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.
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".)
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.
Development & storyboard artist
DreamWorks Animation
2007 - 2008
"How to Train Your Dragon", "Shrek Forever After"
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.
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.
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".
