KirstenNoll
Managing Executive Producer, Scholar
Head Judge – Animation & VFX
Kirsten is a Los Angeles-based Managing Executive Producer heading up the award-winning production studio Scholar. With extensive experience working with top-tier, industry-defining brands, she is passionate about design-driven and multidisciplinary narratives. Her diverse portfolio has taken her around the world, from Eastern Europe to Central America, with production expertise across the full spectrum of pipelines, including live-action, design/animation, and VFX.
Noll is known for a holistic, team-building approach, where she values creative and production talent equally—a trait established during her education at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where she holds degrees in Motion Media Design and Animation. With a solid technical understanding of both creative and client needs, Noll treats every campaign with the same problem-solving mentality. An advocate of confidence and self-worth, as a leader, she strives to provide mentorship and an inclusive and positive environment throughout the creative production process.
Outside the studio, find her traveling to far-off places, making delicious handmade pasta with The Pastatutes, and spending time with her husband and young daughter.