HFT Group
(Hollywood Fairy Tale)

Alex Dranovsky Bio:

Alex Dranovsky was born in Odessa, Ukraine in 1980. In 1990 His family moved to the Unties States where he now resides. He has had an affinity for art ever since he was a child and started showing an interest in digital media in high school.

Before attending college he worked for several nightclubs designing flyers and at one poined worked as a freelance web design artist. In 2002 he attended the School of Visual Arts, where he majored in Computer Art and graduated with the Accelerated Class of 2005.

Since graduation he has been working for Launch in New York City, helping Launch develop a streamlined pipeline as well as contributing his artistic to countless commercial projects.

Maya Beynishes Bio:

Maya Beynishes is from from Ternopol, Ukraine and has been living in New York for 14 years. She graduated from the School of Visual Arts with a BA in Computer Art in 2005. That is where Maya met and collaborated with Stanley and Alex on their final thesis animated film, The Hollywood Fairytale, which took 14 months, sleepless nights and countless pizzas to complete. Maya also attended Parson's School of Design through a High School Scholarship program, studied in Hunter College, and is currently pursuing her Master's Degree in Education/Special Ed. Maya enjoys photography, drawing and kicks major butt in mixed martial arts.

Stanley Ilin Bio:

Stanley Ilin came to NY in 1993 from Kazan, Russia. When his love for coding was crushed by Hunter College' calculus class, Stan transferred to School of Visual Arts. At SVA, he majored in Computer Art, which allowed him to combine the joy of puzzle-solving in computer coding with his visual expression. Stan currently works as a freelance artist for major advertising companies in NY. His recent works include commercials for Coca Cola, Nickolodeon and Cartoon Network. During his free time Stan likes to longboard, eat burgers, and dig through art books.