Introduce Yourself : Introducing... by Zee Risek

Welcome to the community, Zee Risek. Haha Your wife is funny!

Welcome, Zee! It’s great to have you here! Your sense of humor is awesome, and it sounds like you're on an exciting journey from animation to live action. Best of luck to you in 2025!

Thanks Maurice. Thanks Sydney. Really loving Stage 32 so far. Cheers.

You're welcome, Zee Risek. What project(s) are you working on?

Welcome Zee Risek to stage 32! I'm an audio engineer, co-owner of an animation company. It's always a pleasure getting connected to fellow animators. What type/style of animation do you do? Wishing you the best of luck in your new venture into live action.

Your wife's knowledge of genre icons is impressive Zee Risek! What type of live action work are you looking to expand into?

Hi Nick, nice to meet you. I currently have completed horror script. Two episodes of a workplace sitcom written. I am halfway through a feature comedy., should be finished the script in a few weeks. I also have an animated series I am pitching. And several projects that I have pitch decks for, but not completed scripts yet, including a cozy murder mystery series, .a heist movie, a romantic comedy, a comedy horror, and several less developed projects. With the exception of one or two of those, they are all ideas my wife and I worked on together. She has a PHD in Neuroscience and used to be a College Professor, while I make silly cartoons. Somehow that combination of her smarts and my goofiness works, both in life and in writing screenplays. Cheers.

Hi Cyrus. It's always great to meet another animation professional. I'm a 2D animator. I've done just about everything there is to do in animation, character design, storyboards, writer, art director, animatic editor, and director/show runner. I also have an animation company, even though I am currently the only employee.

Zee Risek hahaha, Zee. Your wife is a wise woman with a cutting wit! How are you doing? What are you working on at the moment?

Welcome to Stage 32, Zee Risek! The best way to network here on Stage 32, is to be involved and active within the lounges on a regular basis. I love that you're already interacting in the Animation Lounge, but you can learn a lot from being active in the Filmmaking Lounge as well! =)

Be sure to check out this great blog about all the ways you can make the most out of your time here on Stage 32, following Introduce Yourself Weekend: https://www.stage32.com/blog/keeping-up-the-momentum-from-introduce-your...

Hello Geoff. Your life story is incredible. Thanks for sharing that, it's inspiring. Right now I'm writing scripts for several projects my wife and I came up with together. We have several projects we are developing. I bounce back and forth between all of those projects. Probably not the ideal way to write, it would be better to concentrate on one script at a time, but my mind is racing with ideas for all our projects, so I go with it. Cheers mate.

So glad to hear you're really loving Stage 32 so far!