Brandon Omari Lake is an animator and lmmaker raised in a lively Anguillian household in Los Angeles. Initially inspired by the works of Disney, Rankin-Bass, and various Caribbean folktales, he graduated with an MFA in Animation and the Digital Arts from USC in 2013. Since then his professional portfolio of work has included Robot Chicken, Bratz, Buddy Thunderstruck, Verizon and two PES-directed Honda Spots (Paper, The Power of Ridgeline). Lake has directed several short films, that have played in festivals including KLIK Animation and the Philadelphia Film Festival. He recently completed his first children’s picture book entitled, Baby Bear and Babooshka.