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Chris Woodworth

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Chris Woodworth, and I’m an Animator.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Ahhh. Haha! I don’t know if you can call them crazy jobs, but I used to work part time at a sports equipment store, and then went on to working part time for Blockbusters (dvd rental store).

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
GTA4, Lego Harry Potter, and recently Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean.

How did you become interested in animation?
I grew up with stories, whether it involved listening to them or telling them. It became a big part of my life, and also I had an ongoing obsession with movies. I discovered Animation as a career choice when I was 15 years old, and the more I read about this craft, the more I realized that it involved all of the things I love doing anyway. Drawing, acting, sound design, voices, music, the works! From there, being an Animator was my goal. The idea of being able to Continue reading

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Ray Leong

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Ray Leong and I’m currently a digital inker/clean up artist on Fairly Odd Parents at Nickelodeon Animation Studio.

 

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I used to work in a library for a medical school that was also a research facility. The one window I had in my office faced the loading dock where a delivery service would drop off animals for testing. I assume they all knew their fates, because they would scream bloody murder and would want to get out of their cages. It was very depressing. It’s a good thing I had responsibilities in other buildings, so I would just work elsewhere. I did see prisoners in orange jumpsuits and chains being brought in as well. Not sure if they were being used for testing too, but I didn’t feel sorry for them. 😉

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
My initial run on Fairly Odd Parents was one of my favorite projects. I had only worked as small studios and it was first job at a larger facility. There were tons of new people to meet, I got to utilize my skills on Adobe Illustrator for the first time on an animation production (I don’t think many places were using it back then) and the show itself was a funny show. I’m glad to be back working on the show again. Actually, I’m just glad to be working period.

 

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA. I studied art in college and the animation industry seemed like a good fit at the time. People get paid to Continue reading

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Rosanna Lyons

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Rosanna Lyons visual effects animator on the Simpsons.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Before I got into animation I was a student in art college in Ireland so I hadn’t had any serious work before then other than summer jobs picking potatoes or selling shoes… but in between projects and companies I have waited tables and  bar tended ..not too crazy really! 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I loved working on The Prince Of Egypt for Dreamworks SKG. I also was lucky to have worked on The Simpsons Movie which was crazy hard work but had fun effects to animate.
How did you become interested in animation?
It just happened really…my first love is Continue reading
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Alan Lau

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What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Alan Lau. I am co-owner of Ghostbot Inc., an animation studio based in the San Francisco area.

 

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Ha! There is a little “crazy” in all the jobs I’ve done. I was a “moon cake” packer for a day. Yes I understand that sounds like a weird euphemism.

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I’m very proud of my work on:  Esurance: I did direction, design and animation on a series of animated commercials for Esurance. It was great to be ground zero at such a successful campaign and I had such great fun telling these exciting little stories in the span of a 30 second commercial.  Buddhist Monkey: I always enjoy working with Mondomedia. One of my very best friends is Kenn Navarro: co-creator of Happy Tree Friends. When we got the chance to do an “action” version of Happy Tree Friends we couldn’t say no! I directed and boarded 3 episodes of the show.  Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time: I directed the cutscenes and 2D animation for Sly Cooper : Thieves In Time. It was fantastic to work with the amazing game developer Sanzaru games and fine folks at Sony. They really trusted us to bring ideas to the table and left us to be creative and do our thing. That is the type of dream collaboration that you really have to enjoy when it comes along.  Anniversary: This was a real special project as I feel like this is the direction my company Ghostbot wants to go into. We want to create our own films and own stories so this feels in someways the beginning of that journey.

 

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I was born and raised in San Francisco, California. My parents were immigrants from Hong Kong so I think I inherited their crazy Continue reading

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Nadia Cano

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What is your name and your current occupation?
I´m Nadia Cano. I´m currently working on the Storyboards for an Animation Series on Paka-Paka Channel, a new Argentine animation channel. I´m responsible of creating the complete storyboard for 26 episodes of CUT-OUT animation based on children´s book. This TV show has three seasons and I have been involved in all of them. The first season is called “Taller de Historias”, the second, “De cuento en cuento” and the third one still hasn´t got a name defined.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I had only one job before getting into animation. I was working to embroider blouses for old women with an artistic design. I had a very low salary. I worked 12 hours per day without benefits. In that moment was a hard time to my country, everyone was unemployed. At least I was making art (in some way).

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I think every project leaves me something new. The project that makes me proud is: De cuento en Cuento. I made all of 26 episodes of 20 minutes for Paka-Paka Channel. Without any help and with a very tight schedule, I worked from scratch on the preproduction of the show: character design, layouts and storyboards. Thanks to all my work and effort, the team of production gain prestige and popularity.

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I´m from Argentina. I got into animation while I was in third year of my career. All my family was unemployed and I got Continue reading

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Craig Bartlett

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Craig Bartlett, creator and exec producer, Dinosaur Train, PBS Kids.

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Matt Groening used to say that you need to do 10 years of awful jobs before you get to the good ones. I washed dishes, washed cars in the Northwest in winter, waited tables, worked in a pea cannery – that one was the worst. It was hot, steamy, deafeningly loud. And we were canning peas! Who eats canned peas?

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I worked for Bob Rogers on several special-venue films, for worlds fairs – I made two short 360-degree films, one for Basque Spain and one for a Korean worlds fair that shot in seven locations around the world. We also did permanent installations like Mystery Lodge at Knott’s Berry Farm, and the Shuttle Launch Experience at the Kennedy Space Center for NASA. Those jobs were always fun because they got me out of town and out of our little entertainment bubble. Also I got to get intensely into subjects I was interested in, like the space program and Northwest Indian art.

How did you become interested in animation?
I grew up wanting to be an artist, so I went to art school in Portland for a traditional art education. But it seemed to me that the whole fine art world was too serious. Then I saw the “Tournee of Animation” that played in our art museum’s theater, and the short films I saw there seemed to combine fine art with storytelling, and they were just weirder and funnier than the stuff I was studying. So….. Continue reading