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David Russell

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What is your name and your current occupation?
David Russell, and I’m a concept and storyboard artist/writer working primarily in feature films. My literary moniker is David Bryan Russell.

 

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Painting portraits of Hell’s Angels bikers would qualify as my craziest gig.

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Special productions to date would include Return of the Jedi, The Color Purple, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Batman, Terminator 2; Judgement Day, Tombstone, Moulin Rouge, Master and Commander, The Chronicles of Narnia; The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe,/Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Red Tails, and Paradise Lost.

 

How did you become interested in animation?
I’m a great fan of the early Disney animated features. I jumped at the chance to work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, particularly since Continue reading

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Amit Tishler

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Amit Tishler. Aside from being a freelance super-villain I’m currently working on a couple of projects: one as an animator for Hallmark’s new platform: “Feeln'” on a soon to be announced original series and one as an art director for a small team on a comic book called “Tales of Lyla” for 10 Forward Productions, Inc.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I’ve worked for a center for rare diseases, as an information center assistant. I got to see quite a collection of gruesome photos and scary articles I really could have lived without seeing. I did learn quite a lot though, so I’m glad I did it.

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?Aside for the current project I’ve been working on, which I am proud of but unfortunately cannot name, I recently worked in the Hothouse Productions animation team for Adult Swim’s “Mr. Pickles”, which I was very proud to take part in. The product is awesome and the studio and its team are some of the best I’ve ever worked with. Watch this show people!  Another notable project is a music video I co-directed with super-artist Luke Ellison (http://lukeellison.com) for the metal band “Menace”, led by Mitch Harris from the band Napalm Death. I’ve never had a business meeting in the backstage area of a Cannibal Corpse/Napalm Death concert up until that point. As a devoted metal fan I’d say that’s a note worthy achievement.

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I’m from Tel Aviv, Israel. I was aiming for this business since I was 12 years old. I graduated with my undergraduate degree in animation from Bezalel- Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem in 2008. I then worked as an animator for Continue reading

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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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THE 18TH ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS

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THE 18TH ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS

Featuring 16 new awesome animated shorts from 11 countries!

LAEMMLE PLAYHOUSE 7, PASADENA

SUNDANCE SUNSET, WEST HOLLYWOOD (mature only)

FRIDA CINEMA, SANTA ANA

Oct 21st ­ Oct. 27th

Two versions

Family Friendly - 12 shorts

MATURE AUDIENCES - 4 bonus shorts starting after 7:00PM

featuring

Stems – Ainslie Hendersen (Scotland)

     Shift – Cecilia Puglesi & Yijun Liu (U.S.)

     Pearl – Patrick Osborne (U.S.)

     Crin-crin – Iris Alexandre (Belgium)

     Mirror – Chris Ware, John Kuramoto, Ira Glass (U.S.)

     Last summer in the garden – bekky O¹Neil (Canada)

     Waiting for the New Year – Vladimir Leschiov (Latvia)

     Piper – Alan Barillaro (U.S.)

     Bøygen – Kristian Pedersen (Norway)

     Afternoon Class – Seoro Oh (Korea)

     About a Mother – Dina Velikovskaya (Russia)

     Exploozy – Joshua Gunn, Trevor Piecham, & John McGowan (U.S.)

     CORPUS – Marc Héricher (France)

     BLUE – Daniela Sherer (Israel)

     MANOMAN – Simon Cartwright (England)

     ALL THEIR SHADES – Chloé Alliez (Belgium)

 

The Animation Show of Shows, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit

www.animationshowofshows.org