kirk ‘DreamWorks”. He has written, produced and directed a music video as well as an animated film called “The Redstorm” by Asturmas Studios.

In Los Angeles he worked for various accounts such as ATT, Sprint, Toyota, E Network, LA Fitness, MTV as well as the director of Sharknado Anthony Ferrante for Hello Hero. He is most known among many creative directors for delivering visuals so fast with unexpectedly high detailed storyboards.

Anthony Sturmas has become an active mentor of filmmakers for Hollywood Casting and Film. This platform was designed for the entertainment industry to connect emerging talent with emerging filmmakers across America. This internship program is an avenue for established artists and distinguished executives to give back to the industry.