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Chris Savino

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What is your name and your current occupation?
MY NAME IS CHRIS SAVINO. CURRENTLY I SERVE AS THE PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR OF DISNEY XD’S ANIMATED TELEVISION SERIES: KICK BUTTOWSKI SUBURBAN DAREDEVIL.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
BOY, I DON’T KNOW IF IT CRAZY, BUT ONE SUMMER I TARRED THE ROOFS OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. IT WAS GRUELING AND BACK BREAKING WORK, BUT MY FARMER’S TAN WAS PRETTY AMAZING!

 What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I FIND PRIDE AND LEARNING IN EVERY JOB I HOLD. I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE (LUCKY) TO WORK ON SOME REALLY GREAT PROJECTS WITH SOME EQUALLY GREAT AND TALENTED PEOPLE. I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO MY NEXT PROJECT BEING MY
FAVORITE!

How did you become interested in animation?
I WASN’T REALLY “AWARE” THAT ANIMATION WAS A CAREER CHOICE UNTIL LATE HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN I REALIZED THIS I TOTALLY IMMERSED MYSELF IN  Continue reading

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Animated Short: “Shave It”

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Animated short film by 3dar Studios. Based on a true story.
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Also, check out the short behind the scenes video:

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CREDITS

Written and directed by
JORGE TERESO
FERNANDO MALDONADO

Art Direction
MARINA MUÑOZ

Executive producers
FEDERICO HELLER
GERMAN HELLER
JORGE TERESO

Graphic design and 2D animation
JULIAN DORADO

3D art
MARCO LOCOCO
SANTIAGO TERESO
FEDERICO CARLINI
MARTIN BERISSO
JUAN PABLO LANZO

Post-production
LUCAS SALVIETTI

Production Assistant
REGINA PORCHIETTI
NATALIA TORIANO

Sound Production
GERMAN HELLER

Music and Foley
CYRILLE MARCHESSEAU vimeo.com/cyrillemarchesseau
JULIEN BEGAULT
EZEQUIEL BARROS

Animation Director
FERNANDO MALDONADO

Animation
MARCO LOCOCO
PAULA RAMOS
JORGE TERESO

Rigging
VINCENT SOUZA
NAHUEL BELICH

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Kevin D. A. Kurytnik

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Kevin D. A. Kurytnik and I am an animation writer/director who runs a small animation studio with my partner Carol Beecher called Fifteen Pound Pink Productions, named in honor of one of our magnificent cats. We tell our own stories in animation. I am also a permanent instructor who specializes in Animation, Motion Graphics and visual narrative instruction at the Alberta College of Art + Design in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Teaching infuses my animation with inspirations and energy and my personal creative work greatly informs my teaching.

 

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Caricaturing in bars late into the night. The Horror. The Horror.

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I am very fond of our first large project, Mr. Reaper’s Really Bad Morning, which I wrote, designed and co-directed. It opened a lot of doors for myself and our company. A 35mm film print is housed in the Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, and at the Cinémathèque québécoise in Montreal, Quebec. Kevin Schreck, the writer/director of the fantastic documentary The Persistence of Vision, on the making and unmaking of Richard Williams’ feature The Thief and the Cobbler recently commented that Mr. Reaper was one of the best animations he had seen in a while. Kind words with an interesting connection – Mr. Reaper was made after I took one of William’s last Animation Master Classes which took place in Los Angeles in 2000. Mr. Reaper’s Really Bad Morning was finished in 2004. It has a bit of that Williams spirit somehow I think.

 

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I am from Norquay, a small town in Saskatchewan, a very flat prairie province.  I was in the Visual Communications program taking graphic design and illustration at the Alberta College of Art (not yet +Design) when I got a Continue reading

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Thomas Estrada

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Thomas Estrada. I’m a senior animator at Disney Interactive.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Not really crazy, but the most unusual was working as a pest control technician for several years. Covering Hollywood and Encino, I killed the bugs of Gene Kelly, George Carlin, and Jaclyn Smith, among others.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
The Prince of Egypt, The Emperor’s New Groove, Treasure Planet, and the Toy Story 3 video game.

How did you become interested in animation?
As far back as I can remember, I loved to draw. I have memories of early grade school, drawing pictures of “Giant Robot” for school friends. I knew then that I wanted to this for a living.

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I grew up in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California. After graduating high school in 1988, I had no idea about how to actually be a professional artist. I enrolled into art classes at the community college, but was soon discouraged after a couple semesters, thinking a career in art required going to schools like Cal Arts or Otis Parsons, places I could never afford. So I quit school, found a regular job and did whatever freelance art I could find such as airbrushing t-shirts, drawing brochure covers and painting murals. Finally in the summer of 1996 my wife and I attended her family reunion and discovered she had a cousin who was a Disney animator. He gave me an honest assessment of my drawing skills, then Continue reading

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Boom Cookie

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Boom Cookie. I am an illustrator, currently designing for animation.

 

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation
One of my first jobs was for a local movie theater that only had two screens (I watched Disney’s Tarzan and Notting Hill about a dozen times)… and UPS on the night shift packing trucks. That was only fun because I worked with my girl friend, and we’d have farting contests to see who would have to evacuate the truck first. Once in college I held a job as an office clerk at a rental agency. And the worst was when I tried telemarketing for home security systems. I had to quit when I found out the call lists were for the parents of newborns… and I didn’t want to know how they got that info.  All that before I realized – OH, I can make money from my art work!!

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I sure enjoyed working on “Robot and Monster” for Nickelodeon. The crew was amazing, the style was fun, and the writing was awesome. ‘Twas a good fit.

 

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I grew up in Massachusetts (USA). I always loved animation, so it made sense to pursue the business when I dedicated myself to art. At 21 I moved to San Francisco to go to art school, and I really loved my classes. I met with the head of the animation department every semester to get her advice on what classes to take, and in my last year Continue reading

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Ana Maria Mendez Salgado

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Ana Maria Mendez Salgado and I’m a Visual Storyteller (Illustrator, Concept Artist, 2D Animator).

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
There are so many!  I worked as a sales person in a brick-a-brack shop (where I actually sold my first handmade cards and portraits), as a kitchen hand in a vegetarian restaurant (where my boss told me that “making a salad shouldn’t take as long as making one of my illustrations”!), and as a waitress during the night for a weddings venue (where I learned to value my sleeping hours!).  I also worked as a multicultural officer with children from non-English speaking backgrounds (which I loved), as a designer of props for storytelling time at a library (which was fun), and as a theatre attendant for music and performing arts events (which was always inspiring).
What are some of your favourite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Woods of Charol (2006), Passages (2012) Miniambra (2013), Andrés Barrientos & Carlos Andrés Reyes’ En Agosto (2008) and Carlos Manrique’s Journeys (2008).

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I was born in Bogota, Colombia and wanted to be an animator ever since I saw the making of Disney’s Little Mermaid. I became obsessed with drawing and imagining characters and storyworlds.  My first attempt to Continue reading