Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Exceptional Minds Alumni Get VFX Posts on Major Summer Movies
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans EditorIn a little under four years, a pair of Exceptional Minds alumni have gone from students at the academy to working on some of the biggest summer blockbusters.Isaiah Strum and Thomas Harmonson are just two of many artists who have flourished at the studio and academy.
Based in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley, Exceptional Minds prepares young adults on the autism spectrum for careers in animation and beyond.
It is a not-for-profit professional training academy and studio that comprises three areas of focus: 2D animation and art, 3D assets and gaming.
Strum and Harmonson have budding careers at the studio, working on projects for clients including Marvel, Disney and Nickelodeon.For Strum, a junior lead VFX artist, the studio has afforded the opportunity to work on projects he never thought possible.
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