Jorgen Klubien

Work History

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  Visual Development Artist

  Paramount Animation

  November 2013 - July 2014

  Story development and illustration for animated project by Teddy Newton

• Director

  Advance Copenhagen/LEGO Denmark

  March 2013 - October 2013

  Directed half hour CGI animated HERO FACTORY special for LEGO, Denmark. Worked with the writer and helped conceptualize the story. Directed 3 storyboard artists and worked closely with the editor and helped pick the proper temp music. Directed the voice actors and helped to make all the necessary design changes for adapting the characters for animation. Directed the composer and sound editors. Directed the animation, long distance, in China.
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  freelance illustrator

  The Walt Disney Company

  April 2012 - June 2013

  Frankenweenie comic book. Drew 36 pages in layout and clean up pencils. Extensive meetings with the film's production designer. (Project was shelved due to probelms with publishing rights over "Sea Monkeys".)
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  Storyboard artist FREE BIRDS

  Reel FX

  January 2011 - June 2011

  Storyboarded in Adobe Photoshop. Worked from and without script pages per direction from the head of story and the director. Thumb nailed sequences, ruff boarded and cleaned up sequences.

• Designer and story artist

  Burning Windmills Pictures ( Disney)

  2010 - 2011

  Art dept. & Story dept. "Frankenweenie". Worked in Adobe Photoshop both in Los Angeles and in London when storyboarding began. Transferred from the art department where I beat boarded the movie in broad stroke illustrations to the storyboard department in the UK. Worked closely with the film's producer, director and production designer. Contributed original story ideas and designs to the final product.
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  Development & storyboard artist

  DreamWorks Animation

  2007 - 2008

  "How to Train Your Dragon", "Shrek Forever After"
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  Director of feature film development

  Laika

  2004 - 2007

  Storyboard artist "Moongirl". Writer and director of original feature film idea "Jack & Ben".
  Pitched an original idea for CGI feature project. Helped recruit a staff of 50 artists, spanning from board artists to illustrators, editors, writers and producers. Was part of the initial small group of decision-makers that was hired to help build the studio from ground up.
  Wrote the first draft screenplay and directed the story boarding process as well as the overall look of the picture.
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  Story-developer & Screen-writer

  Pixar

  1994 - 2003

  Development and boards for "A Bug's Life" " Monster's Inc." "Toy Story 2". Developed original idea for "CARS", co-writer of screenplay.
  For "Cars": Pitched my original idea for making a movie with cars as characters and was then given 3 month to draw that idea up fully. Helped re-write my original idea into the first draft of what became the final movie. Did extensive illustrated Beat boards of my original idea as as for the final movie story. Suggested voice actors, leading to the voice of Mater.
  For "Bugs Life": Wrote and boarded sequences without script pages. Helped shape the overall story and look of the film. Helped shape the look of the characters.
  For "Toy Story 2": Beat Boarded the movie in full color illustrations, from a recorded pitch by the Director.

• story artist

  Skellington

  1990 - 1993

  Storyboarded on "a NIGHTMARE Before Christmas" and "James and The GIANT PEACH". Was part of a 4 man storyboard team who boarded the movies. Helped with original ideas and designs. Worked closely with the director, the story team as well as the writer and composer.
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  Storyman and animator

  Walt Disney Animation Studios

  1986 - 1993

  Development and boards on "Lion King", "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "James and the Giant Peach", "Mulan", "Pocahontas".
  Animation on "The Little Mermaid", "Rescuer's Down Under", "Oliver & Co.", "Fox and the Hound".