The Pro's Pick Winner for 2017 is
Team 1
"Better Together"
The "Pro's Pick" category is selected by a professional guest artist. This year's guest artist was:
After graduating from CalArts in 1991, Stephen J. Anderson worked as a Story Instructor in the CalArts Character Animation department for 5 years. He then moved on to work at Disney on "Tarzan"(1991), and then later directed "Meet The Robinsons"(2007) and "Winnie The Pooh" (2011). Stephen wore many hats while working at Disney, from Animator on "Frozen" (2013) to Story Supervisor "Emperor's New Grove" (2000).