Presenter(s)
Michael Q Ceballos
Twiddle Productions, Inc.
Michael Q. Ceballos, is a veteran of the animation /game industries, with over 25 years of experience under his belt. Among his many diverse projects, there are some notable highlights. At Nickelodeon, he honed his skills on the cult hit, The Angry Beavers, as lead character designer and
supervisor. He also worked with legendary film producer Robert Evans, who produced, The Godfather and Chinatown, on his animated biographic show for comedy central, Kid Notorious.
In 2005, he relocated to Honolulu, Hawai‘i where he art directed and cowrote 2 RPG educational games titled Cosmos Chaos! for struggling 4th grade readers for the Nintendo DS system. He also created and produced the award winning E Hoʻomau! animated series of films and educational books which featured 3 animated Hawaiian legends, 9 science books and 3 graphic novels. In 2011 his E Hoʻomau! film Why Māui Snared the Sun won Best Animation at the first Guam International Film Festival.
In 2013, Mr. Ceballos formed Twiddle Productions Inc. and directed and produced Ola Na Iwi: Hāloa an animated short film telling the origins of the Hawaiian people along with the companion children's storybook Ola Na Iwi: I am Hawai’i, and Ola Na Iwi: He Hawai’i Au.
In 2017, his film Maisa the Chamoru Girl who Saves Guåhan which was produced with the GDOE won Best Short Film at the 2017 Pasifika Film Festival. Most recently he created an educational program and series of place based books titled Keiki Coding.