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directing in an Animated Feature Production
wes Anderson – Fantastic Mr. Fox – 20th century Fox
Wes Anderson was born in Houston, Texas and attended college at the University of
Texas at Austin. He is also the director and co-writer of Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal
Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited and the short Hotel
Chevalier.
Pete docter – Up – Pixar Animation studios
Pete Docter, the director of Monsters, Inc. and Up, started at Pixar Animation Studios in
1990 as the studio’s third animator. Docter helped develop the story and characters for
Toy Story, for which he also was supervising animator. He was a storyboard artist on A
Bug’s Life, and wrote initial story treatments for Toy Story 2 and WALL•E. Docter has been
nominated for four Academy Awards®, including Best Animated Feature (Monsters, Inc.)
and Best Original Screenplay (WALL•E).
christopher Miller and Phil lord – Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs –
sony Pictures Animation
christopher Miller and Phil lord wrote and directed Sony Pictures Animation’s
hit 3D comedy, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Miller and Lord started their
careers making animated films together at Dartmouth College, catching the
attention of the Walt Disney Company, where they created, executive produced,
and directed the MTV animated series Clone High.
Hayao Miyazaki – Ponyo – studio ghibli
Hayao Miyazaki was born in 1941 in Tokyo. As a student at Gakushuin University, Miyazaki
became deeply interested in children’s literature and read a wide variety of books written
for children from all over the world. A superb draftsman, Miyazaki co-founded Studio Ghibli
in 1985 and has since directed eight highly awarded feature films. He has also published
several books of his poems, essays and drawings, and designed buildings (including the
Ghibli Museum, Mitaka, in Tokyo’s Inokashira Park).
Henry selick – Coraline – laika
As a boy, Henry Selick drew all the time – pictures of eagles, horses, lions, dragons and,
later, Jaguar XKE sports cars. He loved unusual and scary animation, like “Night on Bald
Mountain” from Fantasia, or The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; he especially loved the Ray
Harryhausen stop-motion features. To study animation, he attended CalArts in Valencia,
California. When he’s not creating other worlds, he spends time in the real world with
his wife and sons.
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