BeezleBug Bit, LLC represents the computer animation and direction of Lee Lanier. Lee’s work has played over 200 festivals, museums, and galleries worldwide. Before founding BeezleBug Bit, Lee served as a Senior Animator on Antz and Shrek at Pacific Data Images/Dreamworks. He also put in time at Walt Disney Studios creating digital special effects for live action features and spent several years working as a Script Supervisor on various Hollywood productions.
Lee single-handedly created the short films Millennium Bug and Mirror. For Infinity and Embryo, he collaborated with Belief EXP. Day Off The Dead and Weapons of Mass Destruction can be seen on Atom Films. Lee also created trailers for the Cinequest Film Festival and the Santa Fe Film Festival, a music video for the Bronx Casket Co., 7 Deadly Sins for the 21st Century as a web series, and Thirteen Ways to Die at Home for the sheer fun of it.
And if that wasn't enough to keep him busy, Lee has written Advanced Maya Texturing and Lighting and Maya Professional Tips and Tricks for Sybex. He is also the co-founder of the Dam Short Film Festival. He has recently made his expertise available as an animation, short film, and film festival consultant, plus as a personal trainer for 3D texturing and lighting. Now and then, Lee tinkers with digital painting.
