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Nick Fredin

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Nick Fredin. Currently working as an animator at Weta Digital.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
The craziest jobs I had were actually in between animation jobs when I was just trying to get my foot in the door in the animation industry. I worked for a movie theatre cleaning up popcorn kids puke, but mainly I switched off my radio so no one could find me and watched the films that I would one day help make. I fully recommend to newbies to get a job related to your craft whether it’s working at a video rental store or an art gallery. I would also suggest learning to cook or make coffees. Once you’ve broken into the industry you’ll have a full wealth of movie knowledge, know how to feed yourself and stay caffeinated.

 

What are some of your favourite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Rango won the Oscar for best animated feature this year so I’d have to say I’m most proud of that project. Not only was it amazing to work on but the team was incredible as well. It was also amazing to be a part of The Adventures of Tin Tin under the direction of Steven Spielberg. I felt like a little kid when I was a part of my first telephone conference with Steven Spielberg. Any time he approved a shot it was spine tingling. Rise of the Planet of the Apes was pretty special too although I didn’t get to work on it nearly as much as many others. 2010-2011 was a pretty great year for me in terms of working on some great projects.

How did you become interested in animation?
Jurassic Park! After seeing that film I needed to somehow be involved in the movie making process. I wasn’t sure exactly how though. After a suspicious Continue reading

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Peter Nagy

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Peter, Peter Nagy. I’m a lucky animator, who is a two-time winner of The 11 Second Club and I edit an animation collection-site, the Living Lines Library. I’m currently working as lead animator at Gyár Post Production, in the field of commercials.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
After I got out of secondary school I had only one job before I found animation. I worked as an excavation graphic for a longer period. As a strong, young man, my work included several things, from precisely drawing the findings to more serious physical work, such as ditching. At such times we threw the soil together with the other manual workers, which I didn’t mind at all, because at least my muscles were kept in good condition.

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
As I glance over the films I have worked in, I like the arch of my career entirely. I like that I started learning it from the very basics. I have always been proud that I started as an inbetweener in Corto Maltese: La cour secrète des Arcanes. I’m glad that I had an opportunity to work with the team of Digic Pictures at the time of Assasin’s Creed Revelations. Although that job was far from the character animation that is dear to me, they were the most professional team I have ever worked with, led by my favourite Hungarian director, István ‘Putyi’ Zorkóczy.

How did you become interested in animation?
I have been drawing ever since my childhood, but those were only still pictures, except for the stick figures moving at the corner of my exercise book. I’ve always been fascinated by Continue reading

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Hans-Christian Mose Jehg

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Hans-Christian Mose Jehg and I am building production pipeline and asset management systems for animated features and TV-series, in the company HoBSoft. I’m not artistic at all, but I like making life easier for the production crew so they can spend less time on administration and put more art onto the screen. Our way of working is especially well suited productions working at several sites, like co-productions or outsourcing situations.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I worked in an innovation green house. The idea was to take all the crazy ideas we could get from employees, marketing, customers and other inspirational clients. The good news was that we only had to find one good idea every two years to keep 1000+ people employed worldwide. The fun part: I got to play with high voltages, lasers, ultrasound and even x-ray 🙂 The most important thing I took away from that job was the ability to take of my blinkers, those things horses have next to their eyes so they only look straight forward, when developing ideas. It takes a lot of training to get them off so you can think outside the box.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I have been fortunate enough to have been working with really really cool projects recently. My favorites are “The secret of Kells”, “Chico and Rita” and “Song of the Sea”.

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I grew up in small town Denmark. Went to University and started working in my field of electronics and software.. and thinking out of the box. One day one of my friends calls me up and says: Continue reading

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David Pavon

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What is your name and your current occupation?

My name is David Pavon and I’m a character designer, illustrator and visual development artist.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I think that I never had a crazy job, because all jobs are necessary, but maybe one time, when I was working as waiter I had to clean a big viscid mass at the bottom of a fridge. I felt like the alien victim.

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Definitely my first animated short film “Origami”. I was working on it for one year. It was exhausting but was worth.

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?

I´m from Spain. Currently I’m unemployed looking for a job or commissions.

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Qing Han

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Qing Han. I’m currently a freelance artist.

 

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I actually…never really had crazy jobs hahaha; to make money, I mostly went to conventions to sell my illustrations and fanart before 🙂

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I got to freelance for Motorcity’s background painting, and I’d love to keep doing it when the new season starts.

 

How did you become interested in animation?
Well, I’ve always been pretty into anime, and I had a struggle choosing between Continue reading

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Dan Schier

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Dan Schier, working at Nickelodeon as a character designer.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
The earliest jobs I had as a kid were the craziest. My best friend and I waded through crayfish infested lakes, retrieved and resold golf balls in stealthy, makeshift wholesale locations. We did alright for kids, and it was tax free! My first official job was a paper boy. The crazy part is that I was loosing money because customers hid from me when I attempted to collect, or didn’t pay me on time. So I had to cover them adults at age 16. Bye, bye golf ball money. First artistic job was at Disneyland doing caricatures and portraits in New Orleans Square spring/summer of ’97. It was fun to have a license to stare at pretty girls.

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I guess I’m proud of and enjoyed each project on different levels. Working on Dora makes me feel good because it’s a very well intentioned show that aims to teach kids instead of the opposite. My first job on Disney’s “Atlantis” is probably a favorite. I was still idealistic at that point. It’s also when I first met my wife who worked in Backgrounds. Our crew was a lot of fun and we were working on the main character, Milo. I remember when I first started and was looking at development art and inspirational art from things like 101 Dalmatians I felt like I had arrived, and was so excited about the prospects I had fantasized about.

How did you become interested in animation?
I always drew and loved watching cartoons-particulary Looney Toons and Disney, and some Hanna Barbera…actually, I liked anything that was good and entertaining. I basically gravitated toward Continue reading