Anthony Silverston is partner and Head of Development at Triggerfish Animation Studios in South Africa where he is currently overseeing a slate of projects in production and development. These include Mama K’s Team 4 in production with Netflix, Kiya with Disney, eOne and Frogbox, and the feature film Seal Team due for global release this year, as well as two feature films and a number of TV series and short films with partners including Disney+ and Netflix. He is also director and co-writer of Khumba, which premiered in competition at Annecy International Animation Festival 2013 and is one of the writers and producers of Triggerfish’s first feature Zambezia. Silverston was also producer of the short film Belly Flop which screened at over 135 festivals and won 13 awards, and the upcoming Blender short film, Troll Girl. He also completed three independent stop-motion shorts of his own and created the upcoming Pearl of the Sea with co-writer Raffaella Delle Donne and artist Willem Samuel Triggerfish’s first graphic novel. He has been invited to talk and serve as a jury member on the International Kids Emmy Awards and at various festivals including the prestigious animation festival in Annecy. He is also a published Microbiologist, which is a fact that has become less useful over the years.