Kit Laybourne

Kit was a founder and Chief Creative Officer of The Whistle, a multi-platform media company that brings together kids and sports. Kit is one of the team that developed Oxygen Media, a cable TV network for women, where he served as an executive producer, director, and the head of units working in Animation, DV Production, and Interactive Narratives.

Kit founded Noyes & Laybourne, an independent production studio with animator Eli Noyes, engaging in broadcast branding, animation, TV commercials, and kids TV programming. Kit was also Senior Vice President for Creative Production at Tele-TV, an interactive television venture.

Kit is a recognized authority in the area of animation. His how-to volume, "The Animation Book," was republished in 1998 as an edition that covers emerging digital animation techniques. The volume has become a standard text where animation is taught, with over 100,000 copies in print.