Michael Patterson is a director, designer and animation artist working in visual music. He currently teaches at the Division of Animation and Digital Arts at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. His best known for animating the A-Ha "Take On Me" music video and creating the character MC Skat Kat.After graduate studies with Jules Engel at CalArts, Mike was brought to the attention of record executives with his Student Academy Award winning animated short 'Commuter'.