Welcome to the Max Howard Consulting Group

Max Howard and his consulting partners offer the inside track on animation feature production. An unparalleled group of executives and directors have been assembled to provide first-hand knowledge of how to develop, produce and distribute animated content for feature films and television.

Max Howard provides lectures and workshops on the art of storytelling and pitching, design and production for the feature animation industry. Utilizing his years of experience, Max’s workshops offering insight on how to apply those techniques of film production and storytelling techniques to any business, even non entertainment companies, with the goal of developing unique business plans and marketing solutions.

In addition, Max offers three highly entertaining personal programs: A retrospective of Max Howard’s 25 years in the feature animation industry. Cricket, the quintessentially English sport that baffles and bamboozles, is explained. All Things British - everything you wanted to know about them but were afraid to ask!

Upcoming Events
Viborg, Denmark January 25 -28, 2012 Max will be lecturing on "Creating and Effective Story and How to Pitch it", and will be the Keynote speaker.	Middlesbrough, UK February 6 -10, 2012 Max will be teaching a series of Master classes.	London, UK February 13, 2012 Max will teach an all day workshop on"Creating an Effective Story and How to Pitch It".
Cannes, France May 16 - 27, 2012 Max will be attending the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.	Annecy, France June 4- 9, 2012 Max will be attending the 2012 Annecy Film Festival.

Upcoming Travels
Max will be in...
London, United Kingdom January 14 - 24	Viborg, Denmark January 25 - 28	London, United Kingdom January 29 - February 5
Middlesbrough, United Kingdom February 6 - 10	London, United Kingdom February 11 - 14	Los Angeles, California February 15 -
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Recent Events
Calcutta, India December 8 - 11, 2011 Max was an International Guest of Honour at the INFOCOM 2011 Conference. Max was also a jury member. photos	Bangalore, India December 5 - 7, 2011 Max visited Xentrix Studios and taught a Master class at ICAT, as well as spoke on "Creating an Effective Story and How to Pitch It", "Producing Independent Animated Films", "Acting For Animation" and "Character Design". photos	Pune, India December 2 - 4 , 2011 Max attended the DSK/Supinfocom inaugural ceremony. Max spoke on "Creating an Effective Story and How to Pitch It". Industry professionals pitched their projects to Max as part of at DKS Supinfocom on December 4
Goa, India November 23 - December 2, 2011 Max spoke on "Creating and Effective Story and How to Pitch It" and participated on a panel on the future of Stereoscopic 3D at the 42nd International Film Festival of India. photos and accolades	Middlesbrough, UK November 22 - 23, 2011 Max received and was honored with a Doctorate of Arts at Teesside University. photos read more here	Tsallinn, Estonia November 17 - 20, 2011 Max was a featured speaker at the Animation Film Festival Animated Dreams in Estonia.
Viborg, Denmark November 14 - 16, 2011 Max visited the Animation Workshop at the Centre For Education And Animation. photos	Dublin, Ireland November 7 - 11, 2011 Max conducted master classes at the Irish School of Animation. accolades photos	London, UK November 3, 2011 Max spoke at the SAE Institute.
London, UK October 24, 2011 Max spoke on "Creating an Effective Story and How to Pitch It" at Kingston University. accolades photos	Kiev, Ukraine Sept 24 - Oct 3, 2011 Max lectured on "Creating an Effective Story and How to Pitch It" at the 18th KROK International Animated Film Festival. photos	Yerevan, Armenia September 14 - 19, 2011 Max spoke on "Producing Independant Animated Films" and "Creating an Effective Story and How to Pitch It" at the 2011 ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival.
Burbank, California August 3, 2011 Max spoke on "Producing Independant Animated Films."	Burbank, California April 26, 2011 Max was the guest of honor at Animation Nation's Animation Night event. read all about it here	Kerala, India March 9 - 12, 2011 Max visited Toonz Animation Studios.
Lyon, France March 2 - 4, 2011 Max attended the Cartoon Movie co-production forum. photos	London, UK February 24, 2011 Max was a featured speaker.	Middlesbrough, UK February 9 -12, 2011 Max was a featured speaker at Animex Pro. read all about it here
Vancouver, Canada January 23, 2011 Max was a featured speaker. read all about it here photos	Seattle, Washington January 21- 22, 2011 Max was a guest speaker at the 2D Or Not 2D Animation Festival.

Events from 2010
Events from 2009