Dr. Jodi Nelson-Tabor is the Head of Final Pixel Academy. She directs leading initiatives to build digitally fluent creative workforces. With a career spanning over 25 years, Jodi has shaped and influenced multiple sectors within the creative screen industries, including film production, education, organisational strategy, consultancy, academia and business development.
Dr. Nelson-Tabor specialises in tackling the most urgent challenges facing the creative industries today, with a focus on accelerating digital transformation, future-proofing workforce capabilities, driving revenue growth through innovation, and bridging education and industry to close critical skills gaps. “Empowering creative talent with innovative education and inclusive practices is key to navigating the future of virtual production and AI-driven workflows. People are the true drivers of transformation in this rapidly evolving industry,” she said.
At SIGGRAPH 2025 in Vancouver, Final Pixel Academy will feature the Virtual Production Lab Student Experience Research Report, which has explored how students from diverse creative backgrounds engage with GPU cloud-based virtual production tools. The report highlights the transformative potential of cloud infrastructure in democratising access, accelerating skill development, and improving industry readiness for the next generation of virtual production talent.
“CenterGrid’s GPU cloud labs enable us to provide real-time collaboration environments that remove geographic limitations and empower creatives regardless of their location,” Nelson-Tabor continued. Final Pixel Academy is the training arm of Final Pixel, which provides solutions internationally to deliver virtual production and innovative technologies training for professional crew, emerging talent, corporations and educational organisations who are building and scaling their virtual production capacities. “We also provide consultancy across the end-to-end pipeline in addition to our world-class training to up-skill crew, staff, students, or stakeholders who require further education support via bespoke curricula design.”
Final Pixel Academy trains the next generation of VP artists, technicians, producers, directors and more. Based on the workflow learnings and on-set experiences that Final Pixel has gained during projects for companies including Warner Brothers Discovery and Disney/ABC, the academy runs courses at all levels across the entire VP workflow. This includes the creation of Unreal environments optimised for VP and the teaching of skills required of an on-set VP crew.
These training opportunities offer you in-demand, skills-based learning and allows you to future proof your career aspirations across film, television, advertising and broadcast industries.
At SIGGRAPH 2025 in Vancouver, from August 10 to 14, 2025, visit the CenterGrid stand at Booth 511, sitting prominently between Autodesk and MAXON, to learn how their GPU cloud labs, virtual production stages and remote workflows are democratising the production flows for professional artists.
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