Bob Sabiston (USA) is a computer animator living in Austin, TX.  He runs Flat Black Films, an animation company dedicated to producing independent short films.  He was the animation director of Richard Linklater's 2001 feature film Waking Life, which used his proprietary rotoscoping technology for animating on top of video footage.  Bob is also the director of many short films including Yard,  and RoadHead.  Most recently he and his team of animators have completed a short film segment for the Lars von Trier / Jorgen Leth film The Five Obstructions.  In addition to doing a lot of the drawing, Bob writes all of the software used in Flat Black Film's projects.