Jackie Ross is an award winning artist and animator from Baltimore, Maryland who draws from memories, imagination and the life around her for inspiration. Using pencil and paper, watercolors and charcoal, she loves the tactile nature of the physical.

She has created several personal films, "The Swing", “Mimi’s Good Night”, “Rapunzel” and “Descending”which have won numerous awards. These screenings include Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Sinking Creek Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Utah Short Film Festival, KidFilm Festival, Children’s Film Festival Seattle, ASIFAC and BUFF. The awards given include a CINE Eagle, Bronze plaques from the Columbus International Film Festival, Prize of the President from the Hiroshima International Amateur Film Festival, First Prize at the Hopes and Dreams Film Festival, Silver Prize at the Empire State Exhibitions International Film Festival, and Honorable Mention at the Atlanta International Film Festival.

Jackie has worked in the animation industry at Klasky-Csupo, Duck Soup Produckions, Playhouse Pictures, and Palomar Pictures. As well as in the video game industry at MicroProse Software and Sesame Workshop in their Interactive Division creating box and online games. She was an artist for the “Video Game Wizards – Transforming Science and Art Into Games” exhibit at the BMI, screened work for LED Baltimore billboard and illustrated the various art on the Wagner Brill Playground. She teaches animation at MICA, works at Amtote International and lives in Baltimore.