Chelsea Itaya

Creative Executive, Sony Pictures Animation

Chelsea Itaya is currently a Creative Executive at Sony Pictures Animation in Sony Pictures Animation’s series development department. Chelsea received her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business but quickly realized that she wanted to get into a creative field and veered off of the typical business tracks. After interning twice at DreamWorks Animation during school, she fell in love with the animation process and set her mind on breaking into the industry. She worked at Warner Bros. Entertainment and Paramount Animation before moving to Montreal to work as a script/story coordinator and eventually a feature development coordinator at ON Animation. Chelsea is passionate about helping underrepresented groups get those coveted Director/Writer/Producer positions and has worked with organizations like Women in Animation, BRIC, Native American Animation Lab, Good City Mentors and Rise Up Animation in an effort to make that happen.