Kellie-Bea Cooper was born in San Diego CA and studied interactive multi-media and children's entertainment at San Diego State University and Children's Literature and Puppetry at The University of New Hampshire. Kellie-Bea has been in the animation and SPFX industry for 7 years. She has produced award winning independent shorts in both traditional animation and computer animation. She's also worked in Live Action, Interactive, Web, Commercial, and TV animation. Some of the studios she has worked for are: Pacific Title Digital, The Baer Animation Company, Jim Henson Interactive, Warner Brothers TV Animation, Phil Roman Entertainment, and WB Kids!

Kellie-Bea is very active in the animation industry as an award winning independent animation film producer, teacher, writer, journalist, and historian.Her independent works have been featured at SIGGRAPH, the 3D Design Conference, American Film Institute (AFI), Women In Animation (WIA), and a multitude of film festivals.

She has taught at the American Film Institute (AFI), the Associates In Arts (AIA), Santa Monica Academy of Entertainment and Technology, and lectured at many industry conferences and many institutions around the world. To keep in touch with all the new advancements and trends in the industry, Kellie-Bea researches and freelance writes journalistic articles for the following magazines: Animation Magazine, World Animation Network, 3D Design Magazine, and now The Scratch Post.

Kellie-Bea is the owner and director of her studio 'The Better Mouse Trap', where she is currently working on a number of new independent projects. She is also the owner and director of her web animation school 'The Webisode Academy', to teach episodic animation skills for the web.

Kellie-Bea's thoughts on Production: Teamwork is key! Management is not easy work, but the respect and productivity level is greater when it comes with a artistic background and an ever growing technical background. The ability to communicate effectively with all three of these divisions is the ultimately goal of every production. Though Kellie has had her share of jobs that were dreadful to be on, she's always relied on the bonds built within her teams.

Without this perspective, every minute of a given project can potentially convert a bad definition to the 4 letter word 'WORK'. Being an independent computer animation film maker, She has a much better view on production. Some think she's nuts to work all day, then come home and work on her independent CGI productions. Well, they really don't know what their missing! The pride and accomplishment she feels when collaborating on these shows carries over to her day-to-day work.

She hears the same feedback from all her teammates. It's a stress release! With this, she will continue her effective way to challenge herself with the hurtles of 'WORK' productions. Who knows, someday you and Kellie may be teammates on a project. She looks forward to it!