In 1984 , Sheridan student Jon Minnis created the short animation piece '' Charade . '' The five-minute film was animated by Minnis with Pantone markers on paper during a single three-month summer term at Sheridan College . The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 57th Academy Awards . As Sheridan 's animation department continued to grow , it produced hundreds of animators into Canadian and international studios , at one point in 1996 being called " the Harvard of animation schools " on " a worldwide basis " by animator Michael Hirsh . A significant number of graduates have held key positions at Walt Disney Animation Studios , Don Bluth Productions , Pixar Animation Studios , and DreamWorks Animation , both for traditional and CGI animation . Sheridan graduates include five Academy Award nominees and two winners , and in 2005 , animation professor Kaj Pindal won an Emmy Award
57th Academy Awards
57th Academy Awards
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