Founder, Creative Director

Award-winning director Rob Bellon is the founder and creative director of Tangible.

Over 10 years, Rob has produced over a hundred animation and VFX projects for clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies, to independent feature films, to neighborhood non-profits.

At Tangible, Rob is involved at every level of production and creative decision-making, which, depending on the day, could mean storyboarding, production, editing, animation, VFX, musical scoring, sound design.

Rob graduated from the Columbia University MFA Film program as a screenwriter, and his work was selected for the New York Stage and Film Screenwriter’s Lab. He earned a BA from Binghamton University, where he studied world literature.

Director, VFX Lead

Esteban García Vernaza is a Colombian Filmmaker who has been working as a director, producer, editor, animator and visual effects artist for over a decade.

After finishing his BFA in Digital Animation, he moved to New York City to pursue an MFA in film at Columbia University. Esteban’s short Film “Silento” was awarded a production grant from the Colombian Ministry of Culture and was an official selection at the 2020 Telluride Film Festival. “Silento” received the Grand Prize Student Film Award from the Directors Guild of America, as well as the Student Production Grant from The National Board of Review.

Esteban’s previous films have screened in several film festivals across the United States and Europe as well as on Mexican TV.

Director, VFX, Animation

Omar joins Tangible as an accomplished director in both the commercial and narrative space. In addition to serving as a directorial voice on projects, he also lends his talents as a seasoned visual effects artist, animator, and illustrator.

Omar’s existential noir short film, “The Man on the Mortuary Table,” was selected for the New Voices program in the Pendance Film Festival, and received the Jack Larson Award for Collaboration at the 2018 Columbia University Film Festival, and his short film “Pythia” was featured on MUBI in the Sci-Fi category.

An architect-turned filmmaker, Omar holds a B.Arch degree from Woodbury University School of Architecture, and a master’s degree in Directing from the Columbia University MFA Film program. As a first-generation American from a family fleeing conflict in Afghanistan, Omar brings a cross-cultural, humanistic perspective to all his work.