Meet The Team

 Ryan Wang is the Director and Art Director of The Day We Flew. She oversaw the film’s overall visual and narrative direction, from character design to story development. Her technical contributions span modeling, texturing, lighting, and rendering. Previously, Ryan served as the lead artist on the board game OverDucked! as well as on the indie games Don’t Worry, You’re Home Now and Sell Your Dream to Me Then Have a Nice Life. She graduated with a BFA in Technical Animation from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2025.

Wanchi Liu is the Producer and Technical Animator of The Day We Flew. Her technical contributions include modeling, texturing, rigging, lighting, and rendering. She graduated with a BFA in Technical Animation from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2025.

Rebeca Hefferan is the animation lead for The Day We Flew. She is also an Animator at Electronic Arts working on Madden and College Football. She has previously directed short film Pain Quotidien and animated on the short film Split at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Rebeca graduated with a BFA in 3D Character Animation in 2025.

Shuheng Lin worked mainly as an VFX and look development artist for The Day We Flew. He focuses on character effects including hair and clothes creation and simulation. Shuheng graduated with a BFA in Technical Animation in 2025.

Matthew Yang worked on The Day We Flew as a technical animator and look development artist, contributing to 3D modeling, texturing, lighting, compositing and rendering. He graduated Savannah College of Art and Design in 2025 with a BFA in Technical Animation.

​​Frank Qian is a character animator who contributed to the animation of The Day We Flew, with a focus on character performance and timing. He was responsible for key shots and collaborated closely with the director and fellow animators to enhance the overall animation quality. He will graduate with a BFA in 3D Character Animation from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2025.

Nerissa Xie primarily focused on 3D character animation and also supported the sound design process as an 3D character animator. Her works helped build up the narrative through expressive motion and contributed to the film’s immersive audiovisual experience. Nerissa Xie graduated with a BFA in 3D Character Animation and a minor in Sound Design in Savannah College of Art and Design in 2025.

Sophie de Winter worked mainly as an animator and concept artist for The Day We Flew. She has previously worked as an animator on Pain Quotidien. Her work encompassed tasks from nuance character acting to creating the rendered color keys for the film. Sophie is graduating with a BFA in 3D Character Animation from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2025.

Tony Wu is an animator who mainly worked on the animation for The Day We Flew. He focused on animation layout in the preliminary stage and did model blocking and props. Tony graduated with a BFA in 3D Character Animation from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2025.

 Cassie Kwon worked on the storyboard for The Day We Flew. She focuses on dramatic storyboarding and 2D animation. Cassie graduated with a BFA in 2D animation from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2025.