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Allen Mezquida

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Allen Mezquida Director/Writer/Animator

 

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I traveled the world as a jazz saxophonist. I got to play with Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Gerry Mulligan amd Brad Mehldau among many others.

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Bonus material for the DVD release of Aladdin and Toy Story. A short of mine called “Man’s First Friend” aired on Nickelodeon.

 

How did you become interested in animation?
That’s like asking how did I Continue reading

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Tyler West

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Creative Director | CEO West Studio
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Before I went to college I worked in the photo lab at Costco. It is strange now to think about the fact that everyone was getting their film developed and waiting hours or days to see their pictures. It wasn’t that long ago, but now everyone has digital cameras and pictures are rarely ever printed.

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Working with Director Sam Fell for a project that is still unannounced was a great experience. Sam was a pleasure to work with and I learned a great deal from the collaboration. Sharing ideas with creative people is the best part of my job and more often than not, those end up being the coolest projects.

 

How did you become interested in animation?
I have been interested in animation since I was a kid. I grew up with the classic Disney films from the 90s like Beauty and the Beast and Lion King. As I got older I Continue reading

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Yewon Park

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Yewon Park and I am currently working at Blizzard as a visual development artist.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
When I was in South Korea, I did work at coffee shop for a while. I had to memorize all the recipe of how to make different kinds of coffee and breads.

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Most projects I have worked on are very proud! I was very proud of working on Fall because I was the only one who was working as a concept art at that time. Therefore, it was allowed me to do a lot of different things such as Continue reading

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Sam Rusztyn

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Sam Rusztyn, and I’m currently working as a background painter on the children’s television show Arthur.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I haven’t really had many crazy jobs before animation. I used to do data entry for a dental transition company and I also used to help out with children’s craft sessions at a local art gallery. Working with kids, painting and creating was very inspiring!

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Aside from working on my student film, one of my favourite projects was working on The Adventures of Chuck and Friends. It was my first job as a matte painter which is why it is special to me. I learned a ton working on that show, and I was given the freedom to experiment with colour and lighting and I really loved that aspect of my job!

How did you become interested in animation?
Since I was little, I drew and painted constantly, watched a lot of Disney movies. I think I was 11 when I realized that working in animation could be a job. When I was 15 I was able to Continue reading

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Vadim Kapridov

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Vadim Kapridov, currently a director of animated TV series for preschoolers.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I worked once as a builder of ice town.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Web – Progress from Above, TV – Futz!, Peep and the Big Wide World, and the incredibly challenging show I’m directing now – Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood.
How did you become interested in animation?
I always loved animation and wanted to be an animator even as a kid. I used my school textbooks as Continue reading

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Frank Forte

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What is your name and your current occupation?
I’m a storyboard artist at Bento Box on Bob’s Burgers.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Ha! I was a Tatto Artist, A line cook at a number of restaurants, and I got paid to watch movie screenings.

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
It was really fun to work on Despicable Me 2 doing storyboards. I really got to flex my creativity and have fun. the director let me add gags and take the action in crazy directions just to see what I would come up with. LEGO:Star Wars The Empire Strikes Out (at Threshold Animation) was really great because I got to finally work on a Star wars project AND we got to make fun of it.

How did you become interested in animation?
I grew up on classic Warner Brothers and Tex Avery shorts. They used to show those on TV. Then in college I would Continue reading